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août 22, 2018
The national survey assessed how people would react to nurses accepting and dispensing medication samples and providing information on the use of medications. The survey shows:
- 63% support allowing qualified registered nurses to dispense drug samples;
- 69% support allowing qualified nurse practitioners to dispense drug samples;
- 80% support the creation of a federal public awareness campaign to educate the public on the threats of counterfeit medication; and
- 85% support a new federal initiative to provide nurses with more tools to educate patients on the benefits of dose reduction or the withdrawal of an inappropriate medication that is supervised by a healthcare professional.
The association is calling for the minister of health introduce legislation to modernize the Food and Drugs Act to remove barriers preventing NPs and RNs from dispensing drug samples.
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