PANS News
16
Mar, 2016
Pharmacist Provides Personalized Care for Patients With Diabetes
Pharmacist and Certified Diabetes Educator Stacey Smith greats me in the waiting room at a medical clinic in Spryfield with a big welcoming smile and invites me to join her in her office. If it looks like any other doctor's office you may visit, it is because it is one. She shares the office with a doctor at the clinic. On the desk, there is a computer that gives her access to all the patient file information, including the results of blood tests. Stacey tells me that she has a patient who has agreed to let me sit in on his consultation if I am interested. Of course, I am.
14
Mar, 2016
Pharmacist Helps Veterans Where They Live
Locals refer to it as Camp Hill Hospital, but its actual name is Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Building and it is a long term care facility whose current population includes veterans of World War II and the Korean War. It is home to 175 veterans, mostly men. The average age of a resident at Camp Hill is 92.
10
Mar, 2016
Dynamic Duo: Meet the Renal Care Pharmacists Making a Difference at the Nova Scotia Health Authority
There is an unmistakable energy that radiates from pharmacists Jaclyn Tran and Jo-Anne Wilson as they talk about their work with patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease. They work on a multidisciplinary team that includes nephrologists, nurse practitioners, dieticians, and social workers in Halifax as part of the Renal Program.
10
Mar, 2016
Pharmacist Keeping Transplant Patients Alive
It's a lot of responsibility to be on one man's shoulders, but pharmacist Christopher Daley is responsible, along with his colleagues, for keeping about 800 of Nova Scotia's transplant patients alive and healthy. He is the Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator for the Multi-Organ Transplant Program (MOTP) in Atlantic Canada.
08
Mar, 2016
Individualized IV Meds Are Handmade with Extra Special Care by Pharmacy Tech
If you, or a loved one, have been admitted into the hospital, chances are you have required some kind of Intravenous (IV) treatment. What you may not know is that the majority of IV bags used in hospitals are specially made, by hand, by dedicated pharmacy technicians like Kayla Ross.
03
Mar, 2016
Pharmacists Help Create Healthy Moms and Healthy Babies
Sylvia Yazbeck and Kelly Foster are Clinical Pharmacists at Halifax's IWK Hospital. Both are Dalhousie Pharmacy graduates who work in obstetrics and women's surgery. Their patients ages range from 0 (newborns) to senior citizens in their 90s. Their practice is varied and extremely rewarding.
01
Mar, 2016
Pharmacist Devoted Past Ten Years to Expanding the Practice of Pharmacy
While many students can become narrowly focused on their studies, as a student Craig Connolly was able to see a bigger picture. From that time on, the past ten years, he has been involved in expanding the profession of pharmacy through his extensive work with the Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists (NSCP), the organization that licenses and regulates pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies in Nova Scotia.
29
Feb, 2016
Leech Wrangling and Obtaining Rare Drugs: It's All in a Day's Work for This Pharmacy Technician
If you have a rare infectious disease, an amputation, or need a very unique medication, Pharmacy Technician Peter MacMillan is in your corner. As a patient, you may never get to meet Peter, but your treatment and healthy recovery may depend on him.