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Sentinel Events Should Result In A Blameless Society — Not Make The Employee The Scapegoat

Sentinel Events Should Result In A Blameless Society — Not Make The Employee The Scapegoat

by Alex Barker | Oct 27, 2022 | Career, Professional Skills, Workplace Matters

Previously I wrote about medication errors in my hospital.  I wrote about “just cultures”. This is an atmosphere in a hospital that blames the system rather than the person.  Should a medication error occur, and the employee act properly, nothing would happen to the...
Encountering Unique Mantras That Enhance Style While Leading To A Successful Career

Encountering Unique Mantras That Enhance Style While Leading To A Successful Career

by Alex Barker | Oct 4, 2022 | Career, Career Path, Success Story

It rarely happens.  In fact, it almost never happens.  My pharmacy was embarking on a new service.  The hospital was going to become more accurate in their patient drug charges. The way our hospital charged for medication was simple. Each day my pharmacy sent a...
A Short Guide into Peer Review

A Short Guide into Peer Review

by Alex Barker | Sep 6, 2022 | Career, Professional Skills, Side Hustle

An academic journal uses peer reviewers to ensure that an article’s content is scientifically and professionally appropriate based on what was studied and what was concluded from the study. Often, an article will have two reviewers. Several sources, including the...
Drug Shortages Plague The Pharmacy— Yet Are Often Overlooked By The Public

Drug Shortages Plague The Pharmacy— Yet Are Often Overlooked By The Public

by Alex Barker | Jul 27, 2022 | Career, Career Path, Professional Skills

There’s a baby food shortage occurring in the United States.  Imagine, first toilet paper and then baby food!  I guess it’s a good thing that a shortage never occurred with drugs. Of course, it has.  I started putting together a weekly list of drug shortages when I...
Realizing That A True Blameless Culture Corrects The System and Increases Medication Error Reporting

Realizing That A True Blameless Culture Corrects The System and Increases Medication Error Reporting

by Alex Barker | Jul 1, 2022 | Career, Network, Professional Skills, Workplace Matters

     A while ago, there was a news story about a medication error.  It seems a nurse gave a patient the wrong medication.  The patient died.  After a recent court battle, the nurse got three-years of probation.      People make mistakes.  Administrations and their...
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