RT Book, Section
A1 Cipolle, Robert J.
A1 Strand, Linda M.
A1 Morley, Peter C.
A2 Cipolle, Robert J.
A2 Strand, Linda M.
A2 Morley, Peter C.
SR Print(0)
ID 56173104
T1 Chapter 6. The Assessment
T2 Pharmaceutical Care Practice: The Patient-Centered Approach to Medication Management Services, 3e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-175638-9
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56173104
RD 2024/10/12
AB The  purpose  of  the  assessment  is  to  determine  if  the  patient's  drug-related  needs  are  being  met  and  if  any  drug  therapy  problems  are  present.Know  your  patient  by  understanding  his  or  her  medication  experience  before  making  any  decisions  about  his  or  her  drug  therapy.Elicit  only  relevant  information  necessary  to  make  drug  therapy  decisions.Always  assess  the  patient's  drug-related  needs  in  the  same  systematic  order.  First  determine  if  the  indication  is  appropriate  for  the  drug  therapy.  Second,  evaluate  the  effectiveness  of  the  drug  regimen  for  the  indication.  Third,  determine  the  level  of  safety  of  the  drug  regimen.  Only  after  determining  that  the  drug  therapy  selected  or  being  used  by  the  patient  is  appropriately  indicated,  effective,  and  safe  do  you  logically  evaluate  the  patient's  adherence  to  the  medication  regimen.Documentation  includes  the  practitioner's  assessment  of  how  well  the  patient's  drug-related  needs  are  being  met  and  a  description  of  the  drug  therapy  problems  present.