care plan in collaboration with patient medical record other health care professionals, accordingly. patients, and/or their caregivers Perform discharge medication which considers a health teaching and/or instruct patients in patient’s literacy, culture, and psychosocial medication education classes. factors to provide optimal health care. Demonstrate an understanding of Identify laboratory tests necessary the pathophysiology and to diagnose and monitor various pharmacotherapy of the most disease states, describing the common acute and chronic usefulness and limitations of each disease states encountered in the test. hospital setting. Describe how certain disease states affect laboratory values and how they alter the interpretation of these laboratory values. Review the mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, adverse effects, and interactions for each of the medications. patient’s Assess findings to determine real and potential pharmacotherapeutic problems, ranks them in order of acuity; describes probable causes/effects, and gathers additional information to define/clarify the problems. Identify, report, and analyze Participate in quality processes medication errors and adverse that promote effective drug use drug reactions to identify and/or health (e.g., medication preventable cause and remedial safety, quality improvement, drug preventive actions. Manage the use evaluations).
care plan in collaboration with other health care professionals, patients, and/or their caregivers which considers a patient’s health literacy, culture, and psychosocial factors to provide optimal health care. patient medical record accordingly. Perform discharge medication teaching and/or instruct patients in medication education classes. Demonstrate an understanding of the pathophysiology and pharmacotherapy of the most common acute and chronic disease states encountered in the hospital setting. Identify laboratory tests necessary to diagnose and monitor various disease states, describing the usefulness and limitations of each test. Describe how certain disease states affect laboratory values and how they alter the interpretation of these laboratory values. Review the mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, adverse effects, and for each of the patient’s medications. Assess findings to determine real and potential pharmacotherapeutic problems, ranks them in order of acuity; describes probable causes/effects, and gathers additional information to define/clarify the problems. Identify, report, and analyze medication errors and adverse drug reactions to identify preventable cause and remedial preventive actions. Manage the Participate in quality processes that promote effective drug use and/or health (e.g., medication safety, quality improvement, drug use evaluations). interactions