Catch Up

Hi Everyone,
 Sorry I haven't posted in a few days! I've been busy working and studying! So in my last post I said I was going to talk about the pharmacist surplus that I've been reading about. Now back in 2005 when we started college everyone was telling us " oh you will have six job offers when you graduate" and " oh you'll get sign on bonuses and cars, etc.." Well let me tell you, in 2011 that is not the case anymore! It was very interesting going through the interview process in the fall of 2011 and finding that many companies were only hiring their own interns and some couldn't even hire all of their interns! So this article I was readin threw out some interesting facts. " From 2000 to 2010 the number of pharmacy schools increased by 50% to 120. The number of pharmacy graduates is expected to come close to doubling, climbing from 7,300 in 2010 to 13,247 in 2013!" Now it is true that with baby boomers growing older more pharmacists are needed and with the new Affordable Care Act more are insured than before. However, if pharmacists can't get reimbursed for managing and screening for asthma, cholesterol, diabetes, stroke, etc. the profession won't be able to employ this surplus of pharmacists.
According to a Harvard University study 107,000 Americans die each year from adverse drug effects, drug interactions, and failure of pharmacists to counsel patients and check their histories.This shows the need for pharmacists and the need to have proper reimbursement from insurance companies so that pharmacy corporations can hire and keep enough pharmacists to offer good care. These corporations are cutting back making it hard for a pharmacist to spend time with the patient as they should because they don't have enough tech help due to cut backs,  This article proposes that someone needs to negotiate standards of practice with the federal government since it will be the new payer for all health care for all Americans. 

Sorry that was a bit long, but I am grateful for the job that I have and hope that pharmacists will succeed in proving our value in health care of the nation.

My plan for the rest of the day is to study, paint my nails and work from 2-9. I'm working tomorrow and Sunday but then have Monday and Tuesday off! My goal is to get my gym membership this weekend.
I'm looking forward to the 4th of July! I want to make some sort of festive dessert, I've been seeing all kinds of cute recipes in magazines. Like this one from Coastal Living!

I'm also excited because I just followed a whole bunch of people on twitter like Vogue and InStyle and they have great tweets for those who like those magazines!

Have a great Friday everyone!

Yours Truly,
 Amanda