Pharmacist By: Emani Pickett

What They Do Prepares and dispenses medications, following prescriptions issued by physicians, dentists, or other authorized medical practitioners. Advises customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment and health-care supplies. Provides specialized services to help patients manage conditions such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure. Reviews prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability. Assesses the identity, strength and purity of medications. Collaborates with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of drugs and drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications and characteristics. Maintains records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, and registries of poisons, narcotics, and controlled drugs. Emani Pickett 3rd Emani Pickett 3rd

Why this Career is for You Common Qualities Investigative – You are a "thinker". When you have a problem, you like to analyze it and look at different ways to solve it. You like to work by yourself, and you don't like explaining your ideas to other people. Conventional – You are an "organizer". Keeping things neat and organized is important to you. You like working with charts and reports, and work well with power and authority. Social – You are a "helper". You like being around people and helping them with problems. Socializing is fun for you. Emani Pickett 3rd

Skills You Need Developing and using computerized medical records Helping people understand health care instructions Hiring and supervising staff Providing health care support services Purchasing products for resale Selling products or services Treating physical or mental problems Emani Pickett 3rd

What to Learn Pre-Pharmacy Studies Natural Products Chemistry and Pharmacognosy (MS, PhD) Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada]) Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics (MS, PhD) Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD) Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy (MS, PhD) Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD) Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD) Emani Pickett 3rd

Money Earnings Georgia Alabama Average Annual Wage $106,860 $117,930 Entry Annual Wage $79,630 $85,750 Experienced Annual Wage $136,380 $146,810 Average Hourly Wage $51.37 $56.70 Entry Hourly Wage $38.28 $41.22 Experienced Hourly Wage $65.57 $70.58 Median Hourly Wage $52.39 $55.63 Emani Pickett 3rd

Outlook Georgia Alabama Employment Projected City of Atlanta 795 29% Region 6 60 17% Cobb County 341 33% Region 7 400 22% Metro Atlanta 717 48% Region 8 210 24% Emani Pickett 3rd

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Working Conditions You would often handle loads up to 10 lbs., sometimes up to 20 lbs. You might do a lot of walking or standing, or you might sit but use your arms and legs to control machines, equipment or tools. Exposed to disease and infections more than once a month through work such as patient care, laboratory work, and sanitation control Work in this occupation requires being inside most of the time Work in this occupation involves making repetitive motions more than one-third of the time Work in this occupation involves standing more than one-third of the time Emani Pickett 3rd

Military Options Services offering this occupation Air Force Air National Guard U.S. Air Force U.S. Air Force Reserve Army U.S. Army U.S. Army National Guard U.S. Army Reserves Coast Guard U.S. Coast Guard Navy U.S. Navy Emani Pickett 3rd

Summary Pharmacy is a great career field to be in. If you are interested in the healthcare field you should look into taking healthcare classes and high level science classes. If you are not able to take these classes you should volunteer at your local hospital. If you are not sure if pharmacy is right for you, you should speak with your neighborhood pharmacist. Pharmacy is a much needed career so the demand is increasing and you should be able to find a job if you cannot land a job pharmacy is also a career that allows you to start your own business. I plan to open my own pharmacy once I become more experienced in the field. You must got to school for 6 years before you can become a pharmacists. Considering the fact that you will graduate from a 4 year college between the ages of 21- 22 and you will graduate from a pharmacy school between the ages of 23-24 you could going to school for 6 years is worth it money wise. Emani Pickett 3rd