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Nurses play a very important role in making sure the patients are receiving the correct medications that they are prescribed as well as being able to educate the patients on what that medication is. Nine out of ten prescription drugs filled in the United States are for generic drugs. A generic drug is a bioequivalent of the brand-name medication, and it is made with the same ingredients as well as it provides the same benefits as brand name (UH Hospitals ,2022). It is important to make sure that the patients have a full understanding of what medication they are taking and the importance of using the medication with its intended use. As well as if a nurse has 2 medications and one is brand name and one is generic, the nurse needs to be educated and know that it is the same medication just one is generic and one is brand name and to not give patient a double dose if it is not what the prescription calls for. 2. Nurses as advocates relating to pharmacogenetics: This one is an important topic to be educated on as a registered nurse. The term pharmacogenetics is defined as a field of medicine
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