Medication Orders & Administration
What is a prescription written in the hospital setting?
Medication order
What is a daily printout of all patient profiles used for filling patient medication drawers?
Cart fill list
What are medications stocked in a secondary area at each nursing patient care station or floor?
floor stock
What is a drug not included on the hospital’s drug formulary?
Nonformulary drug
What is a list of approved medications for use within the hospital, approved by the P&T Committee?
drug formulary
What is a medication order that is to be filled and sent to the patient care unit immediately?
STAT order
What is an online record that documents the administration time of each drug to each patient by a nurse using barcode technology?
eMAR
What is a mobile storage unit that contains individual patient drawers of medication for all patients on a given nursing unit?
Unit Dose Cart
What is an IV infusion therapy treatment that supplies a patient with all the nutrition needed by the body?
total parenteral nutrition (TPN)
What is a system of procedures, activities, feedback, and oversight that ensures that operational and quality standards are consistently met?
Quality Assurance (QA)
What is an amount of a drug that has been prepackaged or repackaged for a particular patient for a single administration at a particular time?
unit dose
What is documentation by the nurse upon admission to the hospital?
intake record
What is a secure, locked storage cabinet of designated drugs on a nursing unit whose software can track the dispensing and administration of each dose?
automated medication dispensing system (AMDS)
What is a centralized pharmacy service that prepares IV, TPN, and hazardous preparations in a sterile, cleanroom work environment?
IV admixture
What is an independent governing body that sets standards for quality patient care and safety in hospital and other healthcare facilities?
The Joint Commission
What is a medication order written by a physician on admission of a patient to the hospital; may or may not include a medication order?
Admitting Order
What is a computerized health information record to share patient information among authorized healthcare providers to better coordinate health care?
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
What are the minimum restock and maximum reorder levels for each drug on each nursing unit?
par levels
What is a drug used in clinical trials that has not yet been approved by the FDA for use in the general population?
investigational drug
What is a committee of the hospital that reviews, approves, and revises the hospital’s formulary of drugs and maintains the drug use policies?
Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee
What is an order written by a physician that provides take-home instructions, including prescribed medications and doses, for a discharged patient?
discharge order
What is a hard copy or digital legal document that contains the clinical information that a hospital collects in-house?
medical chart
What is the chief executive officer of the hospital pharmacy department, also known as the Pharmacist in Charge (PIC)?
Director of Pharmacy
What is a specialty pharmacy set up particularly to serve home healthcare dispensing?
home infusion pharmacy
What is a committee of the hospital that ensures appropriate protection is provided to patients using investigational drugs, sometimes called the Human Use Committee?
Institutional Review Board (IRB)