Nurses Role

Question 1

Nursing Process

Answer 1

Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Intervention
Evaluation

Question 2

5 rights

Answer 2

Patient
Medication
Dose
Time
Route

Question 3

Med Errors

Answer 3

Any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer

Question 4

SALAD

Answer 4

Sound alike, look alike drugs
Drugs that names sound the name
Use tAll man lettering to help

Question 5

Poly pharmacy

Answer 5

Multiple prescriptions, sometimes for the same condition, that have conflicting pharmacological actions
Very common in older adults and those that have multiple chronic conditions

Question 6

Med reconciliation

Answer 6

When the patient comes into healthcare system or is transferred from one healthcare to another, carefully recording every med that patient is taking