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Maybe that's true in your part of the world but at least in Australia nurses play a crucial role in double checking whether medication directives/dosages actual
by wizofaus 4y ago
Maybe that's true in your part of the world but at least in Australia nurses play a crucial role in double checking whether medication directives/dosages actually make sense, and knowing what to do when patients have allergic reactions or appear to have been mis-prescribed certain drugs. Doctors make at most high level decisions about courses of treatment (even for chemotherapy) and rely on the experience and responsibility of nurses to ensure they're delivered safely and effectively.
(Source: watching my partner do online professional competency tests. Definitely expert level knowledge required.)
- svnt 4y agoYes your partner is a medical specialist. I have also had partners who were nurses. My statement is still correct. There is no such thing as a “medical expert” as the term is over broad and eg ER nurses are not required to advise patients on interactions of prescription medications. That falls to the doctor and likely pharmacist. It does not surprise me at all that a former ER nurse doesn’t know that some medication she got prescribed interacts with grapefruit juice.
- wizofaus 4y agoShe's a registered nurse shrug. And yes she's worked ER.