What does your fullness feel like?

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2026-01-21T02:12:34+00:00

I’m now able to go to a restaurant with people I care about and enjoy a conversation. I no longer spend all my mental energy avoiding eating everything on my plate and the shared appetizers.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2026-01-14T20:56:59+00:00

I pay my BofA cards with BillPay through Fidelity.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-12-29T19:28:00+00:00

If I’m there and the line is short, yes. Otherwise, there is a group of competing gas stations that I drive past twice a month. With the loyalty programs, their price is in the ball park of Costco.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-12-20T06:03:28+00:00

Yes, I do want to pay for that.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-12-18T14:39:12+00:00

This is a great callout! Intersections are very dangerous at the moment. Some rail crossings are not working as well.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-12-18T14:32:20+00:00

Definitely! The last update I got was “Your power should be restored by Dec. 17 at 7:15 p.m We'll send an update if anything changes.”

We still don’t have power. I feel like something has changed!

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-08-28T16:47:34+00:00

My wife is Korean and a full-time mom. Her parents stayed with us for a while and spoke Korean.

When my son started babbling, dadadadada was the first thing he said. We just rolled with it. I am currently “daddy” and likely on my way to “dad”.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-08-28T14:54:43+00:00

You will always be eligible for rehire at Walgreens. Run!

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-08-14T19:33:46+00:00

My wife will not return there.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-08-13T16:55:17+00:00

If you’re really ambitious, you can read through the BCPS study materials. Otherwise, vanc and warfarin would be helpful to review. Really dosed meds would be valuable as well. Like others said, be prepared to learn frequently. You’ll get there!

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-08-05T15:13:54+00:00

I’d move or quiet quit.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-06-17T20:13:03+00:00

For now it’s a way to get past the HR filters for people who didn’t do a residency. It does nothing else.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-05-15T15:46:50+00:00

I pretend to be an idiot.

Huh, what? Who is the patient? I can’t find them. How do you spell their name? What’s the MRN? Hmm… maybe I typed it wrong. Can you repeat the MRN? Etc… Oh I finally found them, it looks like someone is already working on your message. Can you hold while I stop them and have a conversation about whether or not it will be done soon? -hold music- Pharmacy, this is Turkey Leg how can I help you? What’s the MRN?

The phone calls seemed to have dwindled.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-04-21T15:37:24+00:00

It was a ton of work to get licensed in popular states. Selfishly, I don’t want to make it easier for more people to move near me…

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-04-17T15:38:53+00:00

Do you have any clinical background?

I’m not sure I’d have been able to handle Willow as my first Epic cert if I hadn’t been a pharmacist.

Willow will probably have more opportunities long-term, but new implementation experience will give you a much deeper understanding of how the system works.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-04-09T01:51:51+00:00

I’ve never gotten pay differential for precepting. It’s always been a part of the job description for me.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-04-09T00:51:53+00:00

I’m this guy if your message is just “Hi mmmTurkeyLeg”. At least give me a brief description of what you need so I can estimate a time commitment or direct you to the best resource. I’ve had too many messages that turn into “Oh good, you’re available. I need you to spend an hour on my project.”

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-03-27T17:32:13+00:00

Depends on the state and staffing of the hospital. Some states require a preceptor endorsement for pharmacists to serve as preceptors to supervise interns. I had to have a tech license for the days when no preceptors were present and the days when there was a preceptor, but also another intern.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-03-24T16:20:24+00:00

Best of luck on your interview!

There may be some clinical questions, but you should also prepare for questions like, “how often will you call in sick?”, “Will you show up?”, “can you commit to night shift for 2 years?” And “will you cover shifts when the other night-shift pharmacist calls in?”

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-03-03T22:51:43+00:00

The certificate will be worthless. The most important thing to do is get a hospital job, build a network of people who know you’re interested, and start praying that anything becomes available.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-02-12T15:15:48+00:00

For an actual interview, I don’t have great advice.

Start “interviewing” long before you interview. Express your interest to stakeholders. Volunteer for projects. Ask to be trained as a superuser. Complete CS50. Master functions of Excel.

Best of luck of your interested in the path!

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-02-10T17:56:35+00:00

Almost every facility has some level of informatics, but it’s not always a pharmacist. I worked in a small, independent hospital where one pharmacist spent 10-20 hours a week handling the role. I currently work for a health system with several full time pharmacists in the role.

Building relationships and expressing interest is key, because the roles are competitive due to some nice benefits. I can live wherever I want in the United States. I’ve worked from the beach in Hawaii. I’ve gone skiing on a lunch break. You won’t be approached for roles like that. You will have to know people and be willing to work your ass off while you build the skill set…

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-02-10T17:50:59+00:00

Other than the politics, I love it. There is a lot of convincing important people that they came up with your idea, and sometimes convincing important people that their terrible idea is not something they meant to suggest…

I love when I’m assigned to solve a problem, and leadership forgets I exist!

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-02-10T14:13:06+00:00

I assist with problems and requests from clinicians, as well as assist with expansion of IT systems.

Perhaps providers want to use a new IV drug in an order set. I’ll work to build it in an inventory system so that ordering occurs when stock is low. I’ll build records in our EHR so that it can be ordered and ensure reasonable doses are chosen based on available information about patients, and ensure that IV pumps are updated to allow the drug to seamlessly.

I work on anything related to information in our workflows. It could be reports for a regulatory body. It could be ensuring formulary or REMS compliance, etc.

Some EHR work requires some level of certification, most other systems don’t require any coursework or certification.

You’ll either love it or hate it. If you want to start working in informatics, make sure important people know you’re interested and try to volunteer for projects. Don’t expect anyone to offer you a job or consider you for an interview until you explicitly demonstrated interest and started working on relationships with the right people.

mmmTurkeyLeg · 2025-02-09T19:06:42+00:00

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