Nurses and pharmacists must work together for patients.THERE ARE many differences between the nursing and pharmacy professions, some of which were highlighted in the article by Susan Shaw Susan Shaw was born in 1929 as Patsy Sloots and died in 1978. She was prepared by the J Arthur Rank Organization to be one of their starlets in the so-clled "Charm School". After a good start to her career, it slowly disintegrated due to excessive alcohol. in the November Kai kai Noun NZ informal food [Maori] kai noun N.Z. (informal) food, grub (slang) provisions, fare, board, commons, eats (slang Tiaki Nursing New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. (p 16-18). Shaw objected to comments written on the drug chart by pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
Generic prescribing is encouraged due to the number of brand names available in New Zealand and because doctors from overseas often use brand names not available in New Zealand. I'm sure every nurse has had to question a prescription at some stage, so should be happy to have them clarified by the pharmacist pharmacist /phar·ma·cist/ (fahr´mah-sist) one who is licensed to prepare and sell or dispense drugs and compounds, and to make up prescriptions. phar·ma·cist n. prior to administration. The difference between a drug and a medication is wider than a pharmacy and nursing difference. If you asked any member of the public, I'm sure most, including nurses, would use the term "drug" rather than "medication" to refer to illicit substances. Pharmacists regularly use the term drug to refer to medication in general. The statement that it would be "negligent of a nurse to assume that a medication checked by another health care professional was correct" is misleading. Everyone has to check drugs before administration, but in many cases of strip or blister blister, puffy swelling of the outer skin (epidermis) caused by burn, friction, or irritants like poison ivy. A response of the body to protect deeper tissue, blisters generally contain serum, the liquid component of blood. packaging or when tablets have been dispensed into a labelled bottle, you are already assuming these are correct. Medications in the dispensing machine have had these same checks so are no different for nurses to administer to patients. To trial computerised technology to dispense (not administer) medication is a move into the future. These systems have not been developed to "regulate nurses' practice" but to improve the process of getting "the right drug to the right patient at the right time". If pharmacists or other professions did want to "monitor nursing practice", I'm sure they could do this without the aid of dispensing technology. As health professionals, we should all be working together to improve patient care. If problems with computerised dispensing machines arise, they should be addressed, rather than perceiving "a clash of professional values'" with other health professionals. [Abridged] Louise McDermott, MPS, MClinPharm, DipTeaching Clinical pharmacy Clinical pharmacy is the branch of Pharmacy where pharmacists provide patient care that optimizes the use of medication and promotes health, wellness, and disease prevention [1] co-ordinator Christchurch Hospital |
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