Guest Speaker Flashcards
How much job training(Experienced Pharmacist
3 months depending on experience
Education(Experienced Pharmacist)
PharmD/Masters
Clinical Pharmacist Daily Activities
-Begin in central pharmacy/assist with
central tasks
-Vancomycin
-AMS
-Renal dosing (per pharmacy and general
review of pts with high SCr)
-IV to PO
-Therapeutic drug monitoring
-Enteral tube feeds
-Order verification
-Codes/rapid responses
-Resource for MD and RN
- Interventions
-Anticoagulation- warfarin, DOACs, non
oral anticoagulation, heparin
-Who do I interact with: nurses, doctors,
case workers, N
Central Pharmacist Daily Activities
-Pharmacy pass off to/from
overnight pharmacy services
- Order verification
-Resolve/review discrepancies
-Narcotic refills
-Checking pyxis refills
-Checking code carts
-Check unit dosed medications
-Ensure day runs smoothly
-Verification of sterile compounding
-Phone calls
-Who do I interact with: nurses,
doctors, pharmacy technicians,
providers
Critical Care Pharmacist Daily Activities
-Review patients- CCU/ECU-Attend rounds
-Make sure patients have
appropriate number of drips
-Chart review
-Attend codes
-Order verification
-Who do I interact with:
dietician, nurses, case
workers, intensivist, NP,
Weekly Other Tasks
-Narcotic inventory of C2 safe
-Narcotic count of anesthesia machines
-MDC clinic weekly schedule
-ECU chart review
-Projects/ Idea board
-Nursing orientation
Yearly Other Tasks
-Inventory of whole pharmacy
-ACLS training (Q2 years)
-Reviews
-IPPE students
Monthly Other Tasks
- Assure outdating is done in pharmacy as
well as pyxis machines - Staff meeting
- Review outdated medications in pyxis
machines and see if appropriate to unload
from machine - Outdate medications
Quarterly Other Tasks
Vancomycin per pharmacy audit
- AMS meeting
- Assure cycle counts of pharmacy are
complete in inventory manager
