I previously wrote an article about unions and management. Two of the hospitals that I worked at had unions. In these facilities, most non-management employees (pharmacists, pharmacy techs, lab workers, nurses, x-ray techs, speech therapists, etc.) belonged to the...
I was very lucky. I had a good boss. He made me the pharmacy manager of the pharmacy in the main hospital. This was shortly after our hospital merged with a smaller hospital. He was the Director of Pharmacy at this smaller hospital. He made a woman the pharmacy...
Introduction The circumstances for the pharmacy profession are certainly unprecedented, even excluding the COVID crisis. The last two decades have brought about significant changes to the pharmacy profession, some notable changes include mass adoption of the PharmD...
Cash on delivery. That’s when you must have a check ready when they deliver the merchandise. If the check isn’t there, the merchandise is put back on the truck and taken away. Our hospital wasn’t cash on delivery. We were cash in advance. When our pharmacy ordered...
My second pharmacist job was at a hospital. I was there for eighteen years. I enjoyed working at the hospital. I’ll admit it had its moments. But it was a good place to work. The hospital was ahead of its time. We performed innovative procedures. The physicians...
I knew in January that I was going to retire later in the year. That was good. It meant that I had a lot of time to plan. Retiring doesn’t mean that you just stop working. There were a lot of things to do before I retired. And since I’m married, my wife and I did...
My first hospital pharmacist job was at a union hospital. That meant every pharmacist, every pharmacy tech, every nurse, every x-ray technician, every lab worker, every security guard— everyone who was not management, was in the union. I didn’t mind being in the...
Many of you that say the fourth year, the year for rotations in many programs, is the best year of pharmacy school. The freedom that you have during rotations is the glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel toward you becoming a pharmacist and your dream realized. It...
Looking for the 2022 Pharmacists Salary Guide? Click here. Here we are, back with our annual salary guide. We provide these each year not only to provide insight into what may be the most preferable pharmacy jobs, but also to aid you in any raise negotiations you may...
My wife and I are big baseball fans. Our team is the New York Mets. We’ve gone down to spring training about ten times in the last twelve years. We have a blast! We stay at our favorite hotel, eat out all the time, and enjoy the games. This year was no different. ...
