Management - Class 3

A patient comes in to your pharmacy asking your recommendation on a natural product to help with her osteoarthritis. You give your recommendation, however, the patient still insists on trying the bottle of vitamins her sister-in-law brought her from abroad. Which ethical principle must the pharmacist abide by?

Fidelity

Non-maleficence

Autonomy

Veracity

Correct! Wrong!

The ethical principle of fidelity allows us as pharmacists to:

Do what’s best at all times for our patients

Have accountability for our actions and decisions

Try not to cause any harm to our patients as best as we can

Treat everyone equally

Correct! Wrong!

After thoroughly going through the prescribed directions, benefits and side effects of a newly prescribed medication with the patient, the patient still refuses and is convinced she should take it less frequently than prescribed. At this point the pharmacist must abide by which ethical principle?

Fidelity

Non-maleficence

Autonomy

Veracity

Correct! Wrong!

After showing the pharmacist a bottle of a herbal remedy used for sexual dysfunction written with a different language from another country, the pharmacist recommends another product with an NPN to ensure that they are recommending a product they are sure is regulated and safe to use. In this case the pharmacist is acting with:

Beneficence

Non-maleficence

Autonomy

Fidelity

Correct! Wrong!

T.R., a regular patient of yours comes in to your pharmacy on a Friday evening asking for a refill on his atorvastatin however he is out of repeats and he was just started on the medication last month. The doctor is closed for the weekend. What is the best course of action as a pharmacist?

Fax the doctor for a repeat and tell T.R he has to wait until we hear back from the doctor

Fax the doctor and meanwhile assess that T.R has not been experiencing any side effects from atorvastatin and if no issues, advance him some pills until the doctor replies back

Send T.R to a walk-in-clinic to get a new Rx

Advise T.R that it is ok to miss a couple of days without taking atorvastatin and wait for the fax back from the doctor.

Correct! Wrong!

Last week, Mrs. M.R came to fill a new Rx for her injection for osteoporosis to take to her appointment to the doctor upstairs that day however she realized she forgot her wallet and didn’t have any money on her to pay for it. As the pharmacist, you give her the injection and kept the receipt in the pharmacy and tell her she can come back anytime after to pay for it. Today Mrs. M.R comes to pay her receipt and she was very thankful with what you did with her and offers you the choice between two different stores’ gift cards, one of which is your favourite café. What is the best course of action for the pharmacist at this point?

Thank Mrs. M.R for her generosity and take your favourite café’s gift card

Thank Mrs. M.R for her generosity and politely refuse to take the gift card as pharmacists shouldn’t accept gifts from their patients but offer to give it to your pharmacy assistant instead since Mrs. M.R insisted

Thank Mrs. M.R for her generosity and politely refuse to take the gift card since pharmacists shouldn’t accept gifts from their patients

Thank Mrs. M.R. for her generosity and tell her that you can’t accept the gift until you inform the pharmacy manager first

Correct! Wrong!

There has been a shortage of the 0.5 mg tablets of Medication X on the market for the past several months and now is completely unavailable from the market, however, you were able to stock up some limited supply of it and currently have only 1 bottle left. You also have a large stock of the 2 mg tablets of Medication X, which can be broken to get a lower dose. Which of the following patients would benefit the most from giving the remaining 0.5 mg strength compared to the 2 mg split tablets?

An 80 y/o F who is on 7 other medications in a blister pack since she gets easily confused

A 25 y/o F who uses Medication X prn for anxiety attacks

A 50 y/o M who has doesn’t like brands of medications changing

A 67 y/o F with dexterity issues

Correct! Wrong!

The situation in question 8 (previous question) deals with allocation of resources. Which ethical principle does the pharmacist apply in this case?

Justice

Beneficence

Fidelity

Accountability

Correct! Wrong!

Mr. and Mrs. Smith are regular customers of your pharmacy and you know them very well. They sometimes pick up each other’s medication on behalf of each other. Mr. Smith comes in alone asking for his wife’s medication list as he wants to know what she is using and for what conditions. You can go ahead and give him the list as he requests.

True

False

Correct! Wrong!

Quizzes

Management – Class 3

The ethical principle of fidelity allows us as pharmacists to:

After thoroughly going through the prescribed directions, benefits and side effects of a newly prescribed medication with the patient, the patient still refuses and is convinced she should take it less frequently than prescribed. At this point the pharmacist must abide by which ethical principle?

T.R., a regular patient of yours comes in to your pharmacy on a Friday evening asking for a refill on his atorvastatin however he is out of repeats and he was just started on the medication last month. The doctor is closed for the weekend. What is the best course of action as a pharmacist?

The situation in question 8 (previous question) deals with allocation of resources. Which ethical principle does the pharmacist apply in this case?

Management - Class 2

Management - Class 4

Quizzes

The ethical principle of fidelity allows us as pharmacists to:

After thoroughly going through the prescribed directions, benefits and side effects of a newly prescribed medication with the patient, the patient still refuses and is convinced she should take it less frequently than prescribed. At this point the pharmacist must abide by which ethical principle?

T.R., a regular patient of yours comes in to your pharmacy on a Friday evening asking for a refill on his atorvastatin however he is out of repeats and he was just started on the medication last month. The doctor is closed for the weekend. What is the best course of action as a pharmacist?

The situation in question 8 (previous question) deals with allocation of resources. Which ethical principle does the pharmacist apply in this case?

Management - Class 2

Management - Class 4

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