The health care provider orders pain medication to be given to a patient when the patient needs it to control pain. What is this called?
a. PRN order
b. Standing order
c. One-time order
d. STAT order
A
A PRN order is one in which the health care provider orders a medication to be given only when a patient requires it. With standing orders, you carry out a standing order until the health care provider cancels it by another order or until a prescribed number of days elapses. Single (one-time) orders happen when a prescriber orders a medication to be given only once at a specified time. A STAT order means that you give a single dose of a medication immediately and only once.
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