Optional Practice — Bring to Your Virtual Testing Class

Practice Worksheet

📋 Instructions: This optional worksheet gives you extra practice reading physician orders, pharmacy labels, and MRB labels — skills you'll use every day as a QMAP. Bring your completed copy to the Virtual Testing Class.
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Reference Documents — Review Before Answering

For each medication listed on the MRB label, cross-reference the Physician Order and Pharmacy Label. Answer the questions below.

📄 Physician Order RX: Hazel Greene
Lasix 40 mg PO QD in a.m.
J.R. Midland, MD
Date: (missing)
🏪 Pharmacy Label — Goodpills Pharmacy RX: Hazel Greene
Furosemide 20 mg
Give 2 tablets (40 mg) daily
MD: Midland
Date: 12/24/04   Exp: 6/03   #: 30
📋 Medication Reminder System (MRB) Label — Hazel Greene
Medication / OrderA.M.NoonP.M.HS
Lasix 40 mg, 2 tabs PO QD in a.m.✓
Tobramycin 250 mg PO every 6 hours✓✓✓✓
Coumadin 0.1 mg PO odd days
Coumadin 0.2 mg PO even days
Tagamet 300 mg PO BID✓✓
Tylenol 325 mg, 2 tabs q4h PRN headache✓

Questions

1. Do the Physician Order, Pharmacy Label, and MRB label correctly match the medication Lasix?

2. Referring to the Physician Order:

a. What is missing from the physician order?

b. What information on the order makes up the dose of Lasix?

i. Amount:

ii. How often:

iii. Length of time:

3. According to the physician's order, is Lasix correctly listed on the MRB label?

4. Referring to the Pharmacy Label:

a. Is Furosemide the same as Lasix?

b. What actions would you take to verify this information before giving the medication?

5. What is the expiration date of the medication Lasix?

6. According to QMAP guidelines (Chapter 24), is a QMAP allowed to administer Furosemide from the bottle supplied by the pharmacy?

Explain your answer:

7. There are four errors on the MRB label. List two medications involved and describe what you would do:

i. Medication:

ii. Medication:

What action would you take based on the incorrect MRB label?

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