Clinical pharmacy

high school, a student pursuing a Pharmacist degree is required to complete two years of pre-pharmacy courses. In most cases, students will enter a pharmacy program after approximately three years of general college, which will include the pre-pharmacy courses. These first three years should include courses such as math, chemistry, biology, physics, humanities, and social sciences. Many schools offer a pharmacy program; the University of Minnesota has one of the most prestigious, called Pharm.D.…

Eyes twitching; body swollen; hands desperately trying to stop shaking; stomach nauseated – I had never anticipated walking into my pharmacy interview in such a condition, but with unyielding tenacity, I was resolute on becoming a step closer to realizing my dream of becoming a pharmacy student. Less than two days prior to the interview, I experienced one of the most joyful, yet also painful days of my life. The day started at 5 AM with a dosage of Pitocin, then later Demerol, progressing into a…

Additionally, my graduate project and practical work in the Medicinal Chemistry Department in the final year of B.Sc. Pharmacy taught me how to behave in a laboratory, including key areas such as health and safety and a basis for good laboratory practice. This project was about design, chemical synthesis, and biological evaluation of small molecules as anti-proliferative…

PHARMACEUTICAL CARE Pharmaceutical care: Pharmaceutical care is a professional service provided to patients delivered by qualified, registered and trained pharmacist in clinical, community and hospital settings. The main aim of Pharmaceutical care is ensure the best standards of practice while using medicines and health care to achieve the optimized predetermined safety and efficacy goals. Historical background of Pharmaceutical care The emergence of pharmaceutical care begins in 1960s in USA…

would be the start of a power struggle among all of the large chains to compete as preferred pharmacies by negotiating their drug prices with the remaining PBMs. Over the years these negotiations have led to reimbursements that have declined gradually leaving independents and some large chains to close their doors or sell out. In the last few years, Target has bowed out allowing CVS to occupy the pharmacy area within their stores to strengthen its marketshare. In the last 5 years, the…

My primary interest in a career in Pharmacy came from an overall interest in medicine and helping others. As a third grader, I had the first severe asthma attack that caused the first of several hospital stays. That incident sparked my curiosity about medicine. As an eight year old, I wondered just how a mist through a mask was able to give me a freedom to breath that my body refused to give me on its own. Throughout high school and college, I have consistently held jobs, participated in…

practice of pharmacy. Thereafter, pharmacists in the United States can complete more examinations in their areas of specialty selected. These include nuclear pharmacy, nutrition support pharmacy, Oncology, Pharmacotherapy, and psychiatric pharmacy pharmacy. Nuclear pharmacy involves working with radioactive drugs in order that it can be used safely and effectively in the diagnosis and treatment of certain diseases. The use of nutritional support include pharmacists who work with patients in…

contrast essay MS. Ainslie Compare and Contrast Essay When I was little I always wanted to be a Pharmacist because my Opa owned a Pharmacy and I always harbored the childish fantasy of working for or with him and even taking over the Pharmacy one day. This all changed when I learned that the Pharmacy had closed. After this it was my ambition to reopen the Genrich Pharmacy. After further research I have realized that maybe my ambitions need to be rethought. All Pharmacists should be detail…

group effort and work as a team. In the hospital, all the pharmacists have to work together and treat their patients in order to help the patient’s health. When everyone does his or her part and collaborates in the hospital and in the department of pharmacy, it leads to a successful…

the bottle of the pharmacy bottle and prescription label. One of the most common errors that of medical errors are drug to drug interactions (Kripalani,…