Pharmacists play a key role in patient care and well-being. Not only do quality pharmacists dispense prescriptions to their patient’s, but they also consul them on how to get superior results. By maintain a thoughtful relationship and open communication with patients, pharmacists are able to best access their patient’s needs. As a pharmacist, it would be my goal to have that strong relationship with my patients. My dad personally struggled with taking his prescriptions, as most individuals diagnosed with severe clinical depression do. Clearly it is not his pharmacist’s fault my dad didn’t take his medication before it was too late. His pharmacist simply did his job. However, as a pharmacist, I would go above and beyond, the extra mile, to access …show more content…
Like every career, pharmacists have certain qualities and skills. I feel that I fit many qualities of pharmacists, including an attention to detail, communication skills, and science and mathematic skills. I have also been a perfectionist, paying attention to each detail of my work. This is what helped me stay organized throughout high school, and earn a 4.021 cumulative GPA. Pharmacists must be detail-orientated to ensure their patients receive the right dosage, amount, and type of medication. An error in this could harm the patient, therefore breaking the Hippocratic oath. Furthermore, a pharmacist must pay attention to the patient’s other prescriptions and medical history to avoid any negative reactions. Next, I have earned strong customer service and communication skills from my job at Fareway Food Stores. Since I earned this job in May 2012, I have made it one of my goals to assist and brighten the day of my customers. As a pharmacist, I would need strong communication skills with my patients to fit them with the best prescription possible. Additionally, I would counsel them on the directions of their mediation, any potential side affects, and how to add new medications into their lifestyle with the least amount of stress. Apart from my patients, I would have to communicate my with pharmacy technicians and any interns I may have, as well as insurance companies. Lastly, I feel I have natural abilities in science and mathematics. I …show more content…
They can also give advice on how to lead a healthy lifestyle, conduct health and wellness screenings, provide immunizations, and oversee the medications given to their patients. Furthermore, a pharmacist must pay close attention to the prescription they fill and give to their patients. They should be sure the prescription won’t interact negatively with other drugs a patient is taking, or any past or previous medical conditions the patient has. Next, they will instruct the patient on how and when to take the prescribed medicine, any potential side effects, and answer any additional question the patient may have. Other than dealing with prescriptions, pharmacists will complete insurance forms and communicate with insurance companies to ensure patients obtain the medicines they need. Lastly, pharmacists will oversee the work of their pharmacy technicians and any interns they may have. A prescription may be filled by a pharmacy technician, but must be checked by the pharmacist before being given to a patient. Pharmacists’ tasks may also vary depending on where they work. For example, clinical pharmacists working is hospitals or clinical setting will sped less time dispensing prescriptions, and more time going on rotations, overseeing the dosage and timing of medications to patients, and conducting medical tests. On the other hand,
US’s pharmacists have their hands tied and are demanding every patient to receive the precise medication prescription they have written up for. On the other hand, being a pharmacist is more than that, it is about building your patients’ knowledge on the risks and potential hazards on certain medications they are prescribed to. With that being said, this means that a pharmacist’s job is directly providing for patient in order to help them live a long healthy life within their scope of practice. Pharmacists cannot afford for any errors to occur and taking the time to make sure the accurate bottle of medication falls into the right patient’s hands is a huge responsibility for pharmacists
Job Description: Pharmacists ensure that medications are used appropriately, and that they bring about the best results. Their responsibilities include professionally interpreting and reviewing the prescription orders written by doctors, dentists, and other authorized health care providers, and also for giving out the medications accurately to patients. The main goal of pharmaceutical care is to improve the quality of patients? lives by the use of medications that have been prescribed in order to accomplish specific results.
My past has inspired me to pursue a career in which I can make maximum use of my education, attributes, and abilities. Becoming a pharmacist is an extension of my genuine interest in the welfare of others. Through my academic, work and volunteering experiences, I have been able to interact with individuals from many different cultures and ages. I am confident I will respond to future patients in an empathetic and respectful manner to attain the quality of life they deserve.
The entirety of my middle and high school years revolved around the idea that I would help people in a health profession, but I was never sure what that meant; so I always aimed high. I finally realized I wanted to be a pharmacist in my second year of college. I knew what pharmacists could do since I watched my dad while he worked in a small pharmacy in Queens all my life. As a teenager, my dad would bring me to work with him and I would help and shadow the pharmacist. I never thought much of the profession then, however, Mr. Masub explained to me that pharmacists didn’t just count pills. Pharmacy was a broad field filled with untapped potential, from clinical to ambulatory care. Most of all, he saw potential in me to make a real difference
When a patient walks in to visit the pharmacy they are making a decision about their health care. Patient’s health care decisions should not be limited to choosing their doctor or pharmacy, but should be extended to deciding how that doctor and pharmacist works with them to achieve their personal health goals. Pursuing a career in health care requires a commitment to a long-term formal education, a great deal of debt and a lifelong commitment to continuing education. After completing school a pharmacist has a well-developed set of tools for dealing with patient populations to help them manage their health care. These tools are not acquired to determine patient’s health care needs for them. Often pharmacists and doctors complete their education and believe that education makes them better suited than the patient to evaluate the patient’s needs. No one is better suited to make decisions regarding their body than the patient themselves. My position in health care is one of an advisor rather than a manager. As a pharmacist I will work to educate patients rather so that they can make educated decisions about their health. Educating patients allows them to be more autonomous in their pursuit of health care and also allows them to pursue treatments that are most beneficial to them personally rather than what is most beneficial to the pharmacist, doctor or hospital.
Pharmacists have a very tedious job because it requires a lot of attention to detail. Pharmacists dispense drugs and provide information to the patients about medication. Not only do they provide information to patients about side effects, but also they inform physicians of the ever-changing selection of drugs and dosage. Weighing, measuring, mixing drugs, finding the identity and purity, and strength of medications is also an important part of the job. Pharmacists must be sure not to dispense drugs that will have a negative reaction to the other medications that the patient may already be taking. Pharmacists work in clean, well-lighted, and well-ventilated areas. They work with dangerous materials and sterile pharmaceutical products, which require them to wear gloves and masks. Many full time, salaried pharmacists work at least about forty hours per week. Community pharmacists research and dispense information and help for diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, and high blood pressure....
Ambulatory care pharmacy is becoming a rising branch of pharmacy. These pharmacists can work in a variety of environments, such as community-based and hospital settings, tending to a diverse patient population. Ambulatory care allows pharmacists to be associated with tending to patients in ambulances and continuing their follow-ups in the emergency room. Ambulatory care pharmacy is the ability to have accessible health care service by professionals that address special medical needs for patients who may have concurrent illnesses. Some specialize in specific disease states, such as hypertension or diabetes. Patients of ambulatory care pharmacists look to them for medication management and education, self-management, and promotion of their wellness and health.
I helped the pharmacy as a clerk first while studying pharmacy technician. After having the pharmacy technician certification, I was able to help more as a pharmacy technician intern. I learned how to read prescriptions, how to pick the right medications with the right forms, how to mix liquid drugs, how to calculate the amount of drugs to dispense, how to receive new shipments, and how to store, label, and distribute them to each patient. More than that, working here gave me an insight about the importance of community pharmacists and their difficulties. I saw pharmacists significantly increased the safe use of medications and save many people from harm on a daily basis. Many doctors did not use the electronic prescribing method, and many of them wrote illegible prescriptions. Because medications names were very similar to each other, pharmacy technicians could create many typing errors when entering orders. Besides, doctors did not always thoroughly understand the drugs they prescribed. They also did not always know all about the drugs their patients were taking. To make sure the right medications to the right patients, pharmacists had to call the doctors, verified prescriptions, and made advices. However, many patients did not want to wait for medications. Thus, I saw the challenge of community pharmacists was that they had to work accurately, quickly, and efficiently while being caring and diplomatic with patients and doctors. I also recognized that a pharmacist was both a drug scientist and a business person. The work challenge and a variety of roles a pharmacist plays attracted me to be a
“Don’t you worry, I’ll make sure we will get everything sorted out for you,” spoked the pharmacist to an overwhelmed patient. This was my first day shadowing a pharmacist at the UC Davis Medical Center during my winter break from college. I witnessed my shadowing pharmacist patiently consulted this patient on multiple medications, ensuring he followed the instructions with his take home prescriptions before discharging from the hospital. Over the course of this shadowing experience, I observed how pharmacists collaborated with doctors to provide the best pharmaceutical care and helped facilitate smooth discharge process. I was amazed at their extensive knowledge of not just pharmaceutical drugs but also on different disease states, social
The first role of communication in the pharmacy I think is important is having strong customer service skills. When the patient walks up to the counter or the drive-thru to drop off a prescription, we as pharmacy technicians need to be able to provide great customer services skills so that the patients have trust in that there medication will be filled correctly and in timely order. We must communicate with the patients to make sure that all there information and insurance information is correct in the patient profile so we know and they know that they are going to get the correct
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
The role of a clinician is to treat and care for patients. Paients will vary with different backgrounds and different diagnosies. Depending on the patients situation, they may be in need of medication or perharps they will already be on one or several medications. Understanding pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics would make one a better clinician because they would be able to take the information of the type of medication(s) the client is taking and assess the patients physical and emotional responses to those medications. “The opportunity, as well as the responsibility, exists for all clinicians to be involved in medication decisions as appropriate to their discipline” (Kindle Locations 1080-1081). Therapists could see patients more frequently and have the opportunity to follow up to ensure medications are working appropriately with no serious concerns or side effects. It is important to understand how the medications affect the patients body and how the patients body is metabolizing the medication. In order to provide a high standard of care for the patient, knowledge on medications would be crucial.
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...
Pharmacists have very important roles in healthcare from all angles. Physicians and licensed practitioners that write a written prescription, the pharmacist reviews patient history, health conditions, and interactions with the new medication prescribed. As a pharmacy technician (for six years) I had a somewhat of an overview on what they accomplished in a shift but did not know everything on what I know now from this research. Pharmacy students that are in the process to obtain their doctor of pharmacy (D.Pharm.) go through a series of training, education and internship to become a well-rounded pharmacist.
Firstly, the main role of a pharmacist is to dispense medicines to their patients according to the prescription given. Before this, they have to ensure that they delivering the right drug, the strength and dosage of the medicine are appropriate, as well as ensuring the medication is safety and can work effectively in the human body. (Swanson, 2005)