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POST # 2 TOMEIKA

Prescription Writing

     Prescription writing is an important part of patient care that is essential to the ongoing management health and wellness. Prescriptions can be handwritten or computerized and must be legible and in the correct format in order for pharmacists to fill the order. The correct format for prescription writing includes the date and time the prescription is written, the name, address, phone number, and DEA number of the prescriber, name and date of birth of the patient, the superscription Rx, inscription with the name, dosage, and quantity of the medication, subscription or dispensing direction to the pharmacist, instructions for the patient, and signature of the prescriber at the end of the prescription (Kumar et al., 2019). The piece of knowledge this writer gained from completing the assignment is the prescriptive authority of nurse practitioners related to controlled substances. Nurse practitioners can write prescriptions for controlled substances that fall under Schedule III-V in Georgia but cannot writer prescriptions for Schedule I and II controlled substances (Nursing License Map, 2020). 

     Prescription errors occur when errors of omission or errors of commission occur. Errors of omission occurs when a prescription is missing essential information, and errors of commission occurs when a prescription has incorrect information. The majority of prescriptions are errors of omission with missing parts of the order related to the medication. Errors with prescription writing can lead to improper management of conditions, wastage of medications, adverse outcomes, and economical harm to the patient and community (Dyasanoor and Urooge, 2016). Strategies to improve prescription writing include proper training by medical facilities who are trained in prescription writing, clinical governance, computerized systems for prescribing medications, and professional educational development (Dyasanoor and Urooge, 2016).  

References

Dyasanoor, S. and Urooge, A. (2016). Insight Into Quality of Prescription Writing- An Institutional Study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 10(3), ZC61-ZC64. Doi:10.7860/JCDR/2016/18011.7472 

Kumar, A., Jain, S., Dangi, I., Chowdary, S., Choubitker, O., Pandey, K., and Pawar, R. (2019). Ideal Drug Prescription Writing. World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 8(3), 634-654. Doi:10.20959/wjpps20193-12989

Nursing License Map. (2020). Nurse Practitioner Prescriptive Authority. Retrieved from https://www.nursinglicensemap.com/resources