When I took a trial shift in a cancer care clinic years ago, I had no idea how much I would learn (and later teach others) about the importance of learning how to communicate effectively with different personality types.
As a young woman, Jennie was struck with severe neurological illness that left her housebound and miserable. Eventually, her struggle ceased when she was treated using the breakthrough technology of electrotherapy. Her recovery is what inspired her to become a physician.
The New Brunswick College of Pharmacists is asking interested professionals—and the public—to join its new task force, which focuses on burnout and other workplace issues.
Matching caps, misplaced vials, and human error—all of these have led to potentially dangerous mix-ups in medications that come in vials and ampoules, according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada.
