PHARMACOLOGY AND THE NURSING
PROCESS TRAINING STUDY SHEET 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉baseline data. Answer: patient information that is gathered before
pharmacotherapy is implemented
◉evaluation phase. Answer: compares the patient's current health
status with the desired outcome,
◉nursing diagnoses. Answer: clinically based judgment about the
patient and his or her response to health and illness, addresses the
patient's responsed related to drug administration, developed after
assessment data, focused on patient's problems and verified with
the patient or caregiver, these diagnoses will form the basis for the
remaining steps of the nursing process, compares patient's current
health status with the desired outcome
◉nursing process. Answer: five-part decisions-making system that
includes assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation
and evaluation
◉objective data. Answer: information gathered through physical
assessment, laboratory tests, and other diagnostic sources
, ◉outcome (goals). Answer: objective measurement of goals,
developed from nursing diagnosis, direct the interventions required
by the plan of care, focus on what patient is able to achieve, provides
specific, measurable criteria that is used to measure goal attainment,
written to include the patient, the actions required by that subject
and the specific time frame the subject will accomplish that
performance
◉planning phase. Answer: prioritizes diagnoses, formulated desired
outcomes, and selects nursing interventions that can assist the
patient to return to establish an optimum of wellness, short and long
term goals are established, links the strategies, or interventions to
the established goals and outcomes, involves drug administration
and patient teaching
◉subjective data. Answer: information gathered regarding what a
patient states or perceives
◉What information do you collect during assessment?. Answer:
medications patient receiving, health history information, physical
assessment data, lab values, other measurable data and assessment
of medication effects including both therapeutic and side effects
◉implementation phase. Answer: involves administering the drugs,
carrying out interventions to promote a therapeutic response and
PROCESS TRAINING STUDY SHEET 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉baseline data. Answer: patient information that is gathered before
pharmacotherapy is implemented
◉evaluation phase. Answer: compares the patient's current health
status with the desired outcome,
◉nursing diagnoses. Answer: clinically based judgment about the
patient and his or her response to health and illness, addresses the
patient's responsed related to drug administration, developed after
assessment data, focused on patient's problems and verified with
the patient or caregiver, these diagnoses will form the basis for the
remaining steps of the nursing process, compares patient's current
health status with the desired outcome
◉nursing process. Answer: five-part decisions-making system that
includes assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation
and evaluation
◉objective data. Answer: information gathered through physical
assessment, laboratory tests, and other diagnostic sources
, ◉outcome (goals). Answer: objective measurement of goals,
developed from nursing diagnosis, direct the interventions required
by the plan of care, focus on what patient is able to achieve, provides
specific, measurable criteria that is used to measure goal attainment,
written to include the patient, the actions required by that subject
and the specific time frame the subject will accomplish that
performance
◉planning phase. Answer: prioritizes diagnoses, formulated desired
outcomes, and selects nursing interventions that can assist the
patient to return to establish an optimum of wellness, short and long
term goals are established, links the strategies, or interventions to
the established goals and outcomes, involves drug administration
and patient teaching
◉subjective data. Answer: information gathered regarding what a
patient states or perceives
◉What information do you collect during assessment?. Answer:
medications patient receiving, health history information, physical
assessment data, lab values, other measurable data and assessment
of medication effects including both therapeutic and side effects
◉implementation phase. Answer: involves administering the drugs,
carrying out interventions to promote a therapeutic response and
