as a pharmacist my role in this pendamic covid 19
Answers
Answer:
As healthcare professionals, pharmacists can play key role during the pandemic, acting directly with the community,8 continuing to care for patients with chronic diseases,9 , 10 working in hospital pharmacies and providing pharmaceutical care to COVID-19 patients.
Explanation:
plz follow me and like my answer....... make me brilliantest plzzz......!!!!
Answer:
As front-line health-care professionals, many pharmacists are playing an important role in patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic in community pharmacies, hospitals and other health-care settings including long-term care.
The pharmacist's scope of practice includes helping address a variety of minor ailments and many pharmacists have taken additional education such as the diabetes educator training. This expanded scope provides patients with another source from which to receive reliable health advice and is helping to ease pressure on hospitals and clinics during this time.
"The pharmacist's role has continued to change over the last decade and with our new Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum, it is very much geared to direct patient care," says Dr. Lalitha Raman-Wilms, dean, College of Pharmacy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.
Ron Eros, director of experiential education at the College of Pharmacy, says that UM pharmacy graduates are well-positioned for these opportunities to support patients with their health-care needs.
"Pharmacists are an essential first line caregiver to provide medication information and the management of their medication therapies," says Eros.
Alia Marcinkow, a 2014 B.Sc. (Pharm.) graduate and a community pharmacist at the Grandview and Gilbert Plains Pharmacies, says they have seen an increase in people asking for advice on how to treat ailments such as common colds, give injections like vaccines or treat various conditions.
"We're the most easily accessible health-care professionals. You can walk into a pharmacy and talk to your pharmacist without waiting more than 10 minutes, whereas at the clinic or hospital you could be waiting for a longer amount of time," says Marcinkow.
She says they have also seen an increase in delivery requests, and more people phoning in for advice and requests rather than coming in person.
Since the pandemic began, Marcinkow says pharmacists have spent a lot of time educating people about COVID-19 and reinforcing messaging about how to reduce the spread. She says this is important in a small community where some may think they don't have to worry about the virus if it is not yet present in their community.