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| Implementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's prescribed course of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient. Also called adherence. |
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| Statements that are time specific and describe generally what is to be accomplished to address a specific nursing diagnoses. |
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| Any preventable adverse drug events involving inappropriate medication use by a patient or health care professional; it may or may not cause the patient harm. |
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| An informed decision on the part of the patient not to adhere to or follow a therepeutic plan or suggestion. Also called nonadherance. |
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| An organizational framework for the practice of nursing. It encompasses all steps taken by the nurse in caring for a patient: assessment, nursing diagnoses, planning (with goals and outcome criteria), implementation of the plan (with patient teaching), and evaluation. |
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| Descriptions of specific patient behaviors or responses that demonstrate meeting of or achievement of goals related to each nursing diagnoses. These statements, like goals, should be verifiable, framed in behavioral terms, measurable, and time specific. Outcome criteria are considered to be specific, whereas goals are broad. |
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| Any health care proffesional licensed by the appropriate regulatory board to prescribe medications. |
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| Any health care professional licensed by the appropriate regulatory board to prescribe medications. |
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What should a medication profile include? |
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- Any and all drug use
- Use of home or folk remedies and herbal and/or homeopathic treatments, plant or animal extracts, and dietary supplements
- Intake of alcohol,tobacco, and caffeine
- Current or past history or illegal drug use
- Use of over-the-counter (OTC) medications (e.g., aspirin, acetaminophen, vitamins, laxatives, cold preparations, sinus medications, antacids, acid reducers, antidiarrheals, minerals, elements).
- Use of hormonal drugs (e.g., testosterone, estrogens, progestins, oral contraceptives).
- Past and present health history and associated drug regimen(s).
- Family history and racial, ethnic, and/or cultural attributes with attention to specific or different responses to medications as well as any unusualy individual responses.
- Growth and developmental stage (e.g., Erikson's developmental tasks) and issues related to the patient's age and medication regimen.
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| What are the six elements to check for when a medication or prescription is ordered from an prescriber? |
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- Patient's name.
- Date the drug order was written.
- Name of drug(s).
- Drug dosage amount and frequency.
- route of administration.
- Prescriber's signature.
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| Developed by professional nurses and are used as a means of communicating and sharing information about the patient and the patient experience. Nursing diagnoses are the result of critical thinking, creativity, and accurate collection of data regarding the patient as well as the drug. Nursing diagnoses related to drug therapy will most likely grow out of data associated with the following: deficient knowledge; risk for injury; noncompliance; and various disturbances, deficits, excesses, impairments in bodily functions, and/or other problems or concerns as related to drug therapy. |
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Six Rights of Medication Administration |
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- Right Drug
- Right Dose
- Right Time
- Right Route
- Right Patient
- Right Documentation
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