Week 2, Ch 6 Flashcards
The Nursing Process in Pharmacology
The identification of Risks and Problems is covered in what part of the Nursing Process?
Assessment
If you wanted to give a patient a drug for Hypertension, what would you check first?
The patients’ Blood Pressure
Identifying side effects, and checking if the patient can self-administer their medications is covered in what part of the nursing process?
Assessment
What does “Deficient Knowledge” mean in a patient?
A patient is not properly educated about a medication.
A patient tells his nurse that he hasn’t been taking his prescribed medications. He tells the nurse: “I hate it. it makes me feel dizzy, I can’t hold in my urine, and I feel so lazy all the time.” What is the patient demonstrating in regard to their medication administration?
Noncompliance
If you wanted to know if a patient was diabetic or not, what lab value would you look at?
Their A1C value
the drug Vancomycin affects what lab values?
Serum drug levels
In a Peak & Tough test, what does the Trough represent?
Trough is the lowest amount of a drug that is in a patient’s bloodstream before a they are due for their dose.
In a lab test, the lowest amount of a drug that is in a patient’s bloodstream before they are due for their dose, is called what?
A Trough; A part of the Peak & Trough test
What is the nurse’s primary role in medication administration?
Patient Education
A patient’s Deficient Knowledge, and their Noncompliance is directly related to what factor?
A Patient’s Education.
What is the best method in understanding a patient’s Noncompliance?
Asking “Why?”
