Assessments and the Nursing Care Plans
Presence of edema, quality of a cough, percentage of foods eaten at a meal, & measures of intake & output
What is Objective data?
Right patient, dose, drug, route, time, reason, documentation, response, & refuse.
What are the 9 rights of drug administration?
(Three at a time when administering medications)
Designated by the FDA with higher than normal warnings
What is Black Box Warning?
Highly regulated because they are commonly abused.
What is controlled substances?
Seen as a mild response to a drug.
What is side effect?
Medical and nursing diagnosis are made, goals are set, & nursing care plans are written.
What is Care planning?
Situations in which the drug should not be administered?
What are drug contraindications?
Involves Nurse's judgment & actions while performing drug administration.
What is Legal Responsibility?
Drugs that have the potential to cause significant harm to patients.
What are high-alert drugs?
Severe symptoms such as life-threatening.
What is adverse reactions?
A system that guides the Nurse's work in a logical way.
What is Nursing Process?
Drug order is incorrect, patient's condition is worse, & drug information unclear
What is withholding medication?
Licenses LPN's, RN's, Nurse Anesthetists, NP's & Nurse Midwives.
What is Nurse Practice Act?
Identified by federal legislation having low risk or purchased without a prescription.
What is over-the-counter (OTC) drugs?
Increased reaction to a drug caused by antibody response.
What is hypersensitivity?
Contributes to the goals of the patient, strategies used to care for patient, & tells a nurse what type of teaching is need for the patient.
What is patient diagnosis?
Process of determining the right response after administration of a drug.
What is evaluation?
Describes rules & controls how certain drugs may be given.
What is Federal Laws?
Dangerous & must be purchased only when prescribed.
What is prescription drugs?
Life threatening response such as severe breathing problems and/or the heart stops.
What is anaphylactic reaction?
A Nurses observational, questioning, & listening skills.
What is Nursing Assessment?
Plan of care carried out by Nurse's after administering medications.
What is Implementation?
Determines who is legally permitted to write an order or prescription for drugs.
What is prescriptive authority?
Based on a Nurse's judgement of safety & given as needed.
What is "as needed" or "PRN" drug order?
When a drug changes the action of another drug.
What is drug interaction?