Case Study Hs140 Week 6 Assignment
HS140 Week 6 Assignment
Name: Chantea Braddock
Please answer the case study questions, showing your work where applicable. Each question is worth 5 points.
Case 1
A patient is prescribed a pain medication with the directions: i tab PO q 12h
The patient takes the first does upon waking at 8:30 am.
1. When should the second dose be taken?
The second dose should be taken at 8:30 pm. 2. Read pages 146 and 147 in the textbook and then express your answer using international standard time.
2030, would be 8:30 pm because the pm symbol tells you this is in 12 hour format and that it is evening, so add one digit for each hour after noon, drop the pm symbol and drop the colon.
Case 2
A patient is going to be given an injection …show more content…
Annie’s mother asks if it is safe to give Annie children’s aspirin because she has some at home. Her husband takes it as a “blood thinner.”
1. What is your response to Annie’s mother?
I would recommend using acetaminophen, because aspirin can make a child susceptible to Reye’s syndrome. 2. Annie will be given an antibiotic. Her mother mentions that she is allergic to penicillin. What are some checks and balances that should be in place at the physician’s office and in the pharmacy to ensure that errors are not made with patients with allergies to certain antibiotics?
Some checks and balances that should be put together at the physician’s office and at the pharmacy to ensure errors do not occur are: physician and pharmacy should always ask patients if they have any known allergies, patient should be considered allergic to all penicillin if allergic to any penicillin, and patient with penicillin allergies should wear a form of identification so that they are not inadvertently given penicillin in an emergency situation.
Case 6
Mr. Smith has arthritis and is also experiencing muscle spasms. The physician prescribes an analgesic and a muscle
Name: Chantea Braddock
Please answer the case study questions, showing your work where applicable. Each question is worth 5 points.
Case 1
A patient is prescribed a pain medication with the directions: i tab PO q 12h
The patient takes the first does upon waking at 8:30 am.
1. When should the second dose be taken?
The second dose should be taken at 8:30 pm. 2. Read pages 146 and 147 in the textbook and then express your answer using international standard time.
2030, would be 8:30 pm because the pm symbol tells you this is in 12 hour format and that it is evening, so add one digit for each hour after noon, drop the pm symbol and drop the colon.
Case 2
A patient is going to be given an injection …show more content…
Annie’s mother asks if it is safe to give Annie children’s aspirin because she has some at home. Her husband takes it as a “blood thinner.”
1. What is your response to Annie’s mother?
I would recommend using acetaminophen, because aspirin can make a child susceptible to Reye’s syndrome. 2. Annie will be given an antibiotic. Her mother mentions that she is allergic to penicillin. What are some checks and balances that should be in place at the physician’s office and in the pharmacy to ensure that errors are not made with patients with allergies to certain antibiotics?
Some checks and balances that should be put together at the physician’s office and at the pharmacy to ensure errors do not occur are: physician and pharmacy should always ask patients if they have any known allergies, patient should be considered allergic to all penicillin if allergic to any penicillin, and patient with penicillin allergies should wear a form of identification so that they are not inadvertently given penicillin in an emergency situation.
Case 6
Mr. Smith has arthritis and is also experiencing muscle spasms. The physician prescribes an analgesic and a muscle