Current Events > I did 224 scripts today and I was the only pharmacist on duty the whole day.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Had to skip lunch and stay half hour after closing.
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Needs more robots
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Did anybody have a meltdown over their prescription?
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Not attacking you or your job because I know its more than this but can you explain why my thinking is incorrect --

Does "doing a script" mean you or a machine you use moved pills or some other sort of tablet from one container where there are lots of them into a smaller container to give to the customer?
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I was just at Target and they had one pharmacist with like 15 people in line.
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Stop peddling drugs ffs

;-)
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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

Needs more robots

Someday they'll be a great asset to us, but the technology is too expensive right now.

--kresnik-- posted...

Did anybody have a meltdown over their prescription?

Nope.

whitelytning posted...

Not attacking you or your job because I know its more than this but can you explain why my thinking is incorrect --

Does "doing a script" mean you or a machine you use moved pills or some other sort of tablet from one container where there are lots of them into a smaller container to give to the customer?

The prescription needs to be entered, processed through insurance (assuming insurance is available), counted, filled, labeled, and then has to be checked or verified by the pharmacist prior to being bagged. Occasionally extra steps are necessary, such as when something needs to be mixed or compounded.

On a refill, you can take out the entering, but the rest remains.

SomeLikeItHoth posted...

I was just at Target and they had one pharmacist with like 15 people in line.

I'm sure it's a busy one, especially if it's a chain store with just one pharmacist. Poor fellow.

thanosibe posted...

Stop peddling drugs ffs

;-)

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whitelytning posted...

Not attacking you or your job because I know its more than this but can you explain why my thinking is incorrect --

Does "doing a script" mean you or a machine you use moved pills or some other sort of tablet from one container where there are lots of them into a smaller container to give to the customer?

A doctors script. Its what the doctor ordered for the patients ailments.
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Boohoo you had to hand people bottles

quit crying all the time kid
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A normal day of a medical student doing their internship. Don't you have co-workers?
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literal_garbage posted...

Boohoo you had to hand people bottles

quit crying all the time kid

poop

JOSGABRIEL posted...

A normal day of a medical student doing their internship. Don't you have co-workers?

I had two technicians and a clerk today.
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literal_garbage posted...

Boohoo you had to hand people bottles

quit crying all the time kid

Look at small pee pee man trying to act like a big tough guy
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Seems easy enough, all you gotta do is count
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LanHikari10 posted...

The prescription needs to be entered, processed through insurance (assuming insurance is available), counted, filled, labeled, and then has to be checked or verified by the pharmacist prior to being bagged. Occasionally extra steps are necessary, such as when something needs to be mixed or compounded.

On a refill, you can take out the entering, but the rest remains.

Seems like a decent amount of work when described this way.
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Schwarber posted...

Seems easy enough, all you gotta do is count

whitelytning posted...

Seems like a decent amount of work when described this way.

And this is only mentioning everything running perfectly smoothly. There's always problems, whether that be we don't have an item in stock, someone is looking for a refill when their prescription is expired/out of fills, doctor's calling in with questions, nonstop phone ringing, and perhaps the worst issue - insurance problems.

Refill too soon, insurance requires a different manufacturer, PA required, item not covered, invalid code of some sort, etc etc. And it's the new year, so everyone has new insurance.
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Highwind07 posted...

Are you a pharmacy tech?

I thought about going back to school for it once because here in FL it is required that I get licensed. I don't know about it now though after I read some comments online and heard some people in real life that told me that the job sucks.

I'm a pharmacist. It can be hard starting out, but a good technician can be the backbone of a pharmacy.
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Lol wageslave
Lol being a mod
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SK8T3R215 posted...

Lol wageslave
Lol being a mod

o
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Do you get an actual lunch? My pharmacists just hope to wolf something down when they get a break in the action. And only one is on duty 3 days a week.
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hockeybub89 posted...

Do you get an actual lunch? My pharmacists just hope to wolf something down when they get a break in the action. And only one is on duty 3 days a week.

Depends. I didn't get anything today. But most days I usually have time to at least grab a snack.
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pharmacists need to be replaced by robots asap. pointless profession
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Probably best for your health that you didnt get anything to eat
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lmfao hahahahahahahah
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Mods now have real jobs?
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I hope it didn't interfere with your mod duties
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Biggest hustla on the board
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DeanAuryn posted...

Mods now have real jobs?

pharmacy isnt a real job
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edededdy posted...

DeanAuryn posted...

Mods now have real jobs?

pharmacy isnt a real job

I stand corrected.
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edededdy posted...

pharmacists need to be replaced by robots asap. pointless profession

Speaking as a medical student, no, they are not a pointless profession. They learn more pharmacology than us physicians and they serve as an important check to make sure a drug interaction doesn't get missed.

The actual disbursement of medication is only the superficial component of their job. You're missing the giant iceberg underneath of the cerebral component of the job.
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