Posted by Partlycloudy on January 12, 2009, at 12:45:07 [reposted on January 13, 2009, at 3:41:29 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Seriously What's Happened To Meds Board???? » Partlycloudy, posted by Phillipa on January 12, 2009, at 12:31:16
Let's say that dispensing has a connotation - that you are recommending that a medication be used.
That's my interpretation.
Also, a pharmacist dispenses what my doctor has prescribed.
A nurse distributes what the pharmacy has dispensed.
But I would NOT want my nurse to dispense any medication based on education and experience with what my knowledge of drugs are, since my own mother was a nurse for 40 years and thought that an aspirin was good for sleeping, decongestion, and pain. (One out of three? Not very good odds. I'll go with the pharmacist or the doctor, thank you.)
That's pretty scary. Kind of like you offering to put an IV into another poster. Yikes.
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