Difference between good and bad pharmacits

[Ray1234]

Hello,
Just wondering what makes a pharmacist good or bad??
is it just the therapeutic communication they use?
or their skill to assess client's congnitive level and accurate selection of different demensions of learning skills for client?

I really do not know the boundary line for good and bad pharmcist.
I will appreciate your input. thank you very much.

 

[Rxbound]

I work with an example of each. The good pharmacist is always polite to everyone, even if he doesn't agree with what they have written. He points out mistakes in a tactful, non-condescending manner. He gives people a reason to trust him. He is not too proud to admit when he makes a mistake, which rarely happens.
The bad pharmacist yells at people when the orders are written incorrectly (I work in a hospital, so it's orders), huffs around the pharmacy when people come to get drugs that aren't on the nursing units, and is generally rude to people on the phone and in person. People question her judgment because she has given them reason to believe that she is not competent.
Both have been pharmacists for 10+ years, so it is not a matter of getting better as time goes by, really. You make the choice to be a better pharmacist.

 

[N3XT]

good pharmacists are cool about everything....but bad pharmacists are anal about everything...also they make their techs work like a donkey...but they both know their stuff.

 

[sdn1977]

Actually.....my opinion - which is just that - an opinion, altho based on 30 years of being & working with pharmacists....is that these are examples of personality types - not good nor bad pharmacists.

To me...what makes a good pharmacist is one who:
- keeps up to date on information
- is willing to accept new &/or different information or explanations for what he/she previously understood or thought he/she knew
- can communicate effectively with those he/she needs to communicate with (as a previous poster mentioned - if her personality prevents this communication...then that makes for poor effective interventions)
- is meticulous with detail
- is HUMBLE
- is willing admit readily to a mistake and will do anything possible to rectify that mistake
- is flexible - both with his/her coworkers but also with his/her prescribers & patients
- expects the most & best out of people, but doesn't rag or nag if he/she doesn't get it. However...a good manager knows when to provide "constructive" discipline.

A bad pharmacist is one who:
- does not ask for help or assistance
- thinks he/she knows everything & does not allow new or different information which might modify thinking
- is inflexible (there are rarely absolutes)
- is demeaning to ANYONE (window washers, techs, clerks, nurses, prescribers - ANYONE)
- is not willing to admit to making a mistake (blames everyone or everything but him/herself)
- tells you daily how awful his/her job is

I'm sure there are others...but these come to mind...

 

[Rxbound]

Actually.....my opinion - which is just that - an opinion, altho based on 30 years of being & working with pharmacists....is that these are examples of personality types - not good nor bad pharmacists.

To me...what makes a good pharmacist is one who:
- keeps up to date on information
- is willing to accept new &/or different information or explanations for what he/she previously understood or thought he/she knew
- can communicate effectively with those he/she needs to communicate with (as a previous poster mentioned - if her personality prevents this communication...then that makes for poor effective interventions)
- is meticulous with detail
- is HUMBLE
- is willing admit readily to a mistake and will do anything possible to rectify that mistake
- is flexible - both with his/her coworkers but also with his/her prescribers & patients
- expects the most & best out of people, but doesn't rag or nag if he/she doesn't get it. However...a good manager knows when to provide "constructive" discipline.

A bad pharmacist is one who:
- does not ask for help or assistance
- thinks he/she knows everything & does not allow new or different information which might modify thinking
- is inflexible (there are rarely absolutes)
- is demeaning to ANYONE (window washers, techs, clerks, nurses, prescribers - ANYONE)
- is not willing to admit to making a mistake (blames everyone or everything but him/herself)
- tells you daily how awful his/her job isI'm sure there are others...but these come to mind...

😱 You just walked into my pharmacy, didn't you?😱
The story that is my pharmacy

 

[sdn1977]

😱 You just walked into my pharmacy, didn't you?😱
The story that is my pharmacy

Sorry🙁 !

Time to dust off that old resume.......

 

[dumbguy]

besides keeping up-to-date on his/her prescription medications and OTC medications, a good pharmacist in my opinion after working at a pharmacy, is knowing how to communicate and treat not only the customers with respect, but also her co-workers. I've worked with pharmacists and techs who are very rude and showed no respect towards co-workers. I swear my pharmacist manager I worked with called me names and put me down whenever I did something she didn't like. She would constantly call me stupid and told me I wouldn't be a good pharmacist in front of other co-workers. Not once or twice, she would tell everyone what I did wrong many times. She was like an energizer bunny with a mouth that never stops moving.