WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS
Electronic medical records systems are not always available, so the importance of knowing how to write an accurate prescription on a prescription pad is imperative. Writing prescription medications is something you will be doing day after day, patient after patient. There are special considerations depending on the DEA schedule of controlled medication you are writing. This Assignment will start preparing you for this task and understanding.
Note: Written prescriptions for pharmacies may differ from chart orders for hospitalizations. For this Assignment, you are writing outpatient prescriptions for pharmacies.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
TO PREPARE:
- Review the Required Learning Resources.
- Review the correct way/order to write a prescription.
- Consider how prescriptions might be properly written for specific patients.
THE ASSIGNMENT:
Create prescriptions using the patient information, medications, and indications listed below. Your goal is to demonstrate the accurate way to write a prescription that a patient would present to a pharmacy. The prescription should be written and signed. You will develop your mock prescriptions in a word document to include everything one might find on a printed prescription pad. You will write one prescription per page.
To write your prescriptions, please use the following patient information:
- Patient Name: Jane Doe
- DOB 1/1/2001
- Duration: 3 months
Write a prescription for each of the following medications:
- Sertraline, 100mg each day (depression)
- Lorazepam, 1mg twice each day, if needed (panic attacks)
- Aripiprazole, 2mg before bedtime (depression)
- Methylphenidate ER, 54mg every morning before school (ADHD)
BY DAY 7 OF WEEK 10
Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 10.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
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- Next, click on Upload File and select Submit Assignment for review.
Rubric
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Prescription for Sertraline, 100mg each day. Includes date of issue; patient’s name and address, date of birth; clinician’s name, address, DEA number; and drug name, drug strength, dosage form, quantity prescribed, indication, and refills. |
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Prescription for Lorazepam, 1mg twice each day, if needed for panic attacks. Includes date of issue; patient’s name and address, date of birth; clinician’s name, address, DEA number; and drug name, drug strength, dosage form, quantity prescribed, indication, and refills. |
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Prescription for Aripiprazole, 20mg before bedtime. Includes date of issue; patient’s name and address, date of birth; clinician’s name, address, DEA number; and drug name, drug strength, dosage form, quantity prescribed, indication, and refills. |
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Prescription for Methylphenidate ER, 54mg every morning before school. Includes date of issue; patient’s name and address, date of birth; clinician’s name, address, DEA number; and drug name, drug strength, dosage form, quantity prescribed, indication, and refills. |
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Total Points: 100
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