University : University of New England
Course Title : HSNS263
Uploaded by : Mark polee
Present case study deals with a 72-year-old male patient who was admitted to medical ward with probable diagnosis of pneumonia. It is a form infection associated with lung/pulmonary parenchyma (Mandell, 2015). Pneumonia is one of the prime causes of morbidity and mortality globally (Lanks et al., 2019). Various types of microorganisms (bacetria, virus and fungus) may result in pneumonia. Treatment of pneumonia depends on the nature of causative organisms. In this case patient was prescribed with benzylpenicillin. This essay focuses on the validation of the medication order given, justification of the charted medicine in context to pneumonia and its therapeutic interaction, discussion on the process of administration strategy and about documentation of medications.
Medication order is a written documentation of the medicines give....