Recent content by rph3664

I'm hearing that court reporting is a field that needs new blood, and it only takes 2 years to get certified and starting salaries are about 70K. However, the washout rate is something like 95%, because most people, even once they learn all the abbreviations, cannot transcribe 250WPM.

That's probably why she isn't working as one.

I came here to start a thread about licensed Hawaii pharmacist Zoe Green, who now works as a special ed science teacher and a Good Humor woman. https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2024-03-29/oahu-ice-cream-vendor-is-a-finalist-in-the-nationwide-good-humor-grant-contest

My alma mater's pass rate is hovering in the 70-80% per the link in the OP. That's horrifying to me! Out of the 86 people in my own graduating class, I only knew of one who did not pass NABPLEX, as it was called then, on the first attempt. I did find out a few years later who it was, and...

Having dealt with a patient who ended up in the ICU after getting Botox administered by a physician, I couldn't imagine a non-physician, even a PA-C or CRNA, doing this.

Check this out. NSFW.

Or better yet, get a job there and see how happy everyone is.

Hadn't even thought of helium.

Boron or beryllium?

I first heard, 30 years ago, that if this ever happens, you bet Walgreens will be first in line. Has anyone here seen this new story about the Trump administration's own personal pill mill? Didn't even have a pharmacist on staff, it appears...

I'm still here, FWIW.

It's one duty for the resale business I've had since I retired from active practice in 2012.

I could see, in the decades to come, R.Ph. being some kind of intermediate degree with limited scope of practice, like dental therapists (look those up) or physician's assistants.

They are a FedEx drop off, and (long story made short) I have a hobby that has connections to prepaid FedEx labels, so I print them at home and drop them off at the photo counter. I then get a check a week or two later.

Wouldn't those be called R.Ph.s?