It's interesting how we now just expect that a pharmacist will question the reasoning behind a prescription. Back when I was a kid doctors were criticized for over-prescribing antibiotics in situations where they supposedly did no good (eg. to treat a cold). Yet I don't ever recall a pharmacist calling up a doctor and demanding he have a legitimate reason for prescribing antibiotics; they just filled the prescription.
Nor did we suspend the licenses of physicians who prescribed them.
This decision, at least on paper, seems results driven. Perhaps she prescribed too much to the intubated patient?
It's interesting how we now just expect that a pharmacist will question the reasoning behind a prescription. Back when I was a kid doctors were criticized for over-prescribing antibiotics in situations where they supposedly did no good (eg. to treat a cold). Yet I don't ever recall a pharmacist calling up a doctor and demanding he have a legitimate reason for prescribing antibiotics; they just filled the prescription.
Nor did we suspend the licenses of physicians who prescribed them.