Question

1. What are the required components of a legal order? Please list what must be included in a medication order.

2. The patient with Parkinson's disease has an order for carbidopa-levodopa 50mg/200 mg po three times a day and 25mg/100mg at bedtime.

The nurse will teach the patient to take _________ tablet(s) 3 times a day and _______ tablet(s) at bedtime

3. Why do we need to learn how long something will infuse?

Answer 1

Medication order consist of name of patient, diagnosis, date and time of administration, name of the medications, dosage , route of administration, frequency of the drug and also the sign of nurse who given the medication .

2,

The nurse will teach the client to take 1 tablet 3 times day and half of a tablet at bed time.

carbidopa-levodopa tablet consist of 50/200mg and morning it's need this much dosage so take one tablet . And on night half of the dose is needed so take half of the tablet.