WEEK4 Flashcards
STAT?
IMMEDIATELY
MEDICATION THAT IS TO BE GIVEN ON A REGULAR BASIS AT SPECIFIC
INTERVALS. ?
STANDING
SINGLE ORDER/ONE TIME ONLY?
GIVEN ONCE AT A SPECIFIC TIME
AS NEEDED ORDER
PRN
AC ?
– BEFORE MEALS
BID
TWICE A DAY
HS ?
AT BEDTIME
QID
– FOUR TIMES A DAY
PC –
AFTER MEALS
TID
– THREE TIMES A DAY
OD
RIGHT EYE
OS
LEFT EYE
OU
BOTH EYE
MEDICATION CARD: Once a day 9 AM
BID Twice a day 9AM; 6PM
BID
P.R.N.
Twice a day
as necessary
9AM; 6PM
PRN Without
frequency
Whenever
necessary
Q – 12 Every 12 hrs. 9AM; 9PM
GREEN
TID Thrice a day 9AM; 1PM;
6PM
TIDac Thrice a day
Before meals
6:30A; 11:30A;
5:30 PM
TIDpc Thrice a day
After meals
9AM; 1PM;
6PM
TIDprn Thrice a day
As necessary
9AM; 1PM;
6P
ORANGE
Every four
(4) hours
9AM; 1PM; 5PM
9PM;1AM; 5AM
QID Four times a
day
9AM; 1PM; 5PM
9PM
Q 5 HRS Every five
(5) hours
Q – 6 hrs Every six
(6) hours
6AM; 12NN;
6PM; 12 MN
QID prn Four times a
day as
necessary
BROWN
Q – 1 hr Every one
(1) hour
9AM; 10AM; etc.
Q – 2 hrs Every two
(2) hours
9AM; 11AM;
1PM; etc.
Q – 3 hrs Every three
(3) hours
9 AM; 12 NN;
3
blue
Q 8 hrs Every eight
(8) hours
6AM; 2PM;
10PM?
WHITE
Q - AM Every
morning
6AM
Q – PM
or HS
Every
evening or
sleeping
hours
9 PM (patient
sleeping hours
shall be
considered)
YELLOW
Q – other
day
Every other
day
9 PM (patient
sleeping hours
shall be
considered
Q – 3 days Every three
(3) days
9 AM of
specified date
2x a week Two (2)
times a
week
9 AM of
specified dat
RED
amount of drug taken for intended
therapeutic effect?
DOSE
schedule of taking drug
dose?
DOSAGE REGIMEN
volume of medication
containing quantity of drug as listed on drug
label?
DOSAGE UNIT
amount to be administered at
one time?
DESIRED DOSE