Pharmacist - Learn to swim when you're thrown into the ocean

As a pharmacist, my main priority is to ensure that the patient rteceives the best pharmaceutical treatment possible. Yes, the doctors are the prescribers but don't forget, that behind every successful doctor, there is a pharmacist. We may not get as much credit as doctors do, but really, our pharmaceutical knowledge, no doctors can beat. That's the truth.

I've just started working for 3 weeks. Everyday has its own challenge. Like today, I thought my main challenge was charging the prescriptions into the system.. it is a challenge when you watch your colleagues do 5 times faster than you. it is a challenge when your colleagues patiently wait for you to charge and not complain even a bit. it is a challenge every time you do a mistake and having to re-charge into the system. it is an even greater challenge to read certain doctors' handwritings. so please to all you future doctors, do not burden us with your handwriting

I think i have quite a nice group of colleagues. yes, some may not be as warm and nice as I expected, but i guess majority matters most. One thing about working in a hospital with many staff is that : 

1. you have to meet with patient's expectation

2. you have to meet with your colleagues and other medical staff's expectations

3. and i think for me the most challenging part is meeting with my own expectation

On daily basis, errors in prescriptions and dispensing are really common. for me, it's even annoying whenever  i see myself making errors and thankfully my colleagues are not the type to scold menjerit2 and what not. I suppose, everyone makes mistakes and just have to learn from it. 

but I guess as someone who just started, it's a learning process and throughout the learning process, shit happens. ok, no major shit happened so far, so fingers crossed. i'm glad that i haven't got scolded by a patient. that is one of my biggest fears. I guess it doesn't matter how much your colleagues scold you, but once a patient scolds you, that will hit you hard.

By the way, apparently today SDMC was super busy because the occupancy was up to 97%. And plus, many staff were on leave so it is even harder to ensure that patients get their medications as fast as possible. a staff actually had to wait for 3-4 hours to meet a doctor. surely they do not want to wait any longer for their medications. sorry patients, if only SDMC has the electronic prescribing. it would be easier for all of us.