by Eric Christianson | Nov 2, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Has the conversion of electronic medical record keeping led to the clinician blindly trusting what is portrayed on the screen? Regardless of the tools available, clinical judgment remains vital in providing medical care. I was working in the emergency department when...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 15, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
This is often a hot button issue with students. In the US, we work with medications that don’t always have the same name. What’s important, knowing brand name medication versus generic names? – Let me give you an answer you probably won’t like...
by Eric Christianson | Oct 14, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Ebola is in the United States, and all over the media with a second case recently diagnosed. The individual is a 26 year old nurse from Texas. How she contracted the virus remains a mystery at this point, but the early indication from the CDC is that she messed up...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 24, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Before I began my 2nd full time career as an educator online I found myself complaining about others more often than I would like – Why didn’t this nurse know this? Why didn’t this doctor know that? What was that pharmacist thinking? – I...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 21, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
A few months back, I watched as many of the dementia patients I work with were transitioned from Namenda (memantine) to Namenda XR. Why? The company that makes Namenda is planning on stopping production. Why? The only logical conclusion I can come to is they must...
by Eric Christianson | Sep 14, 2014 | Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
I am really appreciative of the thoughtful pharmacists who’ve donated their time to help provide real, relevant medication education for healthcare professionals – With well over 35,000 page view since the start of the year, your contribution is making a...
