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Four Times When My Pharmacy Had To Say “No” — And We Weren’t Just Being Difficult

The Happy PharmD

My pharmacy was a hospital pharmacy. We filled prescriptions for inpatients. My morning pharmacy technicians worked an eight-hour shift. It took each pharmacy technician 45 minutes to update their respective medication carts. This change would have impacted my pharmacy operations.

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Episode 850: A Pharmacy-Driven Rapid Bacteremia Response Program

Pharmacy Joe

If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.

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Episode 850: A Pharmacy-Driven Rapid Bacteremia Response Program

Pharmacy Joe

If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.

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Is Pharmacy School Worth it? Part II

The Pharmacist Blog

Starting Year 9 both Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacist move out of parents home and significantly increase their cost of living from $8,000 to $30,000 a year. This also favors the pharmacist with public school prices vs out of state tuition or private pharmacy school. Pharmacy Technician Scenario.

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Episode 903: Does the Number of Learners Trained Per Year Influence the Chances of an Inpatient Pharmacist Experiencing Burning Out?

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss the association between number of learners trained per year and rates of burnout among inpatient pharmacists. Episode 903: Does the Number of Learners Trained Per Year Influence the Chances of an Inpatient Pharmacist Experiencing Burning Out?

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Episode 903: Does the Number of Learners Trained Per Year Influence the Chances of an Inpatient Pharmacist Experiencing Burning Out?

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss the association between number of learners trained per year and rates of burnout among inpatient pharmacists. The survey was given to 224 pharmacists and 224 pharmacy technicians. Participants were asked to complete both a single-item burnout assessment and a 10-item burnout assessment.

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6. Pharmacist to Infectious Disease Physician with Dr. Brandon J. Smith

The Physician Pharmacist

And I went down to the pharmacy, talk to the pharmacist, and he said, You know, I actually have an opening coming up starting this summer. And I actually started working for Rite Aid as a pharmacy technician. I think I'm gonna go to pharmacy school now. Yeah, we could talk about hiring you.