Steps In Providing Pharmaceutical Care (PC) To Patients
A stepwise approach would ensure consistency and make it easy to adopt pharmaceutical care in a practice setting. Cipolle et al. (1998) have defined pharmaceutical care as a nine-step process. Strand identified the three basic components as: assessment of patient needs; development of a care plan; and follow up evaluation. This post, although portraying a similar process, delineates six steps in the overall process. Steps in pharmaceutical care Practice Principles Of Pharmaceutical Care Steps In Pharmaceutical Care Process 1. Data Collection 1.1 The pharmacist conducts an initial interview with the patient for the purposes of establishing a professional working relationship and initiating the patient's pharmacy record. In some situations (e.g. pediatrics, geriatrics, critical care, language barriers) the opportunity to develop a professional relationship with and collect information directly from the patient may not exist. Under these circumstances, the pharmacist should work direc...
