2. What Do Pharmacists Do? Specialize in dispensing drugs prescribed by physicians. Provide information to patients about their side effects and use. Pharmacists must understand the composition of medicines, as well as the laws that regulate their manufacture and sale. Order and store medicines, keeping them safe, pure, and effective. Required by law to maintain records of the drugs they handle.
3. Types of Pharmacists Ambulatory-visit inpatients in hospitals Clinical-work in clinics of private practices or hospitals Retail-community chain pharmacy Government-U.S food and/or drug public health services Home Care-work with ill people in homes
4. Continued Academic-teachers Hospital-main hospital pharmacy Research-researchers Industrial-drug companies Nuclear-work with nuclear medicine Independent-own a pharmacy
5. Work Schedules Early Shift (6 a.m.–4:30 p.m. or 7 a.m.–5:30 p.m. or 8 a.m.–6:30 p.m.) Late Shift (10 a.m.–8:30 p.m. or 11 a.m.–9:30 p.m. or noon–10:30 p.m.) Very flexible
