IPPE Midpoint Reflection
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,
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For IV room, I learned the processing; know how to make IV, and IV calculation in my sterile dosage class. It's really helpful because I was able to apply the knowledge that I know in class and used it in hospital's setting. Also, when I worked with intern during weekend, he showed me patient's lab culture and urinalysis result. I notice bacteria that I learned in class and know what antibiotics to use for treatment. One of patient's profiles said that patient has BV and I know right away it stands as Bacterial Vaginosis. I'm so glad that I learned microbiology in the first year of pharmacy because not only I learned about different types of bacteria but I also learn the antibiotics. I also have pharmacy calculation in pharmacy coursework and it's really helpful when it comes to calculate CrCl and eGFR. My specific goals for the final two weeks of the rotation are an opportunity to make IV and successful complete every single tasks by myself. Overall, I enjoy having my institutional IPPE rotation at MCH and I learned so much than I
When doctors prescribe medication for their patients, a local retail pharmacy is most likely to be utilized to fill the order. However, there is a growing population of older Americans that are no longer able to live independently and must reside in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. In order for this vulnerable population to receive their medications, a different kind of pharmacy is needed, these are known as LTC, long term care pharmacies. Within these specialized pharmacies there are highly trained employees called CPhTs, certified pharmacy technicians who are overseen by state licensed RPHs, otherwise known as pharmacists.
D, my classmates, the skills book and videos were my influencing factors for this lab. I find the clinical learning centers to be exciting and places me in my professional work place. I should do everything as I would if I was in the hospital, nursing facility, or clinic. I recognize that we must be professional and act just as that. The CLC influences me to be the best I can be because it allows me to be in a realm of professionalism. This is to say, I should dress, behave, and listen as a professional nurse would. I should welcome suggestions to improve my nursing skills and embrace them with open
My studies through the IU School of Medicine have allowed me to become qualified for this position. I rotated for a month in the gross room, autopsy, and frozen section. They all taught me how to work with the residents and attendings and the different skills involved in each rotation.
On my first day in TCU I focused on trying to adjusted and found where the equipment placed and how it worked like IV machine, and where to find medications, treatment supplies, and scavenger hunting, I also give care for three patient assessment and medication administration. In addition, I joined a nurse team meeting and introduced myself to everyone most. This meeting taught me how meeting was mainly about how to make a g...
It is this singular fact that very few people realize. A pharmacy technician who receives no formal training is responsible for not just the delivery of a patient’s medication, but also for their bill, their confidential information, and their life. The question now is, how can an uneducated individual be given so much responsibility? Technicians are granted these responsibilities because a pharmacist can not do the job alone. Pharmacists strive to mold each new technician into an employee that will realize what technicians really do.
The aim of this study is to determine the impact of Grade Point Average (GPA), multiple clinical rotations, and the sequence of the clinical rotation on graduates’ of college of pharmacy performance on the North American Pharmacy Licensure Examination (NAPLEX test). Clinical rotations are defined as those clerkship experiences that are not based solely on order entering, or dispensing of medication but requires pharmacist-patient contact and patient monitoring. Examples of clinical experiences that meet the requirement of a clinical rotation include internal medicine, ambulatory care practice, and specialty areas such cardiology, infectious diseases, critical care unit and emergency medicine. Multiple clinical rotations are when a student is assigned to 3 or more clinical rotation within that academic year. Rotation order or sequence is defined as student completing three or more rotations in a sequence without interruption. In this case a student will have three or more clinical rotations in sequence for example in month one - internal medicine, month two - infectious disease and moth three - critical care rotation. The college of pharmacy GPA of 3.0 or better is considered a high GPA, while a GPA of 3.0 or less is considered low GPA. A score of 75 is considered a passing score in the NAPLEX test, a score below 75 is considered a failing score. Therefore, the study hypothesis is that the composite of multiple clinical rotation and sequence of the clinical rotation will have greater correlation to the student performance on the NAPLEX test compared to GPA alone.
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.
The subspecialty I plan on focusing my career around is medication therapy management (MTM), whether I work in a retail setting or not. Pharmacy informatics will be important to me, as the programs I use to fill prescriptions will also monitor the possible interactions, duplicative therapies, contraindications, etc. of the medications my patients will be receiving. This system will be my resource to ascertain which patients are in need of MTM and why, and by combining the information contained in the pharmacy’s records of the patient with information I may get from the patient’s other health care providers and the patient themselves, I will be able to see what points I need to bring up during an MTM session.
IPPE Hospital Rotation Reflection During the last three weeks, I was able to complete my first introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE). The time spent at my site was exceptional and filled with many different scenarios in which I was able to work with not only members of the pharmacy care team, but also other providers and healthcare professionals. At the beginning of my rotation, I did not know what to expect so I set goals for myself that seemed reasonable to achieve in any healthcare environment and began my journey.
Lorna Smith is the Pharmacy Manager at the Walmart Pharmacy in Kenora, Ontario. Lorna’s challenges as a manager include the current expansion in the pharmacist’s scope of practice, the change in government reimbursement for pharmacy services, the demand by consumers for better professional services and product selection, and the need for this location to be profitable. Lorna must move her team through a rapidly changing environment in order to be successful in the local competitive retail pharmacy market.
My personal goal this semester was to get more hands on experience especially with doing medications. My goal was definitely achieved this semester with the help of Rose and the nurses I had the chance to work with. I got more confident in drawing up the medications I was doing and being a littler faster with the process of doing all my checks, where before it took me forever. Also learning how to use the Pyxis machine for the first time, since that was not a availability in our first clinical setting! I also got great opportunities to do multiple wound dressings, including one on an amputation. I really enjoyed being able to be more involved in the patients care on a more hands on basis then I was in previous clinical.
Outside of class, I completed my internship in a hospital planning department and also in the laboratory where I worked as a laboratory assistant. I was solely responsible for series of tests such as packed cell volume test (pcv), hepatitis test, widal test, malaria parasite test, pregnancy test, venereal disease research laboratory test (vdrl), erythrocyte sedimentation rate test and Hiv
I came to Andrews University to do my master in Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) in 2012. As a prerequisite for master, I started with a clinical year that included training at Hinsdale Hospital for 6 months. It was great experience to work in microbiology as part of my clinical. I gained extensive experience during this internship as a trainee in a hospital, working in all medical laboratory departments. I spent one month in the microbiology department and worked with different types of instruments such as BACTC (Automated blood culture) and VITEK 2 (Identification of microbe).
My nursing career began 7 years ago at SSM on Medical Oncology Unit. I was certified in Chemotherapy and Wound Care. Although there were thirty staff nurses, only two of us were certified in wound care and five were chemotherapy certified. Besides caring for my medical-surgical patients, I was also responsible for administering chemotherapy and monitoring cancer patients as well as assessing, documenting, and recommend the appropriate treatments for different types of types of wounds, including surgical openings, ulcers, bed sores, feeding tube sites, and abscesses. I gained a diverse range of clinical skills in Emergency Department, Cardiology, Neurosurgery, and Orthopedic Surgery as floating was a staff nurse's requirement. Every nursing
Pharmacy is an interesting and ever-changing field in our world today. An intriguing aspect of this profession is the wide spectrum of opportunities available. With such a versatile degree as a Doctor of Pharmacy, the possibilit...