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Director of Pharmacy #1174 |
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Pathway:
Health Sciences |
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Pharmacists work daily with math, chemistry and computers. His degree in pharmacy required five years of college. He says these days students going to college to be a pharmacist are required to take six years of college, earning them a doctor of pharmacy degree.
He enjoys the diversity of his career. From emergency room consultations to mixing IVs and chemotherapy treatments to dispensing prescription drugs, this pharmacist enjoys something different everyday.
Career Profile:
A pharmacist wears many "hats" according to this southern Iowa professional. As a pharmacist in a hospital, one of his "hats" says prescription drug resource. He needs to be available not only to physicians and nurses but also to patients. If any of these people have questions about a drug, he is there to answer them. He also has a dispensing "hat" at the hospital. Doctors prescribe medications and, as a pharmacist, he makes the drugs available to the physicians and nurses in an organized manner. Acquisition and inventory of the prescription drugs is another "hat" he wears. In addition, the hospital pharmacy is also a business. He works with budgets and scheduling when wearing his business "hat."
Director of Pharmacy #1174
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| How do you have time to do all of the business and clerical work in addition to pharmacy work? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Are you on call? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What is the annual salary for this job? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you have a lot of stress when you get called in and can’t spend time with your family? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What kind of math classes did you take in high school? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Have you ever made a major mistake with a prescription? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| How much time do you actually get to spend with patients each day? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What are the benefits of retail versus the hospital environment? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Who makes the pills? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you spend more time at a hospital or a pharmacy? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Do you work with billing or the financial end of the pharmacy? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| What is your favorite aspect of your job? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| How big is the hospital you work in? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Is your hospital busier around the holidays? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| How do you know the dosage to give patients? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| How much money a year do you spend on drugs? | AUDIO | TEXT |
| Have you always wanted to be a pharmacist? | AUDIO | TEXT |
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