Study Set Content:
PLR
Plain Lactated Ringers
D5% LR
Dextrose 5% in Lactated Ringers
D%W
Dextrose 5% in Water
D5% IMB
Dextrose 5% in Balance Multiple Maintenance Solution
D5% NM
Dextrose 5% in Normosol M
D5% 0.3%NaCl
Dextrose 5% in 0.3% Sodium Chloride
An order for medication issued by a physician, dentist, or other properly licensed medical practitioner
Prescription
Designates a specific medication and dosage to be prepared and dispensed by a pharmacist and administered to a particular patient.
Prescription
2 Broad Categories of Prescription
1.Those written for a single component or prefabricated product and not requiring compounding or admixture by the pharmacist.
2. Those written for more than a single component and requiring compounding
Range of Prescription and Medication Order Calculations
Doses • Medication Adherence • Drug Concentration • Rate of drug Administration • Compounding • Chemical-physical factors • Pharmacoeconomics
Components of a Typical Prescription
Prescriber information and signature• Patient Information • Date prescription was written • Rx symbol (Superscription) meaning “take thou”, “ you take”, or “recipe” • Medication prescribed (Inscription) • Dispensing instructions to the pharmacist (Subscription) • Direction to the patient (Signa) • Special Instruction
Parts of A prescription
Date
Superscription
Inscription
Subscription
Transcription
Signature
Literally, "Recipe" means simply "Take...."
Rx symbol
when a medical practitioner writes a prescription beginning with "℞", he or she is completing the command.
Rx symbol
Was probably originally directed at the pharmacist who needed to take a certain amount of each ingredient to compound the medicine (rather than at the patient who must "take/consume" it).
Rx symbol
Used in prescription writing to designate quantities: 1.Quantity of medication to be dispensed 2.Quantity of medication to be taken by the patient per dose.
Roman Numerals
Rules in using Abbreviations and Symbols
1. A whole number should be shown without a decimal point and without a terminal zero. ( Ex. 4 mg not as 4.0 mg )
2. A quantity smaller than one should be shown with a zero preceding the decimal point. ( Ex. 0.2 mg not as .2 mg )
3. Leave a space between a number and a unit. (Ex. 10 mg and not 10mg)
It is performed initially through: Careful reading Filling Checking Dispensing
Medication Verification
Term used when there is a process in place to assure the above bullet points.
Medication Verification
Medication Verification s performed initially through:
Careful reading Filling Checking Dispensing
