Background: Prescription refers to a written request from physician to patient for compounding and dispensing of medicines. The prescription comprises detail information of patient, physician, and drugs, absence of these prescription parameters may harm the patient’s safety. Inappropriate practices like polypharmacy prescriptions must be avoided as this may lead to non-compliance.Methods: A cross section observational study was conducted at a community pharmacy from September to November 2019. Permission was taken from the registered pharmacist. Prescriptions were collected from the subjects who visited the pharmacy in rural area. A checklist was prepared including all the parameters and the prescriptions were analyzed through Microsoft excel.Results: Out of 2227 prescriptions collected, patient’s name, age and weight were not written in 10.57%, 78.41%, and 12.33% of prescriptions respectively. Physician’s name, designation and registration number were not mentioned in 18.50%, 21.14%, 29.51% prescriptions respectively. Date of issue was lacking in 12.33% prescriptions. It was found that 44.49% prescriptions were illegible. It was observed that 82.81% prescriptions possessed dosage form of drug and 32.15% dose in it. The study showed that 19.2% prescriptions were polypharmacy prescriptions.Conclusions: Prescription is an authoritative document between doctor and pharmacist therefore it needs to be precise, fastidious, and scrupulous, monitoring to identify causes, analyze errors and blemishes in the prescription. One or other parameters were lacking in every prescription. ‘Educate to medicate’ this indicates that sound knowledge is requiring to prescribe therapeutically efficacious and accurate medicines in prescription.
supported the carer to tell their story of own experiences. The positive and negative emotions were mapped along the journey. The encounter timeframe was 20 minutes. Feedback on the discussion was subsequently collected. Results Negative feelings were predominant at the beginning of relapse. Modifiable triggers of negative feelings included: repeating past medical history and accessing prednisolone prescriptions. Treatment initiation was the main timepoint positive feelings emerged. The important role of specialist nurse was emphasised. The parent's trust in network communication was evident. Feedback on this exercise was that the parent felt heard and optimistic that improvement work is done. The unintended benefit was the invaluable learning experience for the interviewer. Conclusions Access to nephrotic syndrome nurse specialist and to prednisolone prescriptions were identified as factors affecting the patient journey. Emotional mapping is a useful tool for understanding patient perspective, as well as a powerful learning experience for trainees.
In March 2021, 43% of doctors and nurses surveyed reported they had screened the last patient they saw; 79% were aware of resources and; 67% had signposted someone to help in the last 3 months. From zero introductions to Connected Communities in October 2020, a staggering 95 parents have been screened and recommended to contact our support workers. Only 23 have engaged so far and they have received help with housing, finances/benefits and citizenship. Ten do not speak English but will be supported to access advice. Conclusions Tackling health inequalities takes commitment.By seeing, screening and intervening, we help reduce stigma and identify vulnerable families. Our close partnership with Connected Communities increased staff confidence and increased introductions. More work is needed to determine why only 23/95 parents take up the offer but language barrier, parental expectations or clerical factors may contribute.
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