by Eric Christianson | May 21, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Guest Post via – Luka Tehovnik, who is a final year pharmacy student from Slovenia! You can find his blog here: http://thoughtsbecamewords.wordpress.com/ 59 y/o female had a history of recurrent spontaneous hematoma, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, and...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 23, 2014 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists, Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
Ever made a mistake? I have. I will never forget that feeling – it’s awful. I was reviewing a patient’s medication list and noted that the patient was struggling with the costs of their medications. I was a fairly recent new graduate at the time and...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 16, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
We all know that Viagra (sildenafil) is used for erectile dysfunction (most of the time), but this elderly patient was seeking it for an off label use. This gentleman was frequently asking his doctor and the nurses that worked with him if he could get “a little...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 3, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
I’m extremely humbled and excited that I have to write this post tonight – From the early days on Facebook, to all the retweets on Twitter and followers from LinkedIn, the amount of support, kind words, and constructive comments has been overwhelming. ...
by Eric Christianson | Mar 26, 2014 | Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacist Legislative Advocacy
I feel like I’m always trying to educate folks what a clinical pharmacist can provide to patients, nurses, physicians, a healthcare team, institution etc. Since I was accepted into pharmacy school, I feel like I’ve been hearing about MTM(medication therapy...
by Eric Christianson | Feb 5, 2014 | Medication Errors, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
I can remember doing a home visit with a patient who had recently been discharged from the hospital. This particular individual had a recent CHF exacerbation as well as pneumonia. I will never forget the experience that made me reflect upon how I try to educate...
