(SOLVED) NURS 6512N WEEK 10: ASSIGNMENT 3 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.

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)

SOLUTION:

Here are the prescriptions I’ve written using the drugs and patient data.

First prescription: 100 mg of sertraline (depression)
Name of the patient: Jane Doe
Birthdate: January 1, 2000
Sertraline is the medication.
100 mg is the dosage.
Instructions: Take one tablet orally each day to treat depression.
Give out: #90 (ninety) pills
No refills
Time frame: three months
Name of Prescriber: [Pendo Mpiluka]
Signature of the Prescriber: [Your Signature]
Date: [3/02/2025]
DEA Number: [If appropriate, your DEA number]

 

Second prescription: 1 mg of Lorazepam (Panic Attacks)
Name of the patient: Jane Doe
Birthdate: January 1, 2000
The medication: Lorazepam
Dosage: 1 mg
Directions: As needed for panic episodes, take one tablet orally twice daily.…………………KINDLY CLICK ON THE PURCHASE ICON BELOW TO ACCESS THE ENTIRE SOLUTION FOR $15