PHYSICIAN'S ORDERS
The most common way of delegating authority is to write an order in a hospital chart or otherwise formally record orders for PEs. The physician may write the order in person, or a nurse may enter it in the chart at the physician's direction. Formal orders are valuable for clarifying the delegation of authority in that setting though they are less commonly used in private offices.
Standing orders, which include protocols, are a special case of written physician's orders. A standing order is an order conditioned upon the occurrence of certain clinical events. The important characteristic of a standing order is that all the patients who meet the criteria for the order receive the same treatment. A common use of standing orders is in public health clinics that treat specific diseases. A venereal disease control program will use the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) protocols for antibiotic dosages. Once the specific venereal disease is identified, the nurse administers the antibiotics as specified by the CDC protocol and authorized by the physician directing the clinic. In this situation, the CDC protocol is a standing order from the medical director, and the conditional event is the diagnosis of a specific venereal disease.

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The physician prescribes medications. In hospitals and health care centers, the physician uses a physician’s order sheet, which is part of the patient’s hospital chart or record. The orders are written for a drug to be given until a stated date and time, until a certain amount of the medication has been given, or until the order is changed or discontinued.

The physician’s order requires the date the order was written, the name and dosage of the drug, the route and frequency of administration, and any special instructions. For drugs ordered as needed (prn), the purpose for administration is also added. The physician’s signature is required each time orders are written. In many institutions the time that the order is written is also required. However, if the time is not included, the order is still valid.

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The duration of therapy was determined by counting the number of days with an active order for olanzapine IM according to Physician’s Order Sheet and the Medication Administration Record. - https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jar/2015/570410/

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According to the physician's order sheet dated February 24, 2005, the patient was receiving Lexapro 10 milligrams (mgs.) 1 tablet by mouth, Abilify 10 mg., 1 tablet by mouth for psychoses, and hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg., 1 tablet by mouth for hypertension. - http://www.canhr.org/newsroom/AA_citations/fullcits/Cit97000...

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Continue calcium as per physician’s order sheet. - https://professionals.wrha.mb.ca/old/extranet/eipt/files/EIP...

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Medications, including Benadryl, were not administered as prescribed on the physician's order sheet - https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2002/07/27/2-years-...