Are doctors appreciative of pharmacists making recommendations or is it more of "I don't want your opinion unless I ask" type of thing?

I usually leave the OB stuff to the OB, my biggest difficulty I would say with that ward is communication. And example would be dosing vanco. Normally if there is an order for vanco or gent or something like that the pharmacy manages it without speaking to the provider. Often times we don't know duration or plans so we have levels ordered which are then taken over by the physician and we are just confused on what is going on.

I don't mind someone handling their own abx but with the rest of the hospital that is not the norm so its confusing. Its kind of weird probably for a physician to understand but if we a verify an order we generally take ownership of it to make sure its not harmful, so the orders we put in are for that sake and we rely on them.

Our OB floor also kind of negs on pharmacy a lot because they rely on us during unfamiliar situations. I suppose I feel like our OB floor demands a lot of us and is quick to be critical but also doesn't communicate their plans.

Example: I went to a neonatal alert and performed as well as anyone could have, asked the physician if they still needed support and they said no. I said I was just a phone call away and will be going back to my floor. After all of that it was brought up that the pharmacist should have stayed.

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