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10 Opportunities to Leverage for Career Advancement

Amber

Lawyers often need help understanding medical records in preparation for a trial. More patients are preferring to receive infused medications in the comfort of their homes instead of inpatient settings. Try reaching out to local groups to see if they need volunteers for an upcoming event or fundraiser.

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Episode 918: What Happens If You Give a Cephalosporin to a Patient With Moderate, Severe, or Unknown Beta-Lactam Allergy?

Pharmacy Joe

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The label of “penicillin allergic” usually sticks to a patient’s medical record forever. The trouble is that many recorded allergies are actually intolerances, such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. She experienced a rash to the nafcillin as an inpatient.

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Episode 799: Can the Tisdale Risk Score be used to identify ICU patients at risk of QTc prolongation?

Pharmacy Joe

An advantage of this scoring system is that it uses clinical values that are easily obtained from the medical record and it is practical to perform. The authors of a recent study published in Pharmacotherapy sought to evaluate the usefulness of the TRS in a medical ICU.

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Episode 661: Fentanyl Patch Safety in Hospitals

Pharmacy Joe

Documentation within the medical record. Routinely following these steps when verifying new fentanyl patch orders is likely to prevent a potentially catastrophic event by stopping the use of fentanyl patches for acute pain and in opioid-naive patients. This 3-step procedure includes: 1. Determination of indication 2.