Pharm Lilley Ch 1 Terms 100% Correct
compliance ÇÇimplementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's/caregiver's prescribed course
of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient
medication error ÇÇany preventable ADE involving inappropriate medication use by a pt or
HCP
may or may not cause the patient harm
noncompliance ÇÇinformed decision on the part of the pt not to adhere to or follow a
therapeutic plan or suggestion
nursing process ÇÇorganizational framework for the practice of nursing
encompasses all steps taken by the nurse in caring for a patient: assessment, identification of
human needs, planning, implementation of plan, and evaluation
outcomes ÇÇdescriptions of specific pt behaviors or responses that demonstrate meeting of
or achievement of behaviors related to each patient's human needs
specific while framed in behavioral terms and are measurable
prescriber ÇÇany HCP licensed by the appropriate regulatory board to prescribe
medications
compliance ÇÇimplementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's/caregiver's prescribed course
of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient
medication error ÇÇany preventable ADE involving inappropriate medication use by a pt or
HCP
may or may not cause the patient harm
noncompliance ÇÇinformed decision on the part of the pt not to adhere to or follow a
therapeutic plan or suggestion
nursing process ÇÇorganizational framework for the practice of nursing
encompasses all steps taken by the nurse in caring for a patient: assessment, identification of
human needs, planning, implementation of plan, and evaluation
outcomes ÇÇdescriptions of specific pt behaviors or responses that demonstrate meeting of
or achievement of behaviors related to each patient's human needs
specific while framed in behavioral terms and are measurable
prescriber ÇÇany HCP licensed by the appropriate regulatory board to prescribe
medications
