Akon's favorite prescription...

Sorry, there's nothing for Young Jeezy though.

Friends at my old rotations...

One is currently in the MiddleofNowhere rotation and sent me the pic of my old recliner!!! I miss this thing so much. If you remember from my old post, I probably spent ~5 hrs a day on this thing...

Next, my other friend is at my compounding site and the first day, he sends me a pic of the chloroform bottle we like to use and play our "game".

Oh how I love the memories of yesteryear...

When I post the blog link on facebook...

...readership goes up exponentially!

1st day problems...

In honor of the 1st day of the 5th rotation...

Pharmacy games...

When we're bored at the pharmacy, we play this game where the last person to pass out wins

Today's compounding lesson...

9 days since the last post. I am failing you readers!!!

Wait, do people even read this??

Anyways, today's compounding lesson is brought to you by Letco, a major manufacturer of powders for compounding.
-Ketoprofen is HIGHLY liable to make you sneeze. Wear a mask!!!

ACHOO

Haven't posted in a while...

By now, you've met the guest blogger from DC. She's one of my good friends at school and agreed to post a few musings from her out of town rotation. Leave her some comments or questions!

Anyways, I haven't had a meaningful post in a while. I'm kinda over posting about food b/c let's face it, you guys don't care what I eat everyday for lunch. But the food is soooooooo good! :)

So 2 more weeks at my compounding site until I go home to the west coast for the next 2 rotations. Time has really flown by at this rotation! The staff is very good to me and I like to think that I am a good worker for them too. I am learning a lot about proper compounding technique and also therapeutics too! My preceptor is a genius and knows a ton about each patient who picks up compounds from the pharmacy. It is very impressive actually and I love asking him questions to better my knowledge base.

Hello from the District!

I can’t believe we’re already at the 3 week mark of rotation #4 – the time is FLYING by! And I don’t know if I’ve ever said this about any school-related event, but I really wish it would slow down. It has been an amazing 21 days thus far – I’ve always loved it out here on the East Coast, and I'm sad I only have 2 weeks left to appreciate it! 

One thing I’ve really enjoyed about my out-of-town rotations is living like a local for 5 weeks. It’s like a test drive of places to possibly live in the future. I’m still surprised when tourists come up to me asking for directions while I’m walking home or going for a run. I’m even more surprised when I can help them instead of, “Sorry, I don’t actually live here!” Although it’s starting to feel like I do, especially after commuting for 2 hours a day. God bless the Metro. 

Everything about this rotation is super chill – the hospital, my preceptor, the other rotations students, pharmacists and techs, the rotation itself; I love it. Up until today, I have been working with 5 students from different schools of pharmacy around this area, and it’s been an awesome experience comparing and contrasting our education and institutions. Today we sadly said good-bye to 3 of them, but there will be new students come Monday! Our preceptor is really cool too. He’s super busy, so, in his words, this is more of a “self-guided” rotation, and he’s not going to watch over us – aka, if you wanna learn something, you’re gonna have to seek it out for yourself. I think it’s a brilliant strategy.

The only thing I’m not a fan of is the 7 am report time. For anyone who knows me, I am not exactly what you would call a “morning person”. So to catch the Metro by 6 for my one-way hour commute, I’m waking up at 5 am. That means hitting the snooze at least 3 or 4 times at 4:30, cuz one alarm is NOT enough!

As for my free time away from the hospital, of which I seem to have quite an abundance, I’ve hit up some pretty fun sites. I’ve been here a couple times before, so I’ve already done most of the big museums and such, but I do plan on revisiting a few in the next 2 weeks. So what have I been doing then, you ask? So far, I’ve hit up both professional baseball and soccer games (my first MLS!), went on a 5 mile hike in the Virginia wilderness, and hit up a couple of pretty tasty wineries. And I’ve gotta say, the weather has been PERFECT for doing all of this! This weekend will entail a concert, some more winery fun, apple picking, and any other shenanigans that pop up. 

That’s all I’ve got for now. I think the Starbucks barista forgot my extra shot. So it's time to go get on Facebook/Pinterest/etc and pretend I’m being productive, as I’m not nearly caffeinated enough to actually work. Until next time!

 

The view from the patio of one of the wineries - we could have sat there all day!