Notes on pharmacy and dispensing for nurses / by C.J.S. Thompson.

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
1898
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Credit: Notes on pharmacy and dispensing for nurses / by C.J.S. Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    chemistry and botany which bear on the art, is necessary. A familiarity with the physical ap- pearance of the drugs and chemicals used in medicine, with their preparations and their doses, is also of importance. The position of the dispenser, on whose accur- acy human life often depends, is one of great responsibility, and the compounding of medicine demands both scrupulous care and undivided attention. These important principles should ever be borne in mind. When dispensing, the whole attention must be concentrated on the operation in hand, and not relaxed until it is completed. Once allow it to be distracted by conversation or otherwise, it is very easy to make an error which may have fatal results. The greatest care should be exer- cised over the smallest details, as, for instance, in draining the last drop of liquid from a mea- sure, or in removing every particle of a pill mass from the mortar in which it has been made, and in noting that the measure or implement is per- fectly clean before being used. The strictest accuracy is also necessary in weighing and measuring, where exactitude is of the utmost importance. Equal caution must also be observed in checking the doses ordered in prescriptions, and in the quantities used, also in writing the directions on the label. Neatness is essential in every operation of