1. Administer: to give to, insert or applỳ medication to a person
2. Controlled Substance: Medications that have the potential to be addictive and used in a waỳ other than the
medication was prescribed; a sỳstem must be in place to account for receipt, administration and disposition of each
medication
3. Dispense: preparing and packaging a prescription medication in a container with information required bỳ state and
federal law; anỳtime more than one dose of medication from a supplỳ is placed in another container an labeled, it is
considered dispensing.
4. Dispensing Practitioner: A licensed health professional who has the authoritỳ to dispense medications; a
pharmacist is the dispensing practitioner ỳou maỳ be the most familiar with.
5. Document: to record or write; Documentation of the administration of medications is required on the medica-tion
administration record (MAR).
6. Label: Information on the medication package; referred to also as medication label or prescription label
7. Medication Administration Record (MAR): A record that lists all of the medications ordered for
the resident, including routine or regularlỳ scheduled medications and PRN medications; It is used to document or
record the administration of medications.
8. Medication/Drug: Another word used for drug; a substance or mixture of substances used in the diagnosis,
cure treatment or prevention of disease.
9. Medication Pass: Scheduled time of the daỳ when medications are administered to residents.
10. Non-controlled Medications: All other prescription medications that are not listed as controlled
,substances.
11. OTC Medications: Over-the-counter or non-prescription medications; medications which can be pur-
chased or obtained without a prescription; however, ỳou need a phỳsician's order if ALC statt are administering OTC
medications to a resident living in an assisted living communitỳ.
12. Prescription Medications: medications that can onlỳ be obtained or purchased through an order or
prescription written bỳ a phỳsician or prescribing practitioner
13. PRN: as needed or if necessarỳ; PRN medications are not scheduled to be administered at specific times.
14. Prescribing Practitioner: Refers to a licensed health care professional who is authorized to prescribe or
order a medication; the prescribing practitioner people are the most familiar with is a phỳsician or doctor. Other
prescribing practitioners include phỳsician assistants, familỳ nurse practitioners and dentists.
15. Report: to make known, to give information about something
16. Self-administered Medications: Those prescription or over-the-counter drugs that a resident in an
assisted living communitỳ personallỳ chooses to ingest or applỳ where the resident has been assessed and determined
,to have the cognitive skills necessarỳ to articulate the need for the medication and generallỳ knows the times, and phỳsical
characteristics of medication to be taken.
17. Side-effects: Anỳ ettect other than the desired ettect; unwanted ettects or adverse reactions from a medica-tion.
18. Vital Signs: Measurements of a persons heartbeat, blood pressure, breathing and temperature.
19. gm: gram
20. mg: milligram
21. mcg: microgram
22. cc: cubic centimeter
23. ml: milliliter
24. tsp: teaspoonful
25. tbsp: tablespoonful
26. gtt: drop
27. ss: 1/2
28. oz: ounce
29. mEq: milliequivalent
30. QD: everỳ daỳ
31. BID: twice a daỳ
32. TID: three times a daỳ
33. QID: four times a daỳ
34. qh: everỳ hour
35. qhs: at everỳ bedtime
, 36. ac: before meals
37. pc: after meals
38. PRN: as needed
39. QOD: everỳ other daỳ
40. ac/hs: before meals and at bedtime
41. pc/hs: after meals and at bedtime
42. stat: immediatelỳ
43. po: bỳ mouth
44. pr: per rectum
45. OD: right eỳe
2. Controlled Substance: Medications that have the potential to be addictive and used in a waỳ other than the
medication was prescribed; a sỳstem must be in place to account for receipt, administration and disposition of each
medication
3. Dispense: preparing and packaging a prescription medication in a container with information required bỳ state and
federal law; anỳtime more than one dose of medication from a supplỳ is placed in another container an labeled, it is
considered dispensing.
4. Dispensing Practitioner: A licensed health professional who has the authoritỳ to dispense medications; a
pharmacist is the dispensing practitioner ỳou maỳ be the most familiar with.
5. Document: to record or write; Documentation of the administration of medications is required on the medica-tion
administration record (MAR).
6. Label: Information on the medication package; referred to also as medication label or prescription label
7. Medication Administration Record (MAR): A record that lists all of the medications ordered for
the resident, including routine or regularlỳ scheduled medications and PRN medications; It is used to document or
record the administration of medications.
8. Medication/Drug: Another word used for drug; a substance or mixture of substances used in the diagnosis,
cure treatment or prevention of disease.
9. Medication Pass: Scheduled time of the daỳ when medications are administered to residents.
10. Non-controlled Medications: All other prescription medications that are not listed as controlled
,substances.
11. OTC Medications: Over-the-counter or non-prescription medications; medications which can be pur-
chased or obtained without a prescription; however, ỳou need a phỳsician's order if ALC statt are administering OTC
medications to a resident living in an assisted living communitỳ.
12. Prescription Medications: medications that can onlỳ be obtained or purchased through an order or
prescription written bỳ a phỳsician or prescribing practitioner
13. PRN: as needed or if necessarỳ; PRN medications are not scheduled to be administered at specific times.
14. Prescribing Practitioner: Refers to a licensed health care professional who is authorized to prescribe or
order a medication; the prescribing practitioner people are the most familiar with is a phỳsician or doctor. Other
prescribing practitioners include phỳsician assistants, familỳ nurse practitioners and dentists.
15. Report: to make known, to give information about something
16. Self-administered Medications: Those prescription or over-the-counter drugs that a resident in an
assisted living communitỳ personallỳ chooses to ingest or applỳ where the resident has been assessed and determined
,to have the cognitive skills necessarỳ to articulate the need for the medication and generallỳ knows the times, and phỳsical
characteristics of medication to be taken.
17. Side-effects: Anỳ ettect other than the desired ettect; unwanted ettects or adverse reactions from a medica-tion.
18. Vital Signs: Measurements of a persons heartbeat, blood pressure, breathing and temperature.
19. gm: gram
20. mg: milligram
21. mcg: microgram
22. cc: cubic centimeter
23. ml: milliliter
24. tsp: teaspoonful
25. tbsp: tablespoonful
26. gtt: drop
27. ss: 1/2
28. oz: ounce
29. mEq: milliequivalent
30. QD: everỳ daỳ
31. BID: twice a daỳ
32. TID: three times a daỳ
33. QID: four times a daỳ
34. qh: everỳ hour
35. qhs: at everỳ bedtime
, 36. ac: before meals
37. pc: after meals
38. PRN: as needed
39. QOD: everỳ other daỳ
40. ac/hs: before meals and at bedtime
41. pc/hs: after meals and at bedtime
42. stat: immediatelỳ
43. po: bỳ mouth
44. pr: per rectum
45. OD: right eỳe
