Assignment 1 - Pharmacology and the nursing process PDF

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Pharmacology and the Nursing Process Assignment 1 1. Define Adverse Effect:

2. Define contraindication:

3. Define expected side effects:

4. Define evaluation:

5. Define objective data:

6. Define subjective data:

7. Define therapeutic effect:

LVN’s Role and the Nursing Process 1. What does the nursing process provide for the nurse?

2. The nursing process consists of what?

Assessment:

1. Assessment is:

2. What does assessment involve?

3. Who performs the first or initial full assessment?

4. Why is the assessment step of the nursing process important?

5. How can you obtain information during your assessment of the client?

6. Describe subjective data:

7. When is information considered to be subjective?

8. List other examples of subjective data that may you may learn about from the client interview:

9. What is objective data?

10. Give examples of what would be considered objective data:

11. Why is it important to get a baseline of the client?

12. Nausea is what part of the assessment, objective/subjective and how should it be documented why?

13. How would client vomited be reported and why?

14. Who defines the primary role the LVN plays in the client assessment?

15. Other than the Nurse Practice Act what else also determines what the LVN is able to do?

16. When asking about the client’s drug history, list the areas you would want to make assessments on:

17. When asking about medications list what you would want to find out:

18. List examples of a problems a client might have with drug therapy:

19. List examples of diseases that may prohibit or limit use of some drugs:

20. Nursing assessment is using what to ensure you are safely giving drugs? Diagnosis

1. What is the second step in the nursing process?

2. What is diagnosis?

3. Who makes the medical diagnoses?

4. Who makes the nursing Diagnoses?

5. Does the LVN develop the formal diagnoses?

6. What questions should you ask you client related to giving medications?

7. By asking the client the questions that are related to giving medications what will the answers to those questions help you with?

8. When collecting the drug history, you need to make sure to include what in the client’s history?

Planning:

1. Can the LVN assist in with planning for the client? 2. The plan will be based on the information collected from what type of questions?

3. What are the two types of goals? 4. Give an example of a short term goal that could be made during planning:

5. Give an example of a long term goal that could be made during planning:

Drug Orders and the Nursing Care Plan

1. Who may write a drug/medication order?

2. What does the nurse need to do once a drug/medication is ordered?

3. How will the nurse check for accuracy of the medication/drug order?

4. Why must you carefully check the medication order each time you give a drug?

5. What must be answered before giving any drugs/medications?

6. What good nursing clinical judgment is used to

determine if the drug/mediations will be held?

7. If there is a problem with the medication order and the prescriber cannot be reached what does the nurse need to do?

8. What do you need put in the plan once you have decided to give the drug/medication to the client?

Factors to Consider in Planning To Give a Drug

1. List the four important steps in planning to give a drug/medication:

2. Knowing the reason you are giving the drug means?

3. What is the specific information you need to know about the drug?

4. Planning for special storage or procedures, techniques or equipment needs would include:

5. What would you include when developing a teaching plan:

6. What is the top tip for safety regarding drug orders?

7. In the planning step of the nursing process is the time to: Implementation

1. What does implementation involve?

2. After you have carried out the plan what will you do? The 9 Rights of Drug Administration

1. List the 9 rights of Drug Administration:

2. The National Patient Safety Goals claim that the purpose for the right patient is:

3. In order to properly identify the client you will need how many identifiers?

4. Define identifiers:

5. Identifiers may be what?

6. How would you identify a client that is alert and oriented?

7. How would you identify a client that is hard of hearing, confused, very young, or very old or critically ill?

8. What should you never use to identify the client by?

9. What do you need to compare the drug label to, to make sure you are giving the right drug?

10. What should you never assume about a drug sent from the pharmacy?

11. What are look-alike or sound-alike drugs?

12. How many times do you need to read the drug/medication label before giving the drug/medication?

13. Describe how you would read the drug/medication label three times:

14. In regards to time what should the medication order state?

15. In regards to timing when would you need to report and hold the drug/medication for clarification?

16. When should antacids be given to avoid complications with other drugs/medications?

17. For a female client antibiotics may interfere with what and what do you need to educate the female client on?

18. When giving a new drug/medications or one you have never seen before, you need to do what?

19. If you are busy or the client cannot take their

medication when you bring it to the room what should you never do?

20. List the factors to consider in giving a drug/medication at the right time:

21. In order to change the route of drug/medication administration the nurse needs what?

22. If the client is oriented (awake and able to understand) and can swallow without choking what is the preferred route of drug/medication administration?

23. What do you need to record in the medical record to achieve the right documentation?

24. Can a client refuse to take their mediations that are ordered?

25. If a client refuses their medications what does the nurse need to do?

26. If the client still refuses their medications after you have answered all of their question, what do you need to do? Evaluation

1. Define what evaluation is:

2. What are you watching for when evaluating the response to drug/medication?

3. List the three types of responses to drug/medication therapy:

4. Describe what Therapeutic effects are:

5. Describe what Expected side effects are:

6. Describe what Adverse effects are:

7. If the LVN suspects a client is having an adverse effect, what does the LVN need to do? K Rowe LVN

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