Lost in Translation
What these sig codes stand for:
AM
BID
DAW
morning, or before noon
twice daily
dispense as written
Name of this song:
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Prospero Ano y Felicidad.
Feliz Navidad
A 30 mL dose of nighttime cough suppressant contains 12.5 mg of doxylamine succinate. How many milligrams of doxylamine succinate are in the entire 354 mL bottle?
147.5
Sometimes, we abbreviate the word Christmas, and write it instead as: Xmas. Is this a modern trend? The term came about during the ____ century.
A. 19th century (1800s)
B. 20th century (1900s)
C. 12th century (1100s)
D. 16th century (1500s)
While you might think the shortened version of "Christmas" is a modern creation, it actually harkens back all the way to the mid-1500s and the Greek letter X, which is the first letter in (you guessed it) the Greek word for Christ: Χριστός.
You get a faxed prescription from a doctor located in New York, for a patient that lives in Oregon. Box 14, where you would normally put the serial number, is grayed out. This means that you do what next?
Since the prescription is a fax AND written in New York, you do need to enter the serial number. Since, however, the box 14 is grayed out, you cannot enter it as you normally would. Instead, you would enter the script as normal then hit GENERATE RX. You would then put the serial number in the GEN notes available to you on that page.
What these sig codes stand for:
IM
IU
MCG
intramuscular, or under the muscle
international unit
microgram
Name of this song:
'Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la la la la!
Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la la la la la la!
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa la la la la la la la!
Deck the Halls
You get a script for Humira. The doctor requests a quantity of 6, and writes the following sig:
Inject 1 pen SQ every other week
The drug notes indicate:
enter (4) to dispense entire box
one box contains 2 pens
What is the correct quantity and day supply that you would enter in the designated boxes on the entry screen?
QTY = 12
DS = 84
True or False:
"Jingle Bells" was always intended to be a Christmas song.
False! The now-classic holiday tune "Jingle Bells" was written in the mid-19th century by James Pierpont while he experienced a bout of homesickness while living in Savannah, GA. Though debated, some believe it was originally written for the Thanksgiving program at his father's church.
A prescriber has signed the line on the prescription indicating: dispense as written. The brand-name medicine on the RX, however, does not come up in the system as an option. You reach out to your SME who informs you that the brand-name medication is inactive and cannot be dispensed, but advises using the generic instead. What do you do?
Complete entry with a blank field, so that it may diverted. Put notes of clarification needed in the comment line and the GEN notes, explaining why it was diverted. You cannot use the generic in this case, because the doctor wrote to DAW 1.
What these sig codes stand for:
IVPB
NTE
QOD
Intravenous Piggyback
Not to Exceed
Every Other Day
Name of this song:
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Joy to the World
You get a prescription for Avonex 30mcg/0.5ml prefilled syringe kit
The sig says: Inject 1 syringe (30mcg total) into the muscle every 7 days. qty: 8
The drug notes indicate: enter (3) to dispense box
each box contains 1 single-use, pre-filled syringe, instructions for use, and medication pamphlet
What is the quantity and day supply that will enter into boxes 8 and 9 on the entry screen?
QTY = 24
DS = 56
Was Christmas ever outlawed in America?
Though you may find it surprising, the answer is yes. From 1659 to 1681, the Puritans did not allow Christmas to be celebrated, going so far as to officially outlaw celebrating the date. Christmas wasn't designated a national holiday until almost two centuries later, in 1870.
You get a faxed prescription that was filled out on a printed form. At the top of the script you see a line that reads: Patient Request for a New Prescription. You also notice that the prescriber signed and dated the script, but there is no address listed. What do you do?
In this case, that heading note: Patient Request for a New Prescription indicates it is a refill. You would go to the patient's RX History to find the prescription previously dispensed, verify the doctor's address info, and use that to enter the correct MDO address on the script. You would not need to send an email to Physician's Addresses in this case.
What these sig codes mean:
POW
NMT
TIW
Powder
Not More Than
Three Times a Week
Name of this song:
Fall on your knees
Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine
Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine
Oh night divine
O Holy Night
You get a prescription for CAPECITABINE 500 MG
DIRECTIONS:TAKE 4 TABLETS (2,000 MG TOTAL) BY MOUTH 2 TIMES DAILY DAYS 1-14 OF EACH 21 DAY CYCLE FOR A TOTAL OF 6 CYCLES
What do you enter in boxes 8 and 9 for the quantity and days supply?
QTY = 672
DS = 126
What two things made red and green popular Christmas colors?
Holly and Coca-Cola. While the tradition of red and green holly dates back to Roman winter solstice celebrations, the Coca-Cola company also played a role. The soda makers popularized the plump and jolly red-suit-wearing Santa in an ad in 1931, Arielle Eckstut, co-author of Secret Language of Color told NPR.
You get a script that says it a maintenance dose, but there is no titration dose attached. What do you do?
You would enter the script as you would normally, and put "Maintenance Dose" in the comments line. Because the patient could have gotten their starter dose from a different pharmacy we may not have the prescription history available to verify a starter dose has been sent.
What this sig stands for:
is 1 gt od & 2 gts os qd
Instill one drop into right eye and 2 drops into left eye every day.
Name of this song:
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white.
White Christmas
You get the following script:
Deferasirox tablets 500 mg strength- Qty: 270. Dissolve one tablet in _ ounces of water, apple or orange juice and drink 3 times a day on an empty stomach.
The drug notes indicate: For amounts less than 1 gram, dissolve in 8.5 ounces of water, apple or orange juice. For amounts equal to or greater than 1 gram, dissolve in 17 ounces of water, apple, or orange juice.
How many ounces of water, apple or orange juice should you enter in the sig?
8.5 ounces
The Bible does not mention a specific date of birth, but most historians and Biblical scholars agree that the time of Christ's birth was actually Springtime.
Soooo, why do we celebrate Christmas in December?
It's believed that Christians chose this month and date to celebrate Jesus's arrival to replace a series of pagan celebrations that used to occur in December, according to History.
If you were to pull a prescription for any of these drugs: Norditropin, Omnitrope, Humatrope, or Mirena, what do you do?
You would exit out of the script by clicking on Tasks at the top of the screen. The first three meds are growth hormones and the last is an IUD. We do not enter growth hormones because they require additional calculations than what we currently do; and we do not enter IUDs.