Reflections of a Pharmacy Practice Resident
Three great take aways for me from this session include:
Complications with enteral feeds include:
Indications for PN:
Contraindications to PN include:
ECGs are a crucial part of the patient care journey as they help us understand cardiac diseases the patient may be experiencing. A step-wise approach to ECG interpretation is a very useful way of going about your interpretation. A great resource to reteach yourself or to teach yourself can be found here: http://peterloewen.com/ecg-interpretation/
Management Vs Leader:
Management:
Leadership:
Management is more task oriented
Leadership is the visionary, get everyone board, ability the influenceÂ
Leadership project:
My leadership project was to conduct a literature review on remote medication order hubs, and write an SBAR on the implementation of these hubs into medium sized hospitals in Fraser Health. Based on my literature review I drafted an SBAR which highlighted the benefits of the medication order hub along with how to implement the hub and certain data which should be collected to help validate the hub.
Commitment to the profession:
To me commitment to the profession means adhering to the current scope of practise and maximizing pharmacist role in patient care. We must adhere to our current scope of practise so we can showcase the benefit which pharmacists bring to the team. We also must constantly showcase the benefit of the pharmacist to the patient team as it allows other HCPs to understand our role and our impact. Moreover, by adhering to our scope and maximizing our role we can slowly expand our scope of practise. Commitment to the profession also means to be as involved as possible with regards to different committees and initiatives, especially when medications are involved. By doing this we can showcase what our scope is and the role the pharmacist plays in patient care to other HCPs.
Great learning points in this presentation, as I do not have nephro rotation all of the topics discussed were learning points for me. The major topics of this presentation include:
Stroke AKA CVA (cerebral vascular accident), Defined as a sudden loss of brain function with evidence on imaging
Ischemic stroke risk doubles every year >55 y/o
The stages of Liver cirrhosis are identified in the image below:
In Liver Cirrhosis the following lab abnormalities can be seen. However, it should be noted that AST and ALT are not always elevated b/c damage can be so severe
Primary Prophylaxis for Variceal bleeds includes: Non selective-Beta-blockers and Carvedilol
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