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Nt1310 Unit 1 Assignment 2

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Deven Patel Assignment #2 As the medical field is growing at a very fast pace, one must always remember that the patient always comes first. After all isn’t helping individuals get healthier in their time of sickness the sole purpose of becoming apart of the medical profession? As a practicing pharmacist, my sole purpose will be to aide all my patient’s needs in whatever way that they need to be assisted in. In compliance with OBRA 90, my primary objective will be to make sure that all patients have been screened appropriately when given any new medication. This is very crucial because I have seen patients have reactions to new drugs that should have been avoided if their patient profile was up to date. No matter if the patient is new or coming to you for five years, it is important that you take the time out to see if they are taking anything that will cause them to have a bad reaction with the new prescription. Paying attention to little details like this will go such a long way with the patient as they will have more trust in you. …show more content…

Taking 30 seconds to update a patient profile will be such a small task in the grand scheme of things. I will make sure that all the technicians have patients verify name, birthday, and address because I’ve witness patients being given the wrong medication more times than I would like to actually admit to. As a practicing pharmacist you should inform your technicians that making sure the patient is given the right medication is very crucial to you. Regardless of how of busy your pharmacy may be, you must ensure that patients are given the correct

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