Assignment : P1 Hospital - Pharmacy Law / Policy

A prescription can be identified as legally authorised written instruction by a prescribing officer to a pharmacist to dispense medication.

Whenever in charge of the management of a patient’s medication, the nurse should first and foremost be focused on the “12 rights of Medication administration” as indicated in the ‘Pharmacology in Nursing’ textbook (Broyles, 2012). This applies both in the pre-operative phase and every other branch of nursing.

A growing demand has emerged in the healthcare field for well-trained pharmacy technicians to assist the pharmacist in many practice settings by assuming greater responsibilities. These may include order entry, filing prescription orders, compounding sterile preparations, cart fill exchanges, inventory control, operation of automated technology, utilizing the computer system as well as fulfilling other patient specific duties. Well-trained pharmacy technicians in retail and institutional settings are a vital part of the healthcare team.

to do things in order to get paid for them. As Pharmacists and Pharmacists Interns, we must fight for the ability to perform thes

Specify the types of country risks that pharmaceutical firms face in international business. How do the political and legal systems of countries affect the global pharmaceutical industry?

During my internship, I could apply the knowledge and skills learned from my core courses. This experience will allow me to work with John Hopkins Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager, Toni Carter-Radden and Johns Hopkins Clinical Infusion Pharmacy Manager, Michael Grimes and acquire insights into the management through observation, participation, and practical application of administrative skills.

a) Pharmacists have ethical and legal obligations to ensure that the prescriptions they fill are valid, both in that the physician must be prescribing the medication for a valid reason and that the person filling the prescription must be doing so for valid therapeutic reasons (ASHP, 2008; Brushwood, n.d.). The court needs to take these obligations into account, and then must determine whether the frequency with which the prescription was refilled would have required a pharmacist to check with the patient's physician or at least another pharmacist in order to determine if the pattern represented abuse (Brushwood, n.d.). The basic considerations before the court, then, are the pattern of behavior (i.e. prescription refilling) represented in the facts and the relationship of this pattern to the legal and ethical standards of pharmacists. The addition was certainly a foreseeable consequence, and this means that standard applications of negligence torts might also be applicable.

“Pharmacist dispense prescription medications to patients.” They also describe the proper way to use the medication. “They also may conduct health and wellness screenings, provide immunizations, oversee the medication given to patients and provide advice on healthy lifestyles.” (bls.gov) some pharmacist specialize in specific drug therapies such as cancer or mental health treatments. (bls.gov)

Traditionally, pharmacists had no power of questioning any order made by the physician. It was also stated that a pharmacist had no power of advising the patient on the usage of medication. Currently, pharmacists have been given more power and therefore have the mandate of questioning any prescription from the physician. It has been observed that pharmacist can today share information with the doctor and ensure that patients get the right medication. Laws have allowed pharmacists to be consulted on some medications by patients, allowing patients to trust pharmacist on some simple questions that they do not need to visit their doctor. Pharmacists play a significant role in advising the patient today on the type of medication they are taking they are also held to the same standard when it comes to rules and

R/s Kim is sending Kadyn to school with medication and it is against school policy. R/s last school year Kim was advised not to send medication with the child. R/s last week Kim sent the EpiPen and this week she sent Benadryl with Kadyn. R/s she called Kim on yesterday regarding the medication policy and Kim response was “okay.” R/s Kim gave permission for the school to change Kadyn’s clothes at school. R/s the school has clothes for Kadyn due to the strong odor. R/s Kadyn’s bookbag has to sit outside of the classroom because of the urine smell. R/s last year, they had the same issue with Rodney.

There are many requirements to becoming a pharmacy technician and trainee. In order to become a pharmacy technician or a pharmacy technician trainee in the state of Texas these requirements are needed to be met. A few of these requirements apply to both pharmacy technician and trainee.

While looking at the code of ethics for Pharmacy Technicians its clear to see that there is some overlap in the standards of practice and codes of ethics. While the order of the two documents are different the information contained in them is very similar. The first similarity that I noticed for the two documents was that of values of the clients we serve. Listed in section 3 subsection A1 it clearly states that “A member shall respect the rights, dignity, needs, wishes and values of the client (CDAAC, 2016)”. While is the pharmacy technicians code of ethics it states that “Members respect the patient’s values, customs and beliefs and their right to hold these as self- governing decision-makers (Ontario College of Pharmacists, 2015)”. Another

and non-pharmacy personnel. Officer Hartshorn also suggested placing tape on doorways to help determine the height of a robber as well as limiting the stock of controlled substances or to have controlled substances in a locked safe, or otherwise “hard to get to” location.2 Time is a robber’s worst enemy so implementing ways to slow down the process may make the robber abort the robbery. According to John Partridge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, another suggestion is to have communication with other pharmacies in the area and with local law enforcement in advance of any robbery or burglary incidents and to invite law enforcement to tour the pharmacy and offer recommendations on deterring theft.7 Also, make sure there is enough

Pharmacists have a lot of qualifications they must meet in order to obtain a job. Many hospitals require a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. A Bachelors Degree is accepted for

Today in the 21st century the roles of pharmacist have expanded tremendously. Before pharmacist had the role of solely dispensing drugs. Pharmacists were limited to only being regulatory or clinical pharmacist. Back then they were called medical purveyors who were much like today’s regulatory pharmacist and hospital pharmacist who are similar to hospital pharmacist. Now pharmacists carry many roles in healthcare. Pharmacist can play roles in public health, community, health systems, state, and federal government.