AHIMA Professional Practice Experience Workbook

Exercise 10 Pharmacology Abstracting: MPI: 151601 (Alicia Paxton) Part A Instructions: Access the Edco Solcom application. • Review the patient record to locate documentation that would include medications ordered/given to the patient (e.g. Medication Administration Record (MAR), physician orders, anesthesia records, nursing notes, etc.) • Identify the five drugs total (any route) given to the patient during the hospitalization; the first one has been completed for you. • Note: For some of the questions, you may need to look up information in references (e.g. Internet Search Engine, Journal of AHIMA articles, textbooks, etc.).Fill in the brand name, generic name, dosage given to patient, and route(s) of administration used. BRAND NAME GENERIC NAME DOSAGE GIVEN TO PATIENT ROUTE(S) OF ADMIN Tylenol Acetaminophen 15 gram Oral Part B Instructions: Choose 3 drugs (your instructor may specify which ones) from the list you compiled in Part A (your instructor may specify which ones): • Identify the system(s) of the body that the medication impacts. • Explain why you feel the medication was given or prescribed to the patient. Drug 1: Generic Name: Body system(s) impacted: I feel this medication was prescribed to the patient because: Drug 2: Generic Name: Body system(s) impacted: I feel this medication was prescribed to the patient because: Drug 3: Generic Name: Body system(s) impacted: I feel this medication was prescribed to the patient because:

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