PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shaw, S M
AU  - Ice, R D
TI  - Nuclear pharmacy, Part I: Emergence of the specialty of nuclear pharmacy.
DP  - 2000 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 8--11
VI  - 28
IP  - 1
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/28/1/8.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/28/1/8.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2000 Mar 01; 28
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Nuclear pharmacy was the first formally recognized area in pharmacy designated as a specialty practice. The events leading to nuclear pharmacy specialty recognition are described in this article. After reading this article the nuclear medicine technologist or nuclear pharmacist should be able to: (a) describe the status of nuclear pharmacy before recognition as a specialty practice; (b) describe the events that stimulated pharmacists to organize a professional unit to meet the needs of nuclear pharmacists; and (c) identify the steps by which nuclear pharmacists become board certified in nuclear pharmacy.