Title DISPENSING 1L - PRESCRIPTION AND MEDICATION ORDER (with permission).pdf ✅

DISPENSING 1 PRESCRIPTION AND MEDICATION ORDER
PRESCRIPTION. Definition: A general instruction and communication of the healthcare team both in the in-patient and out-patient setting to either provide for a medication or treatment to an individual patient.
PRESCRIPTION. In Pharmacy Practice: A written order for medication compounding, dispensing of drugs, and administering drugs to a specific client/patient and should be signed by the prescribing physician, and this is considered a legal document.
PRESCRIPTION. It is derived from the Latin words: “praescriptionem” nominative praescriptio a writing before, order, direction