Practice Exercises

These exercises are designed for nursing, medical, and pharmacy students to practice
identifying hidden allergens in medication ingredients using the ScanYourMeds Academic scanner.

For each scenario:

  1. Read the patient story.
  2. Select Allergens, if known.
  3. Go to the Scan Medications page in the sidebar.
  4. Scan the medication(s) mentioned.
  5. Compare the ingredients to the patient’s known or suspected allergens.
  6. Answer the questions and be ready to discuss your reasoning.

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

Scenario 3

Scenario 4

Scenario 5


Instructor tip: You can assign specific scenarios, have students
work in pairs or small groups, and ask them to submit written rationales or
present their findings to the class.