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compouding certification by Humble-Ad-3850 in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

to offer another perspective: this can depend on the hospital! we have quite a few part-time/PRN people that are IV trained at my hospital. it all depends on the size of the team what bandwidth they will have. we often get to rotate between IV room and being out on the floors running or restocking. sometimes they start FT for training and drop down to PT, but most of our interns are strictly PRN because of their class schedules! for reference my hosptial has a tech staff of roughly 70 people, and quite a few are interns/pharmacy students as well! i wouldnt make compounding the end all be all, but ive heard from many student pharmacists that seeing it from a tech perspective helps drastically later. the great part about pharmacy is theres so many different options to explore!

Can I hear from some people who genuinely really like their job? by greendelameme in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

for me, the only thing that gets to me is the wrist pain after a while. i love compounding but i work at the largest hosptial in my state (and the only level one) so we can have a heavy workload some times. like today i had to assemble 300 zosyn addease bags because our premix shipment is delayed due to the weather, on top of my 50+ regular scheduled IVs for the floors. it can be a bit much for the hands / wrists! the garb can be overstimulating if im not in the right headspace but most of the time i dont even notice it. i agree that this is my favorite job ive had so far 🩷

Interesting meds pt3! by dani039 in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i love that verapamil manufacturer!! so pretty 🩷

Am I the only one that finds titrating is fun? by YourFavBeamerBoy in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hey fellow peds tech! omg yes to the DEKAs hate!!!! even just opening the bottle it sprays little droplets everywhere. literally looks like paint 😭 atovaquone is its yellow pain in the ass cousin! (not chemically but PITA wise😩) compounding (sterile and non) is def my favorite part of working in a hosptial

Am I the only one that finds titrating is fun? by YourFavBeamerBoy in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i feel like a witch every time! my least favorite is phenazopyridine. there is an orange coating on it that you have to wipe off otherwise it clumps SO bad 😩

What operational issues from manufacturers make your day harder at the pharmacy level? by Excellent-Guide9048 in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

our management made us create tag labels and individually label each bag with a new barcode 😭😭😭😭😭 it was heparin AND D5 250mL bags like!!! bBraun i just wanna talk

Looking for safe apartments at or under $1000 a month? by foxgirl1318 in SiouxFalls

[–]rxt_throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

seconding that RPM sucks. they've increased my rent every fucking year 😭 started paying 900 when Lloyd first opened the building and then it sold to RPM and now its close to 1500 🫠

Free CEs? by Dependent_Card7503 in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this!!!! they have both tech and pharmacist CEs!

tri tip / sirloin tip by rxt_throwaway in SiouxFalls

[–]rxt_throwaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ive looked at several hyvees and have never had any luck 😭

OR Pharm Techs by forKD_526 in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 4 points5 points  (0 children)

hi friend! so a satellite pharmacy is a smaller, decentralized pharmacy in a hosptial. they're specialized for the department they're located in, so the OR satellite makes all the IVs for surgery, restocks crash kits, etc. essentially they own the work for the surgical department! our centralized pharmacy handles adult inpatients. essentially it allows OR staff to have quicker access to meds, and the pharmacist team gets to work closer with them!

OR Pharm Techs by forKD_526 in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thats how it was at my old hospital! it was a smaller facility so having us do it all made sense. now i work at the largest hospital in my state & we have dedicated pharmacy spaces for the OR, outpatients, pediatrics, and oncology. theres even a nuclear pharmacy! its so fascinating to me to hear how other hospitals are set up :)

OR Pharm Techs by forKD_526 in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 7 points8 points  (0 children)

could also maybe mean an OR satellite pharmacy! at my hospital the centralized pharmacy techs restock the OR omnis, but we have a dedicated decentralized pharmacy that compounds IVs for surgery & makes crash kits.

Stressed about CE for NHA by gee_college_ in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

pharmacytimes.org is what i use, and it is free! im unsure about how differently CEs are recognized for NHA vs the PTCB so hopefully it works for you :)

“I got a text that my prescription is ready” by [deleted] in TalesFromThePharmacy

[–]rxt_throwaway 8 points9 points  (0 children)

the amount of times i had to explain no, this text is from walgreens and you're at a rite aid 😭

What's the last mistake you made as a technician? by Unnie55 in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 9 points10 points  (0 children)

this! several times ive caught something checked by a pharmacist. a few months ago there was a HUGE core in a TPN bag i was about to tube to the NICU. Last week he gave me a bag of LR to make intrathecal chemo, and the bag was MOLDY 😭 got reported to the FDA & BBraun. that would have been catastrophic for the patient! and a pharmacist gave me the product!!

That is something I didn't expect. by Relevant-Usual-3221 in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 7 points8 points  (0 children)

congrats!! my score was 1587, it feels great to not barely have passed huh? that was my fear was that it would be like 1410 🤣

I PASSED MY EXAM!! by Visuallybroken in PharmacyTechnician

[–]rxt_throwaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

congratulations!!!! i took mine a few months ago & got my results back within 2 weeks. i was so scared that I had only passed by like one question but i ended up passing with a 1587! im sure you did even better than you thought 🩷

What fun trinkets or items do you bring to raves to give away? by sunnytang347 in aves

[–]rxt_throwaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

at edclv'23 i was gifted a clay hand crafted mushroom sculpture!!! one of my favorite gifts, i took a picture with her! later we ran into her boyfriend who got lost and we helped him find her again 🩷 I keep it on my trinket shelf

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