Pharmacy Nursing Committee

The vision of the SCAL Pharmacy Nursing Committee is to improve medication processes and systems that are influenced by pharmacy and nursing through collaboration.

The Pharmacy Nursing Committee is a sub-committee of the Southern California Quality Committee (SCQC).

Pharmacy Nursing Committee goals:

1. Utilize  a collaborative strategy for the development, implementation, monitoring, maintenance and evaluation of safe medication use systems and processes to support pharmacy and nursing operations
2. Develop and implement regional medication use policies, procedures and reports to support operations between pharmacy and nursing.
3. Assess, evaluate and reassess and/or initiate agreed upon medication use systems and processes (e.g. automated dispensing devices, barcode medication administration, etc.)
4. Provide oversight of the use of “smart” infusion pumps
5. Design standardized drug delivery systems and processes.
6. Oversight for development and implementation of appropriate education plans related to medication use systems/processes.
7. Communicate committee decisions, policies and procedures, reports, and recommendations to all key stakeholders, and assess the effectiveness of these elements.
8. Align efforts in Southern California with other KP regions and Program Offices.

Pharmacy Nursing Committee guidelines:

• Follow legal, regulatory, and compliance standards and requirements.
• Adopt a systems perspective to recognize and address all necessary linkages between pharmacy and nursing operations in the inpatient and ambulatory care settings.
• Focus on quality of care and patient safety.