Enger Way: Prescription Writing Assignment: Amoxicillin for Strep
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For the first week you will simply be formatting a proper prescription and providing information for patient teaching. In the coming weeks you will need to diagnose your patient, choose a proper medication, format your prescription properly, and provide all of the patient teaching that will be needed by your patient. You may use resources such as UpToDate or Epocrates, your text, or other scholarly resources for your prescribing information.
Patient: Margalise Engerman
Address: 89 Enger Way, Medford, FL 39562
Age: 42
DOB: September 23rd
Mrs. Engerman has come to your clinic with a sore throat. The rapid strep test that you performed in the clinic was positive. So you will write her a prescription for Amoxicillin. She has no known drug allergies and is not pregnant. She takes a hypertension tablet, but does not remember what it is called. She is a social drinker partaking in a glass of wine 2 to 3 times per week. She is an otherwise healthy 4th grade teacher who lives with her husband, 2 daughters, and a golden retriever named, Barbara.
Her vital signs are as follows: B/P 132/86, HR 88, SPO2 99% on RA, Resp 17, Temp 38.2, weight 178#, height 5'5", LMP ended last Tuesday
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