Contemporary pharmacy practice
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Several pediatric dosing rules commonly are published in medical and pharmaceutical texts. However, most authorities do not regard these published dosing rules (e.g., Clark's weight rule) to be responsible approaches to pediatric dosing. This study compares the actual doses administered to patients in a 310-bed, university-affiliated, pediatric hospital with the dose calculated for each patient using Clark's weight rule, Clark's surface area rule, Young's age rule, and Shirkey's dosing recommendations. ⋯ Responsible dosing must involve more than the application of commonly published, pediatric dosing calculation rules. Shirkey's recommendations provided the most reasonable approach to pediatric dosing. However, pharmacists should monitor these patients carefully and recommend dosage adjustments whenever necessary.
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Contemp Pharm Pract · Jan 1980
Pharmacy competencies: their relative importance to consumers, practitioners, educators, and students.
The pharmacy profession increasingly is involved in developing and maintaining competency standards as objective criteria in evaluating the educational process and in judging practitioners' continuing competence. This study compared the rankings of various pharmacy competencies among diverse populations, specifically, consumers, practicing pharmacists, pharmacy educators, and pharmacy students. The competencies were assessed through a questionnaire which required the respondents to rank 17 competency labels in order of importance. ⋯ Faculty tend to rank highly the clinical roles of the pharmacist. The highest rank correlations on pairs occurred between students and faculty (0.89) and between pharmacists and consumers (0.89). The lowest rank correlation occurred between faculty and consumers (0.64).