PHARMACOLOGY AND THE NURSING
PROCESS 2026 TEST BANK QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ to identify, diagnose, and treat human responses to health and illness.
Answer: What is the purpose of the nursing process?
⩥ subjective data.
Answer: verbal information from the patient, family members, friends,
or other sources, including symptoms described by, and apparent to, the
patient
⩥ objective data.
Answer: signs that are directly measured or detected by another person
regarding the patient's health
⩥ pre-administration assessment.
Answer: allows health care providers to establish the baseline data
needed to individually tailor medication therapy
⩥ 1) establish baseline measurements
2) anticipate adverse effects
3) identify high-risk patients.
, Answer: three goals specific to a particular drug
⩥ 4) determine self-care capacity.
Answer: applies to all drugs but may be more critical for some drugs
than for others
⩥ baseline measurements of the parameters of the drug.
Answer: used to modify need to be determined to evaluate whether or
not this response is achieved
⩥ adverse effects of a medication.
Answer: usually known; baseline measurements can help providers
determine if one has occurred
⩥ high-risk patients.
Answer: -determined by individual characteristics
-individual characteristics that predispose a patient to an adverse
reaction depend on the drug under consideration
-cannot determine without understanding pharmacology of the
medication.
⩥ self-care capacity.
Answer: -evaluated to determine ability to understand and effectively
used medications
PROCESS 2026 TEST BANK QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ to identify, diagnose, and treat human responses to health and illness.
Answer: What is the purpose of the nursing process?
⩥ subjective data.
Answer: verbal information from the patient, family members, friends,
or other sources, including symptoms described by, and apparent to, the
patient
⩥ objective data.
Answer: signs that are directly measured or detected by another person
regarding the patient's health
⩥ pre-administration assessment.
Answer: allows health care providers to establish the baseline data
needed to individually tailor medication therapy
⩥ 1) establish baseline measurements
2) anticipate adverse effects
3) identify high-risk patients.
, Answer: three goals specific to a particular drug
⩥ 4) determine self-care capacity.
Answer: applies to all drugs but may be more critical for some drugs
than for others
⩥ baseline measurements of the parameters of the drug.
Answer: used to modify need to be determined to evaluate whether or
not this response is achieved
⩥ adverse effects of a medication.
Answer: usually known; baseline measurements can help providers
determine if one has occurred
⩥ high-risk patients.
Answer: -determined by individual characteristics
-individual characteristics that predispose a patient to an adverse
reaction depend on the drug under consideration
-cannot determine without understanding pharmacology of the
medication.
⩥ self-care capacity.
Answer: -evaluated to determine ability to understand and effectively
used medications
