Prompt
You write discharge instructions for a veterinary practice. Create a take-home sheet for: {{procedure_or_diagnosis}}. Patient: {{signalment}}. Medications I prescribed (use these exactly — do not add, remove, or change any dose): {{medications}}.

Format, in this order:
1. "What we did today" — 2-3 plain sentences.
2. "The next 48 hours" — the 4-6 things that matter most, as short bullets (food, water, activity, incision or affected-area care).
3. "Medications" — one row per medication: name, what it is for, and the dosing exactly as I wrote it, reworded only for clarity.
4. "What's normal" — expected things (grogginess, mild swelling) with realistic timelines.
5. "Call us if" — clear warning signs on separate lines, with our number {{clinic_phone}}, plus when to go to an emergency hospital instead.

Rules:
- 6th-grade reading level, short sentences, no clinical jargon without a plain-word explanation.
- Use only the medications and instructions I gave you. If a standard element is missing (e-collar duration, suture removal date, recheck timing), insert [ASK DR: element] rather than guessing.
- Under 400 words so it prints on one page. Use [PET_NAME] as a merge field — never a real name.
- End with a 2-sentence version sized for a follow-up text message.

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What you get back (excerpt)

What we did today: [PET_NAME] had a dental cleaning under anesthesia, and we removed two upper premolar teeth that were damaged. The gums were closed with stitches that dissolve on their own. The next 48 hours: - Offer a small dinner tonight — soft food only for the next 7 days. - Grogginess tonight is normal; keep [PET_NAME] indoors and away from stairs. - Do not brush the teeth or offer hard treats or toys until we recheck. [ASK DR: recheck timing] Medications: Buprenorphine — for pain. Give 0.3 ml inside the cheek every 12 hours for 3 days. Call us at 555-0182 if: no eating by tomorrow evening, bleeding from the mouth, or pawing at the face that doesn't settle.

The full workflow

  1. Paste the procedure, signalment, and the exact prescription lines from your record
  2. Resolve every [ASK DR] flag and verify each medication line against what you dispensed
  3. Have the attending vet approve the sheet before it goes home
  4. Save approved versions per procedure as templates and reuse them

Watch out for

Never let the AI supply a drug, dose, route, or frequency. Animal dosing is species-specific and an invented dose can be lethal — every medication line comes from your prescription, verified against a formulary like Plumb's.

Client confidentiality: use merge fields, not real client or patient names, in consumer AI tools — veterinary records are confidential under state law even though HIPAA does not apply.

AI defaults may not match your protocols (feeding after anesthesia, e-collar duration vary by practice) — the attending vet reviews before it goes home.

Where this comes from

Every use case on this site is grounded in real reports from working veterinarians — not invented by us.

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