National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

JULY 12, 2023

I have served 3 years as a pharmacy inspector in the enforcement division of the Virginia Department of Health Professions. Prior to my role as an inspector, I spent 2 1/2 years as a pharmacy manager/clinical pharmacist at a small hospital in Virginia and 7 1/2 years as a pharmacy manager at an independent retail pharmacy in Virginia.  

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Pharmacy Is Right For Me

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Such is the transformative journey of Dr. Jorie Kreitman, a dedicated pharmacy manager at Walgreens. Early Inspiration Dr. Kreitman’s passion for pharmacy ignited at the tender age of 7 when she was diagnosed with Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT), a condition characterized by irregularly fast or erratic heartbeats.

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The Happy PharmD

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Each day my pharmacy sent a 24-hour supply of medication to each patient. The pharmacy technicians would generate a computerized list of each patient’s drugs based on what the physician prescribed. Therefore, the hospital permitted my pharmacy to hire two new full-time employees. My hospital was happy with the results.

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The Happy PharmD

OCTOBER 25, 2023

I participated in many meetings as a hospital pharmacy manager. Every month, my pharmacy department held a staff meeting. At these meetings, both my pharmacists and pharmacy technicians expressed what was right and wrong about the department and the hospital. Other times, everyone just vented.

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The Happy PharmD

APRIL 26, 2023

This was even before I became a pharmacy manager. He would report me to the nursing supervisor since she was the most senior manager in the building at that hour. I have been in hospital pharmacy management for over thirty years. She also dropped off a new prescription which the pharmacy kept on file.

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The Happy PharmD

JUNE 3, 2022

Two reasons: 1) Management thought that employees liked or needed feedback about how well they were performing their job, and 2) evaluations were usually tied to some kind of merit increase. I wrote and gave the greatest number of evaluations when I was a pharmacy manager in my second hospital. Staff longevity. Unattainable?

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