This summer I completed my intern hours at Dayton Children’s Hospital under my preceptor Julia Heilers. During my time at the hospital, I worked with many pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and other healthcare professionals. I was able to get experience in the inpatient and outpatient hospital pharmacy, as well as a satellite campus pharmacy. I observed and participated in several of the jobs, such as IVs, prescription approval, medication delivery, and patient rounds. I learned many things about the environment and day to day tasks of a hospital pharmacist, which was a good learning experience. Most days I was able to observe and learn about a different job or task that is completed in the pharmacy. I started out with my preceptor who showed …show more content…
They did some compounding of specialty doses and magic butt paste as well. I went on rounds with an advance practice nurse in the NICU with other nurses and doctors. I had the chance to spend a day with the team of pharmacists who help EPIC operate for the hospital and sit in on one of their conference calls, which gave me insight into the technical side of pharmacy that I hadn’t seen before. Lastly, another experience I had was working with the ER pharmacist and making deliveries into the ER after prepping and verifying those …show more content…
I worked with a pharmacy technician in the IV and TPN room to see their system for compounding these products. I saw how the machines operate and the scanning system they have set up to double check themselves. The technician also had to manually draw up many solutions, as well as make reconstitutions and set up all the products on the TPN machine, which I had learned about in class. Calculations were used many times by the pharmacists and the technicians when checking a new dosage for medications, TPNs or antibiotics, which gave me a real-life application for some of the calculations I have done. Another connection I made to my education, thus far, was observing the many interactions between healthcare professionals. I learned about how pharmacists and nurses communicate and what my role will be to keep a good relationship between my other
Since I have been worked in Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, I was not surprised with the work load and the hospital setting at Millcreek Community Hospital (MCH). With a goal of enrichment my knowledge in a hospital pharmacy setting, I am enthusiastic in accomplishing the assigned duties. I have very high expectation during these four weeks of IPPE rotation; I expect to learn beyond what I already know in the past and apply what I learn during the past year in to pharmacy practice. Arriving at Millcreek Community Hospital, I was not surprised the pharmacy's setting in hospital but I'm surprised the different types of work I received. At Veteran Affairs Medical Center, all I ever did are filling the prescriptions, stocking, and managed automated machines but at MCH,
According to Kasie, the most difficult part about her job was learning her way around the hospital and remembering where every med room was located. This is Kasie’s first hospital pharmacy tech job, she loves it! Her inspiration was that she has always been fascinated with medications and how they work, she is also amazed by the human body and science. She is a certified technician, because, where she is working she is required to be certified as well as registered, and it looks better on a resumé. She works at Baptist Health Jacksonville in Jacksonville,
I pleased to apply to the PharmD program as the program is one area that corresponds to my career dreams. Being part of this program gives one the opportunity to gain an excellent experience in working and collaborating with various health care providers in the ward. But more importantly, it facilitates a practical environment in dealing more closely with patients. Hence, it helps to provide the ultimate health care services to patients. Also, it permits me to carry on gaining different knowledge, skills, and values in addition to those I have already developed during my undergraduate studies. My interest in being a clinical pharmacist was first aroused during my SPEP rotation in the hospital setting where I was really impressed with the role of clinical pharmacists who provide a consistent process of patient care with healthcare teams to maintain the appropriateness, effectiveness and safety of the medication use. Unlike a pharmacist, a clinical pharmacist has a more diversified responsibilities and closeness to direct patient care. Moreover, provides
This introduced a different side of the pharmacy field where a strong interaction with the public is substantial. As a pharmacy techician, I worked to support pharmacists in greeting patients with prescription orders, processing insurance paperwork, and answering questions and requests. I learned to be patient and resourceful, but constrained in my ability to give medical advice as often times patients ask for advice. Also, this job allowed me the opportunity to learn from pharmacists as they prepare prescriptions, provide advices to doctors and help patients with the most cost effective medications. Nonetheless, the most rewarding aspect of this job has been my ability to assist patients and conversing with them on personal level, ranging from trivial topics like how their days go or casual chats about the recent daily events, to their history of medical troubles. This job has definitely provided me with the real-world experience needed to be successful in the pharmacy field and improved my customer service
The two clinical settings that I have had experiences in are an outpatient setting and a nursing home setting. At both locations I assisted the Physical Therapist with patient exercises and care. The experiences that came from these two facilities expanded my knowledge and need to help others. These internship experiences provided me with an opportunity to watch professionals with many years of experience show me the variety of ways that they treat patients.
In addition to this, I was also taught how to correctly fill a syringe with the correct medicine, inject the needle and then safely dispose of it. Furthermore, I wasn’t just educated in the mechanics of being a doctor, but also their daily routines such as, salary, working hours, and family life.... ... middle of paper ... ... I hope that one day I will be fortunate enough to find myself working in a hospital, helping people get their lives back on track.
I always check and ensure that the right patient, right route, right drug, right dose, and right time. I always tell myself these are very important to remember before I administrate medication. My first rotation stared at Dickson. I had learned many things and obtained the first hand of experience of the small hospital. Where are not many patients admitted and needed routine medication administration on the floor as bigger facility does.
Therefore shadowing few times in high school will come handy, when I become pharmacist because I learn how to use instruments that are use on day to day basis in pharmacist. The most important equipment I got to look at while I shadow was “Tablet Counting Machine”. Since, pharmacist job is to fill medical prescription; the best tool they can use is “Tablet Counting Machine” because this machines count the pills accurately and quickly without wasting time. Also the pharmacist I shadow was my relative so I did not only learn about what the pharmacist do from outside, but I got to ask questions personally and know more in details about the career. One of the best tip the pharmacist gave me was “ Pharmacy is job where you have to pay attention because your dealing with all the variety of different drugs, therefore not paying attention can cause risk to the patients life and death
I became inspired by fellow professionals that are already in the field and are making a difference. These organizations have provided me with a community that could understand my sentiments and at the same time empowers me to strive for the better. Some of the members of these organizations have even become my role models, while others reached out and became my mentors. Through them, I have learned that a successful career in our field can 't be achieve by just being knowledgeable in all aspects of pharmacy, but with the right characteristics. These of course are things that we can easily learn in books, but something that we can develop on our
Before Pharmacist would have to do everything, from patient consulting to dispensing the medication. After adding the pharmacy technician the time and duties for pharmacist have changed. We get the process of the prescribed drug ready for the patient and the pharmacist just reviews to make sure everything is correct and in order to avoid any problems for the patient. Now in the present they are putting P.T’s as a Dispensary Manager. This ultimately shows how as times goes by pharmacy technicians are received important roles in hospitals and community pharmacies.
Going into my first week of clinical, I did not know what to expect. I was nervous the first couple of weeks due to the fact I am an introverted person and have never experienced anything like clinicals before. As the weeks went on, I became more comfortable and not as intimidated of the clinical setting. Clinicals gave me the opportunity to get out of my comfort zone and learn so many amazing things about healthcare. I was able to see many neat things while in clinicals.
This week’s clinical experience has been unlike any other. I went onto the unit knowing that I needed to be more independent and found myself to be both scared and intimidated. However, having the patients I did made my first mother baby clinical an exciting experience. I was able to create connections between what I saw on the unit and the theory we learned in lectures. In addition, I was able to see tricks other nurses on the unit have when providing care, and where others went wrong. Being aware of this enabled me to see the areas of mother baby nursing I understood and areas I need to further research to become a better nurse.
First, here is some important background information about Pharmacists. A Pharmacist is someone who is trained and licensed to distribute medicinal drugs and to advise on their use. According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook Pharmacists do all of the following: "Fill prescriptions, verify proper amounts of medication to give to patients, check whether the prescription will interact negatively with other drugs that a patient is taking or conditions the patient has, instruct patients on how to and when to take a prescribed medicine, Advise patients on potential side effects they may experience from taking the medicine, Advise patients about general health topics, such as diet, exercise, managing stress, and on other issues, such as what equipment or supplies would be best for a health problem, Keep records and do other administrative tasks, Complete insurance forms and work with insurance companies to be sure that patients get the medicine they need, Teach other healthcare practitioners about proper medication therapies for patients, and lastly oversee the work of pharmacy technicians and pharmacists training."() Some pharmacists participate in compounding, where they create medications by mixing ingredients themselves. Pharmacists tha...
An event in my life that made me gain a new understanding of myself is when my grandmother was sick in the hospital. In the hospital I saw my grandmother in constant pain so I did whatever I could to help her. From that experience I found out that I enjoy helping others in need. With that experience in mind, I began to take steps toward taking a job in which I can help even more people which is a doctor.
My first day of clinical lab was very memorable. I arrived on campus early and was prepared for a long day of rigorous works. It seem like everyone in section three and four were prepare and on time. However, no professor show up. I panic because I was anxious and fearful that I was in wrong room or maybe the time change to 8:00 am.