Vicki Wood
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- 8/16/2021
Small Cape Breton pharmacy administers 5,000 vaccines
When the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia reached out to members in March asking who would be interested in administering COVID-19 vaccines, Graham MacKenzie, pharmacist-owner of Stone’s Pharmasave in Baddeck, stepped up. - 8/16/2021
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Mixed messages for travellers cause confusion
While rules around mixed dosing are slowly being made more consistent, healthcare professionals should continue to reassure patients that they did the right thing by becoming fully-vaccinated. - 8/11/2021
It's a dog's life
Here's the second entry in our Pharmacists' Favourite Photo contest. Send us your favourite photo to enter! - 8/10/2021
Faster opioid tapering associated with greater risks
Pain patients on stable, long term, higher-dose opioid prescriptions who undergo tapering have significant risk of subsequent overdose and mental health crisis, especially if tapering is done faster. - 8/10/2021
The lasting impact of pandemic care
In the years following the waning pandemic, what will we recall as the net impact on the pharmacy profession? - 8/8/2021
CFP: Canada's only national pharmacy charity
You've no doubt heard about the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy (CFP), but do you know what the foundation actually does for pharmacy in Canada? - 8/3/2021
Reader Contest: How has the pandemic changed your pharmacy team?
Tell us how the pandemic has changed your pharmacy team for a chance to win an Amazon gift card. - 7/29/2021
Pharmacy School: Thoughts on entering the final stretch
I started pharmacy school not really understanding much about my chosen profession. Now that I've spent more time meeting people and working in pharmacies was a valuable reality check. - 7/28/2021
COVID vaccinations—the next frontier
As demand for first vaccine doses plateaus, our focus becomes reaching the vaccine hesitant. The extra effort expended to convince those patients will be well worth it for all of us.
