PHARMACOLOGY AND THE NURSING
PROCESS 9 2026 FINAL PAPER SOLVED
QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY APLUS
◉ What are the Six Major Initiatives of the QSEN Project?
Answer: Patient-centered care, Teamwork and collaboration,
Evidence-based practice (EBP), Quality improvement (QI), Safety,
Informatics.
◉ What is the focus of the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)?
Answer: Clinical reasoning and clinical judgement skills.
◉ What are the Five Steps of the Nursing Process?
Answer: Assessment, Human Needs Statements, Planning,
Implementation, Evaluation.
◉ What does the Assessment step in the Nursing Process involve?
Answer: Data collection, review, and analysis including medication
profiles and compliance.
◉ What should a nurse do first when a patient requests pain
medication?
, Answer: Assess the patient's pain and pain level.
◉ What is the purpose of Planning in the Nursing Process?
Answer: Identification of goals and outcome criteria for patient care.
◉ What are the 'Rights' of Medication Administration?
Answer: Right drug, Right dose, Right time, Right route, Right
patient, Right documentation, and additional 'Rights' such as Right
reason and Right response.
◉ What is a medication error?
Answer: Any preventable event that may cause or lead to
inappropriate medication use or patient harm.
◉ What is the definition of Pharmacology?
Answer: The study or science of drugs and their effects on living
organisms.
◉ What are the three classifications of drug names?
Answer: Chemical name, Generic name, Trade name.
◉ What is Pharmaceutics?
PROCESS 9 2026 FINAL PAPER SOLVED
QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY APLUS
◉ What are the Six Major Initiatives of the QSEN Project?
Answer: Patient-centered care, Teamwork and collaboration,
Evidence-based practice (EBP), Quality improvement (QI), Safety,
Informatics.
◉ What is the focus of the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)?
Answer: Clinical reasoning and clinical judgement skills.
◉ What are the Five Steps of the Nursing Process?
Answer: Assessment, Human Needs Statements, Planning,
Implementation, Evaluation.
◉ What does the Assessment step in the Nursing Process involve?
Answer: Data collection, review, and analysis including medication
profiles and compliance.
◉ What should a nurse do first when a patient requests pain
medication?
, Answer: Assess the patient's pain and pain level.
◉ What is the purpose of Planning in the Nursing Process?
Answer: Identification of goals and outcome criteria for patient care.
◉ What are the 'Rights' of Medication Administration?
Answer: Right drug, Right dose, Right time, Right route, Right
patient, Right documentation, and additional 'Rights' such as Right
reason and Right response.
◉ What is a medication error?
Answer: Any preventable event that may cause or lead to
inappropriate medication use or patient harm.
◉ What is the definition of Pharmacology?
Answer: The study or science of drugs and their effects on living
organisms.
◉ What are the three classifications of drug names?
Answer: Chemical name, Generic name, Trade name.
◉ What is Pharmaceutics?
