Do you reconstitute Nystop?

[GrandTheftAutumn]

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That was an actual question that I got from a pharmacist that I had to work with the other day.
Un-f***ing-believable.

 

[ancienbon]

Lol

 

[owlegrad]

Eh I am sure we have all asked stupid questions every now and then.

This is pretty dumb though.

 

[right500]

Devil's advocate/let's give them the benefit of the doubt: maybe they were thinking of topical use in a wound. Like how sulfas were applied to open soil-contaminated wounds during World War II. It might need a little water to make a paste or salve though.

But...probably not what they meant!

 

[GrandTheftAutumn]

Devil's advocate/let's give them the benefit of the doubt: maybe they were thinking of topical use in a wound. Like how sulfas were applied to open soil-contaminated wounds during World War II. It might need a little water to make a paste or salve though.

But...probably not what they meant!

Perhaps I should've said yes- 15 mL. And offer the patient flavoring.

 

[right500]

Perhaps I should've said yes- 15 mL. And offer the patient flavoring.

I am imagining the "cinnamon challenge" in my head

 

[JustFillIt]

Eh I am sure we have all asked stupid questions every now and then.

This is pretty dumb though.

Yea I agree with this... we should not create some sort of pissing match among our colleagues..

We all know stuff that the others don’t... i honestly did not know wth Penlac was the other day and a pharmacist I have never met before got the giggles.

Not too long after that I heard the same pharmacist asking how to dial diastat pens.. I said “piece of cake” and went and showed him. I took the opportunity to remind him of the Penlac situation and we gained a new level of trust for each other.

 

[sozetone]

I'm stuck with a pharmacist like that. My DM just hired a staff who was probably rejected from residency. she scrutinizes EVERYTHING and falls behind like crazy. She knows very little about retail drugs or anything about working in corporate america for that matter, She sure can focus on the rules though boy....lol. see, thats all these new generation pharmacists are good at is fixating on rules, everything is black and white. They cannot survive in the grey area. Well, i speak from experience when i say that life is VERY grey. you have to operate slick and go with the flow. Thats why these kids are such a pain in the rear to work with too. (most of them). They are more concerned as to whether or not someone did something or said something right or wrong against company policy, they fail to realize their focus needs to be on the business, helping the manager get things done, keeping up with workflow,.....etc. basically they do not understand the dynamics of retail pharmacy and how it flows and operates from a business standpoint.

 

[Xenophylia]

I'm stuck with a pharmacist like that. My DM just hired a staff who was probably rejected from residency. she scrutinizes EVERYTHING and falls behind like crazy. She knows very little about retail drugs or anything about working in corporate america for that matter, She sure can focus on the rules though boy....lol. see, thats all these new generation pharmacists are good at is fixating on rules, everything is black and white. They cannot survive in the grey area. Well, i speak from experience when i say that life is VERY grey. you have to operate slick and go with the flow. Thats why these kids are such a pain in the rear to work with too. (most of them). They are more concerned as to whether or not someone did something or said something right or wrong against company policy, they fail to realize their focus needs to be on the business, helping the manager get things done, keeping up with workflow,.....etc. basically they do not understand the dynamics of retail pharmacy and how it flows and operates from a business standpoint.

Be nice to her- she'll soon be your PIC or DM.....

 

[sozetone]

Be nice to her- she'll soon be your PIC or DM.....

Very funny bro, she is 29 years old, and has not a clue about anything. I am the PIC and she could never do my job. let alone a DM spot. she is barely capable of staffing. but a good laugh.

 

[Xenophylia]

My point is- she's the kind corporate loves! Someone caught up in corporate rules who doesn't know **** about her actual job. She's perfect!

 

[sozetone]

My point is- she's the kind corporate loves! Someone caught up in corporate rules who doesn't know **** about her actual job. She's perfect!

You serious? you gotta meet this girl first, please! lol. she could not handle the responsibility of that level of management. EVER! ...lol but who knows. Soon it wont be my problem anymore.

 

[Xenophylia]

She sounds perfect- most of the PICS and DMs I have worked with were ill prepared for the responsibility of "that level" of management. But she's demonstrated the ability to take arbitrary rules seriously. It's like she was BORN for that sort of work. Don't you see the irony? 🙂

 

[JustFillIt]

Why are the pharmacy managers not in charge of hiring, fireing, and employee relations in these places?

I never take a job as a PIC at a busy pharmacy is I was not in charge of the following:

Employee relations
The schedule
Hiring
Training
Firering

Without these things you are not in charge, you are just the fall guy.

 

[owlegrad]

No cooperation is ever going to let you truly be in charge of firing. There will be a progressive disciplinary policy that you will be expected to follow and an HR officer that you will have to go through when you need to performance someone out. Anything outside of that system exposes the company to lawsuits. In reality it is usually pretty easy to get rid of someone as long as you don't mind being a jackass.

What does being in charge of employee relations mean?

 

[JustFillIt]

No cooperation is ever going to let you truly be in charge of firing. There will be a progressive disciplinary policy that you will be expected to follow and an HR officer that you will have to go through when you need to performance someone out. Anything outside of that system exposes the company to lawsuits. In reality it is usually pretty easy to get rid of someone as long as you don't mind being a jackass.

What does being in charge of employee relations mean?

No cooperation is ever going to let you truly be in charge of firing. There will be a progressive disciplinary policy that you will be expected to follow and an HR officer that you will have to go through when you need to performance someone out. Anything outside of that system exposes the company to lawsuits. In reality it is usually pretty easy to get rid of someone as long as you don't mind being a jackass.

What does being in charge of employee relations mean?

Yes this is what I mean - I mean to be involved in the progressive discipline process. And no i don’t mind being a jackass I guess

Being in charge of employee relations is being in charge of all of the HR stuff. But, as someone with plenty of retail leadership experience, those are the points that truly make you in charge. If you are “the manager” without control over those points, your not really the one in charge.

 

[owlegrad]

Yes this is what I mean - I mean to be involved in the progressive discipline process. And no i don’t mind being a jackass I guess

Being in charge of employee relations is being in charge of all of the HR stuff. But, as someone with plenty of retail leadership experience, those are the points that truly make you in charge. If you are “the manager” without control over those points, your not really the one in charge.

Oh yeah I agree completely.

 

[Xenophylia]

Why are the pharmacy managers not in charge of hiring, fireing, and employee relations in these places?

I never take a job as a PIC at a busy pharmacy is I was not in charge of the following:

Employee relations
The schedule
Hiring
Training
Firering

Without these things you are not in charge, you are just the fall guy.

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!

 

[JustFillIt]

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!

Walgreens model takes advantage of the pharmacist in all ways possible. The store manager has control over all of those points.

 

[Xenophylia]

They did where I was as well- small piss ant grocery chain that wanted to be Walgreens when they grew up. Had no power over hiring, so they gave us people that couldn't cut it bagging groceries on the front end because they didn't know where else to put them. Then, when we complained that they were going to cause someone to die, we were told "be glad you are given any help at all". And you weren't even allowed to point out their mistakes. If they went to HR they considered that discipline which we were not allowed to do. They once told the mentally slow kid that brought carts in out of the parking lot that HE was our boss. Since he had no real sense or any kind of filter, he would come over in front of customers and start ordering us around and tell us he was our boss and that the store manager told him he could tell us what to do! You can't get any lower than being ordered around by a half ret*rded kid! And corporate thought that sort of thing was hilarious...

 

[sozetone]

No cooperation is ever going to let you truly be in charge of firing. There will be a progressive disciplinary policy that you will be expected to follow and an HR officer that you will have to go through when you need to performance someone out. Anything outside of that system exposes the company to lawsuits. In reality it is usually pretty easy to get rid of someone as long as you don't mind being a jackass.

What does being in charge of employee relations mean?
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I dunno man, but i had to performance out 3 staff pharms over the last 2 years, and most of my crappy techs were kind enough to leave on their own, so i could formulate a proper team ya know? then we turned around an awful store, into something profitable and cool. I'm always putting out fires, then new ones pop up...rat race, but i was winning,

 

[GrandTheftAutumn]

Yea I agree with this... we should not create some sort of pissing match among our colleagues..

We all know stuff that the others don’t... i honestly did not know wth Penlac was the other day and a pharmacist I have never met before got the giggles.

Not too long after that I heard the same pharmacist asking how to dial diastat pens.. I said “piece of cake” and went and showed him. I took the opportunity to remind him of the Penlac situation and we gained a new level of trust for each other.

The said pharmacist pretty much failed at everything else.
Must be a 2018 grad (or prior) on first job.
Worst of all, wasn't willing to accept my advice.

 

[BidingMyTime]

Even if a pharmacist had never seen Nystop before, and though it was a powder for reconstitution.....reading the label on the bottle (or attached med guide), should make it clear that no reconstitution is needed. No pharmacist can know everything but every drug, but I expect a pharmacist to be able to read, and to be able to understand what they are reading.

 

[JustFillIt]

Even if a pharmacist had never seen Nystop before, and though it was a powder for reconstitution.....reading the label on the bottle (or attached med guide), should make it clear that no reconstitution is needed. No pharmacist can know everything but every drug, but I expect a pharmacist to be able to read, and to be able to understand what they are reading.

Sure but this is not always practical.. I look at other people as opportunities to share knowledge and understanding.

Sometimes simple conversation is much easier/practical than reading all of the text on bottles.

The poor kid was probably overwhelmed and nervous and asked a question that revealed his lack of experience. We have all been there.. fortunately for us we did not mistake nystop as a suspension