NURS 6630 Week 10 Assignment 3-WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS
Prescription 1: Sertraline, 100mg each day (depression)
Prescriber’s Information:
Dr. [Name]
915 Gessner 100 Hou 77024
456-7890
Patient’s Information:
Name: Jane Doe
DOB: 1/1/2001
Date: May 4, 2024
Rx: Sertraline 100mg tablets
Sig: Take 1 tablet by mouth daily for depression
Disp: 90 (ninety) tablets
Form: Tablet
Rf: One refill
Prescriber Signature ________________________________
DEA: CP2756344
Prescription 2: Lorazepam, 1mg twice each day, if needed (panic attacks)
Prescriber’s Information:
Dr. [Name]
915 Gessner 100 Hou 77024
456-7890
Patient’s Information:
Name: Jane Doe
DOB: 1/1/2001
Date: May 4, 2024
Rx: Lorazepam 1mg tablets
Sig: Take 1 tablet by mouth twice daily as needed for panic attacks
Disp: 60 (sixty) tablets
Form: Tablet
Rf: zero refill
Prescriber Signature _______________________________
DEA: CP2756344
Prescription 3: Aripiprazole, 2mg before bedtime (depression)
Prescriber’s Information:
Dr. [Name]
915 Gessner 100 Hou 77024
456-7890
Patient’s Information:
Name: Jane Doe
DOB: 1/1/2001
Date: May 4, 2024
Rx: Aripiprazole 2mg tablets
Sig: Take 1 tablet by mouth before bedtime for depression
Disp: 90 (ninety) tablets
Form: Tablet
Rf: one refill
Prescriber Signature _______________________________
DEA: CP2756344
Prescription 4: Methylphenidate ER, 54mg every morning before school (ADHD)
Prescriber’s Information:
Dr. [Name]
915 Gessner 100 Hou 77024
456-7890
Patient’s Information:
Name: Jane Doe
DOB: 1/1/2001
Date: May 4, 2024
Rx: Methylphenidate ER 54mg capsules
Sig: Take 1 capsule by mouth every morning before school for ADHD.
Disp: 90 (ninety) capsules
Form: Extended-Release Capsule
Rf: one refill
Prescriber Signature _______________________________
DEA: CP2756344
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NURS 6630 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 Requ
NURS 6630 Week 10 Assignment 3-WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS
ired 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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- To submit your completed assignment, save your Assignment as WK10Assgn3_LastName_
Firstinitial - Then, click on Start Assignment near the top of the page.
- Next, click on Upload File and select Submit Assignment for review.
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… - Drugs.comLinks to an external site.. (2023). https://www.drugs.com/
- Note: Please use the following resource to check the most up-to-date box warnings, FDA approvals and indications, recommendations for follow-up evaluations, changes, etc.