Pharmacists giving injections!?!

[chevyv]

I went into a a local store the other day to get a presription filled. I saw a sign that said basically get your flu, tetorifice, meningitis, and other vaccinations right there. My first thought was "Great, I missed the flu shots given at work and they take my insurance." I went onto read that the vaccinations are given by specially trained pharmacists that took a course. I was a bit upset reading this. I don't want to fill my pts meds and I don't want a pharmacist who took an hour course to be thinking that is enough training to safely do part of my job!

Am I overreacting? Just seems like nursing should remain nursing. Once they start this, who knows what's next!

[amoLucia]

so... you would rather wait for a nurse to happen by? Please wear something indicating that a pharmacist is not to save your life so that none of us makes the attempt.

Kind of reminds me of those TV announcements you see on TV airplanes only this would be "is there a nurse in the store?"

[ThatGuy71]

Seriously? A nurse is concerned that a pharmacist is giving injections? So what exactly is the concern? The lack of pharma knowledge? The Lack of training? I am fairly sure that the PharmD (oh want does that 'D' stand for????) school is a tad longer than the ADN program.....Or are you concerned about the "turf".

As I remember- our primary concern is the wellness of our patients and community and increasing access to healthcare. Get over it, and lets thank these individuals for making our job easier!

[ThatGuy71]

So you graduate your ADN program, sit for and pass your boards. You now have a license to what? Push Meds? Hopefully your onboarding and orientation is with a competent preceptor. If not, you get a copy of a copy of a copy (never as sharp as the original).........30 years in this game and I will be the first to admit- that new RN - she is dangerous. With the prevalence of look alike / sound alike drugs, vague physician orders and the general attitude of millennial's - I think everyone is missing the bigger picture of what is good for our patients and community.

A properly trained Pharmacist administering IM shots is no more or less dangerous than a new grad nurse.

To take it one step further - look at the military healthcare services. Medics and corpsmen are routinely trained to administer vaccines to service members and in humanitarian missions. Training is the key.

[ThatGuy71]

That's funny- given your comment, we don't want them to either...........

[ThatGuy71]

Yes, you are.

Did you ever hear a parasitologist complaining about a school nurse doing "lice checks" at a grade school?

Given the tone of your post- there should be a proctologist somewhere ranting that you have no right to have your head that far in your own rectum - that is his turf.

[ThatGuy71]

Here is a shocker- it is part of the Pharmacist scope too !

Yrs ago- we had nurses that graduated hospital based program with minimal didactic training. Right or wrong, times change and healthcare evolves.

And if the trash guy gets to listen to your heavy breathing........well, you may be on the wrong forum

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Yes, you are.

Who is you? If you utilize the quote button that appears at the bottom of the post to which you are responding, then it is possible for other members to know to which post you are referring. With 7 pages of posts, no one is going to have any idea what post you are responding to. Additionally, this thread was started nearly 5 years ago- it is quite likely that posts you are responding to are from members who do not visit AN anymore.