According to the main definitions presented in the report, pharmacists are essential and very important participants in the health care sphere. They need to get a high-quality professional education to be able to provide an excellent cost-effective, accessible and competent consultation. Their role cannot be underestimated, because pharmacists are to provide various care services in very different settings and conditions. The analyzed diagram presents five basic steps and tasks they are responsible for and each of them reflects a stage in the daily work of a well-prepared and trained pharmacist. It correctly depicts patients care roles and can serve as a schematic list of basic procedures in patient-pharmacist cooperation. When followed, collection, assessment, planning, implementing and follow-up of the treatment process are to provide a well-structured and consistent approach.
Such documents are very important for our profession, because they provide a brief explanation of the main points, which can be repeated everyday. Moreover, it reflects the tight connection and need for cooperation with other health care workers. It can serve as a statement of pharmacists’ principal goals and responsibilities in communication with patients. The extended descriptions of steps after the diagram are given to provide a better understanding of how each objective can be achieved. All the data are clearly organized, but unfortunately not all pharmacists follow these directions nowadays. Most communication acts are limited to asking patients about symptoms, complaints and giving the most suitable medicines. As for me, I would add a list of basic obligatory steps which cannot be skipped or neglected. This document will surely make the discussions on the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process more organized and consistent, because it presents the very basic structure of this process itself and suggests an ideal way to approach each individual patient.
Works cited
Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners. “Pharmacists’ Patients Care Process”, 29 May
2014.
