Retail pharmacies have faced staffing issues, stagnant pay, and increased workloads post-pandemic, leading many pharmacists to leave chain jobs for better conditions, often at smaller pharmacies. … More Your Friendly Neighborhood Pharmacist
Vaccines and the Impact on Your Pharmacy Pharmacists as a profession have had the ability to vaccinate for over 12 years. Many states hopped on the band wagon and allowed us free reign to service the public. While others like my home state were late bloomers. No matter the case your pharmacist has probably administered … More COVID 19
The Name Game Names are especially important to pharmacists. We use them to identify, patients, drugs, insurance plans and a number of other things. Drug names however, are the hardest for everyone to wrap their mouth around. No matter how hard some people try they never seem to pronounce them correctly. Here’s the biggest tip … More Your Friendly Neighborhood Pharmacist
It Didn’t Cost That Much Last Month January for the pharmacy is never our favorite month. The first week particularly is dreaded by most staff. While most Americans are looking forward to a fresh start and new beginnings, your pharmacy staff has a different outlook. The new year for us signals different insurance plans and … More Your Friendly Neighborhood Pharmacist
The Name Game: part 2 In the pharmacy we see names all day long. In 14 years behind the counter I’ve seen some pretty interesting choices. There was L-a pronounced Ladasha and another young lady who had a whole sentence as her first name. The trend we see now are parents spelling more traditional names … More Your Friendly Neighborhood Pharmacist
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