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*Note
on course proficiencies*
YEAR X
SEMESTER 1-2-3
Hospital Pharmacy
PHAR 5692
Course Description:
A structured preceptored experience in hospital pharmacy practice.
Cr. 6. (0-18).
Prerequisite:
Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of
the instructor.
Course Proficiencies:
The student will be able to:
- Review medication orders for completeness
and potential problems concerning accuracy, allergies, legality,
dose, route, frequency, and duration of use.
- Demonstrate proficiency in reviewing medication
order for drug-drug; drug-food; drug-disease interactions and
drug duplication.
- When a problem is identified, make appropriate
interventions in the patient’s behalf.
- Perform distributive functions in a unit-dose
drug-distribution system including preparation of first dose
selection, cart filing, cart exchange, extemporaneous packaging,
and use of dispensing automation.
- Develop, implement, and manage a unit-dose
drug-distribution system.
- Describe federal and state laws for controlled
substances and how the hospital’s policy and procedures comply
with those laws.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the different
types of formularies in a hospital setting.
- Select and recommend an appropriate formulary
drug when a non-formulary drug is ordered.
- Calculate correct amounts of additives
for intravenous or TPN products.
- Aseptically prepare intravenous admixtures
and TPN solutions.
- Define risk levels for sterile products
and describe the facility’s guidelines and procedures appropriate
for risk level.
- Perform appropriate calculations needed
to fill prescription or medication orders.
- Demonstrate proficiency in communications
skills by performing patient counseling on topics such as warfarin
self-administration and monitoring, inhaler use, and proper
use of discharge medications.
- Review, interpret, and evaluate medication
orders against a pharmacy patient profile and patient’s medical
record.
- Describe procedures for the preparation,
inventory, dispensing, and monitoring of investigational drugs.
- Define and describe perpetual and physical
inventories and methods of purchasing, ordering, and receiving
merchandise.
- Effectively communicate with other health
care professionals.
- Recommend appropriate drug therapy and
alternative therapeutic solutions.
- Compound extemporaneous products and describe
institutional guidelines for compounding and packaging of products.
- Describe the role and impact of regulatory
agencies or accrediting organizations including the FDA, DEA,
Texas State Board of Pharmacy, Medicare, OSHA, DPS, JCAHO, and
ASHP as they affect hospital pharmacy practice.
- Utilize hospital-based drug information
resources to answer therapeutic questions.
- Describe the role of hospital committees,
including Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Infection Control, Quality
Assurance, and Discharge Planning.
- Complete an adverse drug reaction report.
- Reconcile pharmacy medication profiles
with nursing medication administration records.
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