Getting Started with Pharmacy Technician CE: Your Questions Answered
What is the best place for pharmacy technicians to earn CE? Are there other national certifications pharmacy technicians can earn? How does online CE work? And more.
Delivery of Modern Healthcare
A health care delivery system refers to services, personnel, and how they are organized. It is an organization that provides treatments and resources for those who are sick or injured. The goal of these delivery systems is to keep the population safe and healthy so as to keep them productive and happy. Modern health care […]
A Brief History of Nursing: Florence Nightingale, the Red Cross, and Modern Day Nursing
Nursing is the profession that focuses on providing optimal care for individuals in recovery so that they can return to living a healthy life. Nurses are health care professionals that offer support in the medical environment. They have varying levels of prescription authority. While they are traditionally within the ordering scope of physicians, these care […]
Educational Technology & The Rise of Online Learning
Because of the advancement of educational technology, the increased accessibility of the internet, and the COVID-19 outbreak, online learning has seen significant growth over the last decade. Even before the pandemic, online learning has already shown promise. In fact, according to a 2008 study conducted by the US Department of Education, 66% of postsecondary public […]
Specialized Training for Pharmacists
Academic pharmacist An academic pharmacist is a pharmacist who works in an academic setting, such as a university or college, and focuses on teaching, research, and the advancement of the field of pharmacy. In addition to traditional pharmacist duties, such as dispensing medications and counseling patients, an academic pharmacist may also participate in educational programs […]
History of Nursing from Catholic Church To Red Cross
The Red Cross & The Early Catholic Church’s Role in Healthcare Following the establishment of the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1863, the formation of Red Cross chapters created job prospects and professional advancement opportunities for nurses, despite early opposition from Florence Nightingale. During the same time, various Catholic orders like Little Sisters […]
The Emerging Storm: Suicide & COVID-19
“We are all in the same boat,” the social media posts proclaim, in reference to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. And, while I appreciate the sense of unity that such posts imply, I adamantly disagree. We are not all in the same boat here. Even professionally, I hear from colleagues who are absolutely inundated at work, […]
COVID-19: Trading in the Lab Coat for the Cape… and a Mask, Where Available
COVID-19: Trading in the Lab Coat for the Cape… and a Mask, Where Available What a difference a month can make! Last month, I decided to blog about COVID-19, this mysterious virus that was quickly making its way into social conversation. At the time, public schools were still in session here in South Carolina and, aside […]
COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Coronavirus. COVID-19. Pandemic. These are words that everyone in the nation has become intimately familiar with over the past weeks as media outlets push the constant updates of major closings, cancellations, and drastic adjustments to the daily lives of millions. And, admittedly the information being pushed forward is both frightening and confusing for many. In the […]
90-Day Supply
90-Day Supply We have spent a considerable amount of time ‘unpacking’ the New York Times article by Ellen Gabler entitled, “How Chaos at Chain Pharmacies is Putting Patients at Risk” that was originally published on January 31st. And, it is with good reason that this has consumed so much our conversation. It was one of […]