September 27, 2007
Pharmacist royal treatment
HI everyone,
I was just wondering if any other techs get the treatment that our
techs do concerning pharmacist. I know that pharmacist have gone to
school for years to receive their degree, but it seems as though the
techs do all of the work, without any recognition. Pharmacist get all
the praise and glory for filling a stat med or handling a problem that
the tech originally solved. To make things worse pharmacist get all
this responsibility for narcotics and signing of important documents
and they are the ones who make the mistakes of not correcting
discrepancies in the OMNICELL or narcotic log.(One pharmacist actually
lost a Morphine PCA, and still has a job). Let that had been a tech, we
would have lost our jobs and the DEA would have been on our backs.
My point being pharmacist get placed upon this pedestal as being
superior and without flaws, but in reality they are the ones making most
of the mistakes.
Just wanted to vent a little, does anyone else feel similar to this ?
Aloha everyone,
The vast majority of Pharmacists I’ve worked with are exactly as you stated,
on a pedestal. I’ve had a few that value their techs. I’ve found that theses few
Pharmacists are also the ones that take their work very seriously and have fewer
errors. They also take the time to in service techs w/new meds and laws as well
as formulas to streamline workflow. Granted these Pharmacists are few and far
between but when they come along, they make life worth while for techs. I’m sure
someday in your career, you’ll find such a Pharmacist. Times are changing and
most Pharmacists can’t deal with the fact that more and more Community Hospitals
are requiring fewer of them but more Certified Techs. Because of their
“attitude”, here in a hospital setting, the nurses prefer to initiate care with
the tech and that makes me feel really good. It makes me realize that I’m not
wasting my time and to a lot of people, my job is important.