WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS

ASSIGNMENT

WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS

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

Turner, L. (2022, July 21). How to write a prescription: 7 steps for safety. https://www.studentdoctor.net/2018/08/15/how-to-wr…

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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)
• Assignment3_Rubric

Criteria

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.

Ans:

The response accurately and clearly writes a prescription for the medication in accordance with the patient information. All elements are included.

Criteria

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.

• Ans:
• The response accurately and clearly writes a prescription for the medication in accordance with the patient information. All elements are included.
• Criteria

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.

Ans:

• The response accurately and clearly writes a prescription for the medication in accordance with the patient information. All elements are included.
• Ans:

The response accurately and clearly writes a prescription for the medication in accordance with the patient information. All elements are included.