Sam's Club Pharmacy Executive Summary

Decent Essays
On my 3rd week IPPE1 rotation at sam’s club pharmacy, I had another good opportunity to meet customers in the store by providing free blood pressure measurement and medication counseling. The sole purpose of the service was to give awareness about high blood pressure, healthy living and patient medication adherence. On the other hand, we also provide information about the services provided by the pharmacy.
I had a chance to talk with more than 10 customers who doesn’t fill medication at Sam's club pharmacy and they were thrilled to see there is free counseling on medication they haven’t filled at this location. As per the pharmacy manager, the store provide a free counseling and blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure measurements once

Related Documents

  • Decent Essays

    The internship I embarked on this past semester was at my place of employment, Central Grocers, Inc., located in Joliet, Illinois. Central Grocers is structured as a retail cooperative, owned by the independent supermarket retailers that Central Grocers supplies. It is the seventh largest grocery cooperative in America and supplies over 20,000 products to more than 500 independent supermarket stores in the Midwest, meaning they have the second largest market share in the Chicago area market. In terms of the company’s performance, it made 1,944 and 1,483 million dollars in sales in consolidated and wholesale operations, respectively, in its 2015 fiscal year. This is a decrease from the 1,966 and 1,500 million dollars it made in 2014.…

    • 466 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Discrimination is only legal if you’re being discriminated based on your character and capabilities. It becomes illegal if it’s based on race, age, sex, religion, national origin, disability etc… AA is a law that works in opening career doors for a lot of groups especially minorities. According to the book this law requires employers that that obtain large federal government contract to develop and implement AA plans for hiring and promoting minorities. Another law is the EEO which allows employee to directly complain about discrimination. According to these two laws I don’t thinks Jim is violating any laws.…

    • 222 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Whole Foods Market is a national and world leader in the food store industry. The company is well known for its leadership, open book policy, decision-making policies, team based operations, and more recently it’s conflicts concerning unionization. This paper examines Whole Foods Market co-founder and CEO John Mckey’s leadership style and how it influenced the organization’s culture. It also discusses how an open-book polity impacts transparency on the attitudes and behaviors of employees. Additionally, it examines how group decision-making pitfalls appears and recommends how to counter such pitfalls.…

    • 1283 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Thelma Scenarios

    • 88 Words
    • 1 Pages

    Thelma that is a fantastic response to this scenario. When patients approach you, it’s because they want help or may have uncertainties. Now, just because we are pharmacy technicians does not mean we can’t help them. We are definitely able to help them by directing them to the correct person. I have seen this happen in the past where a patient walked up to the counter and was told “I’m sorry I can’t help you with that” and the customer walked away without any answers to his questions.…

    • 88 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Hmong Birthing

    • 1748 Words
    • 7 Pages

    ’s failure in taking medications, boosts satisfaction rates among those making appointments, and less accusations of the doctors not performing the correct patient-centered care (Martin & Williams, et al). The clients will be more likely to open up about their health concerns if they believe that their healthcare provider acknowledges their concerns and expresses an understanding of them. The Greater Good site expresses that it could even prevent physicians from feeling as if they cannot do their job at the best of their ability, which could mean that understanding the patients is beneficial on both sides. Empathy from…

    • 1748 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The age ranges from infants to the elderly, which are the most populated individuals who come into the pharmacy. They create a friendly and reliable environment to meet customers' health care and shopping needs across the nation. At the experiential site, I provided customer service to the patients. My first day consisted of completing the required modules as an intern for…

    • 672 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    There you go, son! The pink liquid I had just swallowed tasted like rotten sweet candy. Born and raised in Taiwan, I remember the different flavors of cough syrup I have taken as a kid. If I were coughing continuously from a cold, my parent would immediately run to the pharmacy to purchase some medications. The medications cabinet in our home eventually was stock with a variety of medications that I have taken or my parents have taken.…

    • 877 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Denny's Executive Summary

    • 167 Words
    • 1 Pages

    We are pleased to announce that Denny Hensley has been promoted to Store Manager for store #352 in Cypress. Denny began his career as a Distribution Center Supervisor in our Perishable Warehouse in Hutchinson, Kansas. He entered the Manager Training Program in 1998 and was then promoted to an Assistant Manager and worked in multiple locations in the Kansas area. Denny was promoted to Store Manager in 2000 at the Gerbes Store in the Dillon’s Division and later to Dillon’s in Kansas from 2001-2003. Denny later left the company and worked as a Store Manager with another retailer through 2012.…

    • 167 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Great Essays

    The Future of Tim’s Coffee Shoppe AB299: Associates Capstone in Management January 20, 2015 Denise A. Brown Executive Summary Tim’s Coffee Shoppe has the ability to become as successful as he wishes. With the recommendations on the following pages, Tim can do just that. With improvements across the board from technology to repairs, Tim will increase his sales and profits. Along with his staff their supporting him and vice versa, he will only continue to grow in the right direction. Regulations and Management…

    • 1878 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Virginia Mason

    • 477 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Impact of Philanthropy Our friends and donors support Virginia Mason for a variety of reasons, but they all share the desire to make the world, and our community, a better place. Whether their generosity is inspired because of the care they have received, in honor or memory of someone, to advance technology or to “pay it forward,” we are all part of Virginia Mason’s philanthropic community and together we are transforming health care. Read more... Daughter Takes Mom's Legacy Forward with Hat Project For as long as 18-year-old Kailey Druffel can remember − in fact, even before she was born − Virginia Mason has been part of her life. Her mother, Shelly, was a surgical tech and a beloved member of the Operating Room team at Virginia Mason Hospital…

    • 477 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Student Name: Eltun Gadirov Student ID: 5945164 Degree Title: BA (Global Business Management) Level: UG Module: Business Management, and Decision-Making Process Module code: 206LON Teaching Fellow: Sunny Ramsurrun Assignment title: Coursework 1…

    • 1562 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Case Study Two: A Complete Physical Assessment Shannon A. Lewis University of Mississippi Medical Center N 610 A 52-year-old female comes to your office today for a physical exam. She states that she enjoys good health and believes she is active for her age. She states she has been feeling well but just decided it was time for a complete check-up. She sees a local health care provider annually at the health department for refills on her prescriptions but has not had a “real” physical in many years. She is a WDWNWFNAD (well-developed, well-nourished, white female, no acute distress.…

    • 2434 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    My preceptor IPPE consisted of visits to Sanford Hospital’s cardiology floor where I got to shadow Dr. Kirsten Johnson. My first experience occurred on October 6, 2016 from 0800 – 1100, and the second work period was October 20, 2016 from 1630 – 1930. I enjoyed each visit to the hospital and felt very welcomed by Dr. Johnson. The only hospital setting experience I had was my IPPE II at Avera Queen of Peace in Mitchell, SD.…

    • 760 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Sainsbury’s incentives are in making lives easier by delivering fair prices and quality services; location being key focus, leading to growth in both convenience and discount stores; enticing more consumers every day. J Sainsbury’s plc (2015) Strategic Report is divided in two sections; the non-financial KPIs are: Product Quality, Like-for-Like Transactions, Price perception, Sales growth, Service growth by Area/Channel, Availability and Customer Service that focuses on social responsibility as Fredrick (1960) and Friedman (1970) agrees in taking opportunities to fulfil the needs of stakeholders be it efficiency, that too ensuring the management follows governance, codes and compliance to minimise risks which enhances the socio-economic welfare…

    • 1650 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    On October 13th, I shadowed pharmacist, Dr. Diana Tow at a Walmart Super Center in Fort Worth, Texas. My shadowing began early that morning and ended around noon. This was my first time behind the pharmacy viewing a practicing community pharmacist. Many of her tasks for the day included immunizations, reviewing medications orders, counseling patients, and when orders became backed up she aided the pharmacy technician when available.…

    • 958 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays