WEEK 2 Flashcards
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are
used in the inpatient or
institutional health
system setting.
Medication orders
are used in
the outpatient, or
ambulatory setting.
Prescription
Both can be handwritten,
typed, preprinted, verbal
or entered into a
computer program and
submitted to the
pharmacy by the patient
via fax, computer or other
electronic means.
Prescription & Medication order
is written
directions provided by a
prescribing practitioner for a
specific medication to be
administered to an individual.
Medication
Order
The prescribing practitioner
may also give a medication
order ______to a licensed
person such as a pharmacist or
a nurse.
verbally
Before dispensing the
prescription or medication
order, the pharmacist’s
responsibility is to _____
the prescription or
medication order for
_____.
evaluate; appropriateness
This includes ensuring the
correct drug, dose, dosage
form, frequency, route of
administration, duration of
therapy and indication.
Evaluation of medication order
Additionally, the ______ is evaluated for
therapeutic duplication,
drug allergies, drug
disease state interactions,
and drug-drug
interactions, and
laboratory data are
reviewed if available
patient’s
profile
Examples of
different types
of medication
orders are:
- Copy of a _____ prescription
- Written order on a _____
form signed by the practitioner - Written list of _____
signed by the practitioner - Copy of a pharmacy____, given to you by the
pharmacist - A _____ given to a
licensed person - _____ prescriptions signed
electronically via a secured
system
written
consultation
medication order
call in order
verbal order
Electronic
Medication orders typically contain similar information
that would be included in a prescription. This includes:
- Patient’s name, date of birth, medical record number
- Patient’s location and room number
- Date and time of order
- Drug name
- Dosage strength
- Route of administration
- Frequency of administration
- Duration of therapy
- Allergies
- Special considerations in administering the
medication, if applicable, as directed by the
prescribing practitioner or the pharmacist - Name and signature of physician
Type of medication orders:
Stat order, Single order, Standing, PRN
A single dose of medication that should be
administered immediately
Stat Order
One time medication. Drug is to be given at a
certain time.
Single Order
Drug is to be given for a certain number of doses or
for a certain number of days
Standing
administered routinely until order is cancelled by another order
Standing
Drug is administered when necessary or as needed
based on the patient’s needs
PRN
It is the responsibility of the pharmacist
to ensure that each prescription and
medication order received is correct in
its form and content; is appropriate for
the patient being treated; and is
subsequently filled, labeled, dispensed,
and administered accurately.
Prescription and Medication
Order Accuracy
In essence, each medication should be:
* ____ appropriate for the patient;
* prescribed at the correct ____;
* dispensed in the correct strength and dosage form;
* correctly labeled_____ with complete instructions for the patient or
caregiver; and
* for the patient in a hospital or other health care facility, each
medication must be _____ to the correct patient, at the correct _____, and by the correct
rate and route of administration
therapeutically
dose
labeled
administered
time
A pharmacist should never _____
at the meaning of an indistinct
word or unrecognized
abbreviation
guess
represent a source
of error in interpreting and
dispensing prescriptions.
Unfamiliar
unrecognized
or
unclear
abbreviations
In hospital practice, the ______ may identify a list of approved
abbreviations for the institution
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
Pharmacy abbreviations
may be found in the:
inscription,
subscription, or the sig (signa) of
the prescription
contains the name
of the medication and its quantity,
the subscription informs the
pharmacist how to compound the prescription, and the sig are the directions for taking the medication.
Inscription
