AH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Antimicrobial Resistance, Warfarin, Hartford Hospital
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Median pharmacist salary is ,000 a year. Part time work is easy to get. Extended shifts 4-10 hour shifts available in man settings (3 days off per week) Night shift: 7 on and 7 off is typical. * ensured medication doses are appropriate and no interacting co-medications. * side effects: what are options if the side effects are particularly bothersome. Made recommendations to optimize drug therapy particularly in regards to: Approve or deny and recommend alternative management. Evaluate and recommend discontinue or changing antibiotics. Monitoring of complex medication dosing regimens for individualized dosing. Reassess and write new therapeutic guidelines for the hospital to account for new medications and changing antibiotic resistance within bacteria. Incorporate how new technologies (either in the microbiology lab or diagnostic tests) can optimize antibiotic use. Antibiotic stewardship is going to be required by cms for every hospital. Most of the jobs allow student interns.