Q 1.Name the 14 component parts of a prescription. 2.How does a prescription differ from a medication order? 3.Describe how verbal orders for drugs are handled by a nurse in the hospital. 4. What precautions should be taken to prevent the theft of prescription pads from a medical office? 5.What precaution is taken to prevent prescriptions for schedule drugs from being written by an unlicensed individual? 6. What precaution is taken to prevent additional medication orders from being illegally inserted after the physician signs a paper physician’s order sheet? 7.How can a physician indicate on the prescription that the patient should receive a trade name drug and not a generic drug equivalent? 8.Compare and contrast several different types of pharmacies. 9.Describe three types of counseling that a pharmacist does. 10.What would you tell a patient about how to safely store and dispose of his/her drugs? 11.Define these abbreviations and symbols: Rx, #, Sig., NR, DAW, and DEA. 12.Define each of the chapter Key Words and Phrase
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