Self-Care and the Use of Non-Prescription Drugs

Contact Hours: 3.0

ACPE UAN: 0384-9999-20-106-H01-T

The National Pharmacy Technician Association (NPTA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

Target Audience: Certified Pharmacy Technicians

This CPE activity has been designated as a knowledge-based program.

Author: Stacey Schneider, Pharm D

Faculty Disclosures/Conflicts of Interest:  Author declared no conflict of interest and all information is provided fairly and without bias. Author received no commercial/financial support for this activity and do not approve or endorse any commercial products displayed.

Goals & Objectives:
At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Discuss the expanding definition of self-care.

• List the elements in the full spectrum of self-care.

• Describe the seven pillars of self-care.

• List the five core elements of the Pharmacist Patient Care Process (PPCP).

• Use the Pharmacist Patient Care Process (PPCP) as it applies to self-care.

• List the necessary components to obtain when taking a patient’s health history.

• Set goals of therapy that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely.

• Outline the six steps for implementing a self-care plan.

• List the components of the QuEST/SCHOLAR-MAC process.

• Recognize why the QuEST/SCHOLAR-MAC process is an accurate and efficient tool for pharmacists to use in the self-care process.

• Recognize how the QuEST/SCHOLAR-MAC and the  PPCP are inter-related.

• Apply the QuEST/SCHOLAR-MAC and the PPCP process to recommend appropriate self-care to a patient with vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC).

• Apply the QuEST/SCHOLAR-MAC and the PPCP process to recommend appropriate self-care to a patient with seasonal allergic rhinitis.

• List the advantages of self-care to society.

Release Date:  09/08/2020
Expiration Date:  09/08/2023