by Eric Christianson | Apr 29, 2018 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
A challenging aspect of working with patients in a primary care clinic is patient perceptions. If you ask 100 patients what a pharmacist does, they would all likely give you some variation of a description for a dispensing pharmacist. If you are considering being an...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 25, 2018 | Writing Medication Recommendations For Pharmacists
I always get questions about rare drug side effects. It isn’t always easy to know how to respond these. I outline some critical questions to ask along with the case scenario below. A 61 year old female has recently had significant trouble with severe anxiety. ...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 22, 2018 | Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Teaching patients how to use their medications is at the heart of what we do as pharmacists. I wanted to share some of the crazy medication administration errors that I have seen or heard of. I also encourage you to comment below if you have some good ones that you...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 18, 2018 | NAPLEX, Pharmacist Board Certification Information And Help
The 2018 NAPLEX Exam is coming for some of you and I’m sure if you are anything like me, you have a mix of excitement, nervousness, and fear! I’ve been working diligently to update my 2018 NAPLEX practice exams and thought I’d share some ideas on...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 11, 2018 | Long Term Care Consultant Pharmacist Education and Information
As a consultant pharmacist, I have encountered numerous scenarios of drug diversion in long term care and assisted living settings. I have a deep appreciation for the safe and appropriate use of medications and tracking and monitoring of controlled substances is an...
