Sara Said:

Job description of a pharmacist? 10 points for good answer?

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If you are good at memorization and working out conversions, you will be fine.

If you are a lot better at english and history, then why pick a career that uses neither? Why do you want to be a pharmacist? Because you are good at math, although you don't enjoy it?

Honestly, do something that you think you would really enjoy. I'm only a few years older than you, but I already have a job that I am okay at but I dislike and can think of 10 other jobs that I would really ENJOY . . . but I didn't study hard enough in school/give it much thought/was scared/didn't realize that life is TOO SHORT/etc.

Marsha Said:

could anyone give me a description of how the job as a pharmacist is like?

We Answered:

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos079.htm#natur…

http://www.nacds.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=2…

http://berlex.bayerhealthcare.com/html/c…
Zoom to 75% to read the webpage.

Tommy Said:

Pharmacist job questions?

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working as a pharmacist in a hospital is answering drug questions from nurses when dr write orders that dont jive, also dosages and when and how to give drugs. u will be on the phone quite a bit, pharm techs mix solutions and if they screw up, it is ur fault. the pay is great. things are changing though, in many countries u see a pharmacist for general health problems not a doctor, this will catch on eventually in the usa

Ian Said:

A day in the life of a pharmacist?

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I'm not a pharmacist but both my parents are and I worked as a manager in a retail pharmacy. To describe retail pharmacy in a nutshell your job will consist of:
-filling prescriptions
-verifying prescriptions
-consulting patients
-talking to doctors about questions or clarifications
-maintaining pharmacy (inventory, placing orders, etc.)
-entering/adjusting patient information including insurance information, known allergies, etc.

Linda Said:

can somebody help me to give a job description to a pharmacist assistant?

We Answered:

Check out www.free-job-descriptions.com

Rose Said:

Can someone please tell me the types of pharmacist (Community, hospital, etc)? And their job descriptions.?

We Answered:

note im talking about pharmacists in the US, they have different powers and responsibilities in diffrent countries


community- working at walgreens, bob's pharmacy, etc. basically count pills, occasianally do a little compounding, answer people's questions, monitor for potential drug problems

hospital- count pills, put them in blister tabs instead of bottles, give doctors advice if needed, make IVs, do some compounding

nuclear pharmacy- prepare radioactive drugs that are used for cancer treatment and diagonostic testing

pharmacy consultant- go to nursing homes, hospitals etc. and review patient medications, fix problems, eliminate or add drug therapy, try to switch people to lower cost medications that would be as effective to save money.

clinical pharmacist- work in patient care programs (lipid clinics, diabetes managment, drug therapy managment, research, etc)

those are the main fields, there are some other nontraditional things as well.

pharmacist mainly does the dispensing of drugs (have the degree BS in pharmacy-titled RPh, or Pharm.D- doctor of pharmacy), doctors (have a totally diffrent degree, an MD or DO) are the guys you go see when you are sick, and pharmacologists arent pharmacists, they are scientists who do drug research and try to develop new drugs (for degrees, they have a BS, MS, or PhD in pharmacology or pharmaceutical science or a Pharm.D and then do a couple years of a research fellowship to become certified). if youre interviewing to get into pharmacy school, it'll be fairly similar to a job interview., theyll probably ask stuff such as but not limited to "why do you want to do this" "why would you be a good pharmacist" "what are your strenghts and weaknesses" etc. just look on the web for interview preparation stuff.