Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews should fulfill a promise and give registered nurses the right to prescribe basic drugs, like the first-level antibiotics.
Asking patients to track their nausea and vomiting after a course of chemotherapy helped the health care team to adjust medications and achieve better control of symptoms, according to the results of a small single center study.
New legislation being introduced in Ontario today will, if passed, grant the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) the authority to inspect and license hospital pharmacies.