Ch. 6 Prescription, Pharmacy & Pharmacist

Question 1

prescription

Answer 1

a handwritten, computerized, electronic, or verbal order from a physician to a pharmacist, giving instructions on how to dispense a drug to a specific patient

Question 2

handwritten prescription

Answer 2

written on a single preprinted sheet taken from a prescription pad

Question 3

computerized or electronic prescription

Answer 3

a prescription can be typed into the medical office’s software system, a copy of the prescription printed out, signed by the physician, and given to the patient or faxed directly to the pharmacy.

Question 4

verbal prescription

Answer 4

given verbally over the phone to a pharmacist in cases in which the physician cannot see the patient in the medical office

Question 5

medication order

Answer 5

written record of a physician’s order to the pharmacist to dispense a drug to a patient who is in a hospital or other healthcare facility

Question 6

verbal order

Answer 6

physician telephones a licensed nurse when patient is admitted to a hospital, who then writes up the drug order on the physician’s order sheet in the patient’s medical record and marks it V.O.
AKA telephone orders

Question 7

stat order

Answer 7

physician wants a drug to be dispensed and administered immediately .
latin word statim , meaning immediately

Question 8

standing order

Answer 8

a group of specific, predetermined orders that are preprinted on the facility’s physician’s order sheet or can be cut and pasted there electronically.

Question 9

automatic stop order

Answer 9

type of medication order that originates not with the physician but with the hospital pharmacy.

Question 10

off-label use

Answer 10

a physician prescribing a drug that the FDA has not approved to treat a specific disease

Question 11

pharmacy

Answer 11

a site where drugs are received from a drug company, stored as inventory, prepared (compounded) or counted out to fill a drug medication

Question 12

pharmacist

Answer 12

a healthcare professional with an advanced degree in pharmacy . knowledgeable about all aspects of drugs

Question 13

Components of Prescription and Medical Orders

Answer 13

1. Identifying information about the physician
2. Identifying information about the patient
3. Patient’s age and weight
4. Date
5. Rx
6. Drug name
7. Drug strength
8. Drug form
9. Quantity to be dispensed
10. Directions for use
11. Signature
12. Refills
13. Generic substitution
14. DEA number