LEC 11 Flashcards
how to Monitor patients in the healthcare setting
1- Collect patient-specific data.
2- Perform relevant physical assessment.
3- Identify patient-specific goals of therapy.
4- take petient medical history.
how to Evaluate patient-specific drug therapy and therapeutic problems
1- Evaluate the appropriateness of drug therapy
2- Identify potential or actual drug-induced adverse effects.
3- Identify potential or actual drug interactions
4- Identify contraindications to therapy
how to Design a comprehensive drug therapy plan for patient specific problems
1- Select nonpharmacologic therapeutic measures
2- Select nonpharmacologic therapeutic measures
3- Select strategies for prevention of disease
4- justify recommendations
how to Educate patients.
1- Identify appropriate patient educational needs
2- Recognize patient education barriers
3- Use appropriate educational methods to educate patients
4-Assess patient’s level of knowledge and skill acquisition
how to Communicate effectively
1- Effectively communicate at a level appropriate to the audience
2- Interpret verbal and nonverbal cues
3-. Maintain appropriate eye contact
4-Display an appropriate level of confidence
how to Document interventions in the patient medical record
1- Clearly document drug therapy
2- Effectively communicate assessment,
3- Effectively communicate the therapeutic plan.
how to Demonstrate the motivation and commitment to become a
lifelong learner.
1- Effectively self-assess knowledge and limitations.
2- Define the question to be answered or problem to be solved
3- 3. Demonstrate habits of self-learning.
Determinants of nonadherence
1- Social and economic-related factors
2- Therapy-related factors
3- Condition-related factors
4- Patient-related factors
main objective of ward tasks
1- all prescriptions are clear, unambiguous
2- appropriate and safe,
3- nursing staff have clear and complete instructions for administering
drugs.
The Categories of medication errors
1- Prescribing errors
2-Dispensing errors
3-Administration errors
The Categories of medication errors:
1- Wrong dose error
2- Wrong route error:
3-Wrong dosage form error:
4-Wrong rate error
Factors responsible for medication errors:
1- Misinterpretation of the prescription
2- Failure to review treatment or to cancel a prescription
3- Duplication of drug administration
4- Failure to identify the individual patient correctly
steps of PREPARATION OF MEDICATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION
- Select medication card (s) or drugs(s) to be administered.
- Check medication card (s) for expiry time and date and omissions.
- Give full attention while preparing medication.
- Read the label three times: