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Unit 1
Pharmaceutical
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 9 Rights of Drug Administration | A series of nursing actions to protect the patient from drug error. |
| adverse effect | A drug effect that is more severe than expected and has the potential to damage tissue or cause serious health problems. It may also be called adverse effect, toxic effect, or toxicity and usually requires an intervention by the prescriber. |
| assessment outcome. | The first step of the nursing process; involves gathering information about the patient that will be used in planning care. |
| clinical judgment | An observed outcome of both critical thinking and decision-making. |
| contraindication | A health-related reason for not giving a specific drug to a patient or a group of patients. |
| diagnosis | A name (or label) for the patient's disease or condition. |
| expected side effects | Unintended but not unusual effects of a drug that occur in many people taking the drug; the effects are usually mild and do not require the drug to be stopped. |
| evaluation | The process of determining the right response by looking at what happens to the patient when the nursing care plan is put into action. It is an appraisal of the treatment effectiveness. |
| healthcare setting | Any setting in which the LPN/VN practices nursing. |
| identifiers | Information used to reliably prove that an individual is the person for whom the drug treatment is intended. Identifiers may include the person's full name, medical record identification number, birthdate, or telephone number. |
| implementation | The act of carrying out the planned interventions. |
| nursing process | A system to guide the nurse's work in a logical way. It consists of five major steps: (1) assessment, (2) diagnosis, (3) planning, (4) implementation, and (5) evaluation. |
| objective data | Information that can be seen, heard, felt, or measured by someone other than the patient. |
| planning | Using information about the patient gathered in the nursing assessment to set short-term and long-term goals. |
| subjective data | Reports of what the patient says he or she is feeling or thinks. |
| therapeutic effect | The intended action of the drug, also known as a drug's beneficial |
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