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Evaluating new
medications to recommend those that are safest and most effective for
individual patients |
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Advising physicians and
other health care personnel about medication selection and
administration |
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Counseling patients
directly to help meet their specific needs in understanding their
medications |
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Monitoring every stage
of medication therapy to improve all aspects of effectiveness |
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Providing crucial
quality checks to detect and prevent harmful drug interactions or reactions and
potential mistakes |
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Working under sterile
conditions to prepare medications that patients receive
intravenously |