Overnight Hospital Pharmacists
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varies GREATLY.
some places are small and the orders pickup in evening but stop for the most part. nothing big, most meds distributed earlier on so no big missing med issues. only some emergency ivs here and there for a crashing person in the ICU. that is about it though. depends where you are though
some places are small and the orders pickup in evening but stop for the most part. nothing big, most meds distributed earlier on so no big missing med issues. only some emergency ivs here and there for a crashing person in the ICU. that is about it though. depends where you are though
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I worked overnight at a 300 bed hospital, was alone for 4 hours of the night. Routinely did 15 admits, including some per pharmacy stuff. It could be absolutely miserable. But some nights only 2 or 3 admits and just some occasional odds and ends. Overall---I would rather work days or 2nd shift from a stress perspective.
Ditto this. I work in a 400 bed hospital. We have 2 pharmacists and 3 technicians on 3rd shift. I'm not one of the 3rd shift pharmacists but do occasionally work it. In addition to being responsible for the orders on their shifts, thirds also fill and deliver the envelopes for the entire hospital, do the morning pick for the med cabinets (takes a good 1&1/2 hours or more for a tech and pharmacist to do) and prepare the cardioplegia for open heart surgery. It can definitely be crazy. I am always happy to see a 1st shift pharmacist walk in the door at 5:30am.
850 beds (but patient census is currently pretty low). Including satellite pharmacies, 6 pharmacists and 10 techs. With the low census, not so bad. But it can get hectic.
