I’m a trivia nut. I’ve always loved trivia questions. I wanted an activity to play with my fellow Temple Men’s Club members during the pandemic. So I organized a daily trivia game. In order to make it more interesting, I asked questions on a variety of topics. I...
I’m from New Jersey. There are a plethora of hospitals in our state. Large ones, small ones, major medical complexes, and smaller specialty facilities. We have a multitude of retail pharmacies, also. There are many larger chain pharmacies—sometimes...
I’ve performed many difficult tasks as a pharmacy manager. I’ve remodeled a pharmacy, designed a new clean room, and started a chemotherapy program. I’ve even worked with management to present a new contract to our unionized pharmacy staff. But the toughest job...
I’ve written several articles for The Happy PharmD. Most of them have been adversarial: Me and my pharmacy vs. the doctors. Me and my pharmacy vs. the nurses. Me and my pharmacy vs. the hospital’s administration. Most of the time I’ve painted these groups as the...
I really enjoyed working in my first hospital. I was hired by an older gentleman. He was the Director of Pharmacy. I believe he liked the suit that I was wearing. He was very knowledgeable and very soft spoken. He was also very close...
It was 1997 and I was starting a new job. My previous hospital (where I worked eighteen years) was closing. My boss (Director of Pharmacy) had made the transition to another hospital’s pharmacy department. Working with her vice-president, she...
