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
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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)
By Day 7 of Week 10
Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 10.
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Learning Resources
Readings
Mayo Clinic. (2022, March 19). Antidepressants for children and teensLinks to an external site.. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/teen-depression/in-depth/antidepressants/art-20047502
Walkup, J. (2009, September). Practice parameter on the use of psychotropic medication in children and adolescentsLinks to an external site.. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 48(9), 962—973. https://doi.org/10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181ae0a08
Vickery, P. B. (2023, December 1). Concepts for selection and utilization of psychiatric medications in pregnancyLinks to an external site.. Mental Health Clinician, 12(6), 255—267. https://doi.org/10.9740/mhc.2023.12.255
Zhuk, R. (2022, March 16). Caring for pregnant women: A psychiatrist’s guideLinks to an external site.. American Psychiatric Association Blogs. https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/caring-for-pregnant-women-a-psychiatrists-guide
Grover, S. & Avasthi, A. (2023, February). Clinical practice guidelines for the assessment and management of elderly presenting with psychiatric emergenciesLinks to an external site.. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 65(2), 140—158. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10096200/
Turner, L. (2022, July 21). How to write a prescription: 7 steps for safetyLinks to an external site.. https://www.studentdoctor.net/2018/08/15/how-to-write-a-prescription/
Drugs.comLinks to an external site.. (2023). https://www.drugs.com/
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