NHS Band 7 Pharmacist Mock Interview
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Suppose you have a prescription for a medication that you know is contraindicated to use with the patient's other medications or medical condition. How would you proceed?
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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
The interviewers want to hear that you are competent in your job and have analytical and critical thinking skills. Suppose you are presented with a prescription that you know is contraindicated with the patient's other medications or medical condition. In that case, you must contact the prescriber and inform them of your concerns. Sometimes, patients will have several physicians treating their condition, and they may not relay their entire medical history and the medications they take to all providers. In that case, it is not uncommon for a physician to prescribe a drug that is contraindicated with another. Tell the interviewers how you would contact the prescriber, explain your concern, and ask how they would like to proceed.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"I have had this happen to me several times in my career, and I always handle this situation the same way. If I know a drug is contraindicated to take with other prescriptions the patient is prescribed, I contact the prescriber before filling the prescription. I let them know what medications the patient is taking that could cause an adverse reaction to the medication they prescribed and ask how they would like to proceed. Every time this happened, the physicians were unaware of the other meds the patients were taking as other doctors prescribed them. The patients had failed to inform the prescriber of their complete medical history, even though they were asked to complete a medical questionnaire. After I voiced my concerns, the prescribers chose a different medication that would not negatively interact with the patient's other medications."
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