NeighborCare – South Bend

Long Term Care/Geriatrics/Consulting

Description:  This rotation is a four week block designed to provide the Pharm.D. candidate with experience in consultant pharmacy practice.  The student will develop skills in evaluating and monitoring long-term care residents.  The rotation shall emphasize the unique pharmacologic, pharmacokinetic and therapeutic choices for the geriatric patient.

Activities:

1. orientation to the organization of the long-term care facility, role of the consultant pharmacist in the institution, including committee involvement.
2. accompany preceptor to nursing facility or other designated location.
3. review residents’ charts for data assimilation to prepare 5 written care plans
4. prepare written recommendations for management and monitoring of residents.
5. observe and critique medication administration by nursing in the facility
6. present inservices for nursing and pharmacy staff
7. attend quality assurance, psychotropic review and other committee meetings
8. round with certified ostomy and wound care nurse on staff
9. round with medical director (physician) each week
10. supervise or perform medication audits in a facility (CVT)
11. weekly meeting with preceptors to discuss activities or presentations
12. read and prepare to discuss articles and handouts as assigned
13. review, informally, four articles from a primary journal pertinent to geriatric pharmacotherapy
14. attend IV class and rounds if possible