What is the actual work of a clinical pharmacist in a hospital?!
Question: What is the actual work of a clinical pharmacist in a hospital.?
i'am a student in the german university in cairo studying pharmacy
am thinking about being a clinical pharmacist and even travel abroad
germany or usa .but i really dont know what is the duties of a clincal pharmacist in a hospital
i talked to some of my friends in med.school in the govermental university they tried to convince me that they got no use and the physician study pharmacology the same as a pharmacist ..but i dnt buy it am totally convinced that they play an essential role ..could any body may it clear to me so i can deside weather i take it or work in a drug factory quality control
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am thinking about being a clinical pharmacist and even travel abroad
germany or usa .but i really dont know what is the duties of a clincal pharmacist in a hospital
i talked to some of my friends in med.school in the govermental university they tried to convince me that they got no use and the physician study pharmacology the same as a pharmacist ..but i dnt buy it am totally convinced that they play an essential role ..could any body may it clear to me so i can deside weather i take it or work in a drug factory quality control
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pharmacists play a huge role in hospitals, they dispense medications as ordered by physicians.
Physicians order, pharmacists dispense, nurses administer. That is the way it works in every hospital across the USAHealth Question & Answer
Physicians order, pharmacists dispense, nurses administer. That is the way it works in every hospital across the USAHealth Question & Answer
It depends on the hospital that you are working in.
most of them will stock the drug carts on the floors.
some times they will depends drugs to out patients as well
some times if the hospital if in a clinical trial they will work with the patients that are in it and dispense the drugs to them and do that paper work associated with it
there is usually on working at all times in case emergency drugs are needed.
they also show patients how to use inhalers and or other meds for when they go home
they also teach patients about drugs that they are on and so on.Health Question & Answer
most of them will stock the drug carts on the floors.
some times they will depends drugs to out patients as well
some times if the hospital if in a clinical trial they will work with the patients that are in it and dispense the drugs to them and do that paper work associated with it
there is usually on working at all times in case emergency drugs are needed.
they also show patients how to use inhalers and or other meds for when they go home
they also teach patients about drugs that they are on and so on.Health Question & Answer
I have worked in a Hospital in Canada (as a Social Worker) where the Hospital Pharmacist came to ward rounds to contribute to the knowledge of drug interactions. The doctors should know all this of course, but it seemed the pharmacist had a lot to offer. Doctors are busy doing lots of other things than prescribing drugs only.Health Question & Answer
it the USA, i think it really depends on where you go. in some places they do quite a bit, generally review charts and look for problems, manage antibiotic dose adjustments, counsel patients on discharge, etc... other places use the word "clinical" liberally and theyre kind of a joke, mainly just handle traditional dispensingHealth Question & Answer