At the student health office, a client asks the nurse if the pharmacist at the local drugstore can change her prescription to a generic brand. How should the nurse respond?

Question

a. Most states have enacted legislation encouraging physicians to let pharmacists substitute less-expensive generic equivalents for prescribed brand-name drugs.
b. Only the provider who wrote the prescription can modify the prescription.
c. Any health care provider can change the prescription.
d. The pharmaceutical company must be contacted for authorization to change the prescription.

Answer 1

a. Most states have enacted legislation encouraging physicians to let pharmacists substitute less-expensive generic equivalents for prescribed brand-name drugs.
FEEDBACK:
a. Most states have enacted legislation encouraging physicians to let pharmacists substitute less-expensive generic equivalents for prescribed brand-name drugs.
b. Physicians can substitute less-expensive generic equivalents for prescribed brand-name drugs along with a pharmacist. Try again.
c. Physicians and pharmacists are designated to make the change in collaboration. Try again.