Medication Management + Preceptorship + Nurse Leading Quality Flashcards
Principle 6 (code of conduct)
Nurses must work respectfully with colleagues to best meet health consumers needs
Preceptors
Experienced nurses who have excellent clinical skills, and have ability to facilitate learning
Primary Roles of Preceptors
- Role Model
- Educator
- Socializer
Professional Socialisation
Complex and interactive process in
which the skills, knowledge and
behaviours inherent in a professional
role are learned
Assimilation
Process through which individuals and
groups of differing heritages acquire
the basic habits, attitudes, and mode
of life of another culture
Nursing Informatics
Nursing Informatics science and practice
integrates nursing, its information and
knowledge and their management with
information and communication technologies to promote the health of people, families and communities world wide
Pharmacokinetics
movement of drugs in the body
Pharmacodynamics
effect of drugs in the body
Pharmacology
The study of chemicals that affect the body’s functioning
Generic Name
The name assigned by the manufacturer that first develops the drug
Controlled Medications
Drugs that are potentially addictive and harmful, or are subject to abuse or criminal misuse
Drug-receptor interaction
Drug interacts with one or more cellular structures to alter cell function
Drug-enzyme interaction
drug combines with enzymes to achieve desired effect
Peak
highest plasma concentration of the drug
Trough
Lowest concentration of the drug
Therapeutic Range
Concentration of the drug that produces the desired effect without causing toxicity
Half-life
amount of time it takes for 1/2 does of the drug to be eliminated from the body
Routes of Excretion
the kidneys
the lungs
the intestines
sweat, salivary and mammary glands
Therapeutic Effects
Expected or desired physiological response
Contraindications
A drugs should not be used because it may be harmful to the patient
Non Prescription (OTC)
Can block the effects or enhance the effects of other prescribed medications
Adverse Drug Effects
More severe effects which may require discontinuation of the drug
Idiosyncratic effects
abnormal or peculiar response to a drug; over
response, under response or response different from the expected outcome
Drug Interactions
the combined effect of two or more drugs acting simultaneously to increase or decrease the effect of each drug alone
PRN Order
Pro re nata
Take as needed
APIE
Assessment
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
HPCAA 2003
to ensure public confidence that health practitioners are fit to practice
(legislates the registration requirements and expectation that nurses will be competent in chosen field of practice)
Most common indicator of competence…
performance
6 principles of health improvement
Safe
Effective
Patient-centered
Timely (reduce waiting)
Efficient (reduce waste)
Equitable
PDSA cycle for learning and improving
Plan
Do
Study
Act
Six Sigma
Specific methodology to ensure that value-added steps are included in the process, that has no waste
