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Dismissals will only make people stronger! So why don’t you all go to hell.
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I have already completed my 1st year of optometry school, but now I have been dismissed, so now I am stuck at home for a year with my parents, and I am very unhappy, and crying all the time.
I was thinking about changing my career to pharmacy, and I don't know if it's a good idea or not. I do know that I am hard working, and quiet in personality. But I don't have any experience in the field or know too much about it.
So I was wondering if anyone could please give me some advice into if this is a good idea, or just any advice in general. Thank you.
Seems a little heavy-handed of a reply. It's not like the poster said "I work hard so I deserve it." It's a post (albeit clearly emotionally driven) asking for information and perspective.argh my pet peeve, generation special snowflake. just because you're are hard working does not mean you are capable or even deserve it.
I have already completed my 1st year of optometry school, but now I have been dismissed, so now I am stuck at home for a year with my parents, and I am very unhappy, and crying all the time.
I was thinking about changing my career to pharmacy, and I don't know if it's a good idea or not. I do know that I am hard working, and quiet in personality. But I don't have any experience in the field or know too much about it.
So I was wondering if anyone could please give me some advice into if this is a good idea, or just any advice in general. Thank you.
To be honest, despite what other pharmacists will tell you, I will say from personal experience that pharmacy is easier to get through than optometry. Pharmacy is a lot of times viewed as backup for other healthcare fields for people who want to be in healthcare but can't cut it in other fields. I have few other friends that left medicine/dentistry for pharmacy and I was similar in your shoes and started my healthcare career in optometry and went through 2 years of it before dropping it for pharmacy. Just my 2 cents
Lol are you kidding me? Optometrists aren't even making 6 figures.
The fields are very different. What did you like/dislike about optometry? What were your struggles? If you were dismissed for academic reasons, what classes gave you trouble?
What are you looking for out of pharmacy? Which career path in pharmacy do you see yourself taking? Why?
My gut reaction says to wait it out for a year and continue in optometry if that is an option, but we need more information before we can give you any sort of real advice.
I want to go to pharmacy because I was thinking maybe it is more for my personality, quiet, calm, etc.
unfortunately this may be what many people outside the profession think - in most cases, this is far from the truth
Let me dissect this for you step by step. Maybe it will help you see your situation more clearly to have a 3rd party lay it out for you. This is what you've revealed so far:@gwarm01 or anyone else, The communicating thing is nothing, what I'm asking is what do you suggest to me based on the situation I said so far?
I want to go to pharmacy because I was thinking maybe it is more for my personality, quiet, calm, etc. Another reason is that, my experience at the Puerto Rico optometry school (called IAUPR) was not good, coming back home and thinking about it, and interacting with the people there. So then if I want this, I want to transfer to another school, and so... it would make more sense to just try another career would it?
Pharmacy is a lot of times viewed as backup for other healthcare fields for people who want to be in healthcare but can't cut it in other fields.
Asks pharmacists if he/she should go to pharmacy school.
They all say no.
Goes to pharmacy school anyway.
Why even ask then??
Asks pharmacists if he/she should go to pharmacy school.
They all say no.
Goes to pharmacy school anyway.
Why even ask then??
No, for my immigrant parents, this was the lowest acceptable degree! I was a bad student and had no higher aspirations. My mom was a Ph.D in nuclear physics, my dad was an engineer (EE) my sister is a Physician. So.....Pharmacy, which I liked, was my ceiling.Sometimes? It’s the case all the time.
It is a known fact- every time someone contemplating pharmacy school willfully ignores the advice of an actual pharmacist working in the field like this, a CVS recruiter somewhere gets a spontaneous erection.
Definitely Idaho.Btw, since the completely unrelated thread doesn't mention the law exam- you are aware that you also have to pass the law exam, right?
Unless you're trying to get license in Idaho or Iowa. Apparently you just how to sign an affidavit that you understand the pharmacy law.
Just can't remember which one. I just know that one of them is a potato state. Or perhaps both are potato states.
Definitely Idaho.
it isn't Iowa- I hate how people get these mixed up- I mean the distance between Iowa and Idaho is the same as Iowa and New York.Btw, since the completely unrelated thread doesn't mention the law exam- you are aware that you also have to pass the law exam, right?
Unless you're trying to get license in Idaho or Iowa. Apparently you just how to sign an affidavit that you understand the pharmacy law.
Just can't remember which one. I just know that one of them is a potato state. Or perhaps both are potato states.
What a gem you are,argh my pet peeve, generation special snowflake. just because you're are hard working does not mean you are capable or even deserve it.
Can't confuse them if you ignore their existencePeople confuse Iowa with Idaho?
all the ****ing timePeople confuse Iowa with Idaho?
Idaho - Pacific Northwest, shaped like a boot and has potatoes.
Iowa - Midwest, has corn and pigs.
Is no MPJE state? FiguredDefinitely Idaho.
What was pharmacy like 45 years ago, or even 30? I had professors that went from retail to PhD because they hated retail in those days?Stay with optometry! Pharmacy has become a 'slave' job. I even question whether you can call it a profession. I have been in pharmacy for 45 years. Pharmacy has gone downhill ever since I graduated from pharmacy school. A lot of pharmacists are putting in 12 to 14 hour days, no breaks, and no lunch breaks with lines of people complaining about how long it is taking for you to fill their prescription. Corporate is constantly sending notices complaining about your stores performance and they will micro-manage everything you do.
Heatlh care is very strict and you should do a self-reflection if its what you want to do vs. being a mother and some other work. However, if you are still set on health care, PA or nurse, I would say the latter because it has more roles and the PA/NP thing is on the cusp of saturation.I have already completed my 1st year of optometry school, but now I have been dismissed, so now I am stuck at home for a year with my parents, and I am very unhappy, and crying all the time.
I was thinking about changing my career to pharmacy, and I don't know if it's a good idea or not. I do know that I am hard working, and quiet in personality. But I don't have any experience in the field or know too much about it.
So I was wondering if anyone could please give me some advice into if this is a good idea, or just any advice in general. Thank you.
Heatlh care is very strict and you should do a self-reflection if its what you want to do vs. being a mother and some other work. However, if you are still set on health care, PA or nurse, I would say the latter because it has more roles and the PA/NP thing is on the cusp of saturation.
Heatlh care is very strict and you should do a self-reflection if its what you want to do vs. being a mother and some other work. However, if you are still set on health care, PA or nurse, I would say the latter because it has more roles and the PA/NP thing is on the cusp of saturation.
Agree with your post, just the last part.
HRSA has PA/NP still in higher demand than supply in the next 10 years. BLS has both at massive job growth 2021-2031, unlike any other health profession. Saturation, especially for NPs (though PAs is similar) is not even a discussion point currently. NPs are at 40% job growth 2021-2031, while PAs are 28%. This is absolutely insane in comparison to other healthcare professions (or any). Unlike pharmacy, the reason here is that, for example, PA school is incredibly competitive and they control class sizes strictly.
Source:
PA: Physician Assistants : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
NP: Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives, and Nurse Practitioners : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Can’t go wrong with either OP.
Edit: also, pharmacists and PAs now have practically identical median salaries (123 vs 128), except one has negative job growth (and decreasing salaries and work conditions) and the other has 40% job growth, among many other benefits. Pretty clear which is the smarter choice but to each their own.
This thread is 7 years old. OP ignored the advice of pharmacists and went to pharmacy school anyway. He/she has been a grad intern at Wags for 5-6 months and has yet to take the NAPLEX.
Those roles are definitely better at this point. The work conditions and the expanded care. even in government, th care inpatient or outpatient clinical rxs is limited and contingent on the MD agreeing.Agree with your post, just the last part.
HRSA has PA/NP still in higher demand than supply in the next 10 years. BLS has both at massive job growth 2021-2031, unlike any other health profession. Saturation, especially for NPs (though PAs is similar) is not even a discussion point currently. NPs are at 40% job growth 2021-2031, while PAs are 28%. This is absolutely insane in comparison to other healthcare professions (or any). Unlike pharmacy, the reason here is that, for example, PA school is incredibly competitive and they control class sizes strictly.
Source:
PA: Physician Assistants : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
NP: Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives, and Nurse Practitioners : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Can’t go wrong with either OP.
Edit: also, pharmacists and PAs now have practically identical median salaries (123 vs 128), except one has negative job growth (and decreasing salaries and work conditions) and the other has 40% job growth, among many other benefits. Pretty clear which is the smarter choice but to each their own.
Those roles are definitely better at this point. The work conditions and the expanded care. even in government, th care inpatient or outpatient clinical rxs is limited and contingent on the MD agreeing.
I am curious about inpatient clinical roles in gorvernment, how much autonomy do they have? For instance, does a ABX stewardship rx have the abiliti to unilaterally d/c abxs? Does the chemo rx have the ability to change meds? What are their roles here and how are they measured?
In outpatient, it appears that some rx have the ability to be put on the schedule and receive pts., but other agencies they have to be referred by the PA/MD?
A far as saturation goes, read the BLS with a grain of salt. They are under pressure to rose color the numbers. Though congress refuses to expand MD residencies, causing a bottleneck, NP programs have expanded to the moon. Not sure how PA works, but both roles are in the same bucket.
Does pharmacy (especially inpatient) require one to be that much of an extrovert?unfortunately this may be what many people outside the profession think - in most cases, this is far from the truth
Pharmacist for 37 years, clinical/staff Hospital Pharmacist, I can tell you, you can be either, and still find your perfect fit in Hospital Pharmacy.Does pharmacy (especially inpatient) require one to be that much of an extrovert?
I will be honest here to say that I don't know too much about what pharmacists do. But the one I interact with everyday as a hospitalist seem to have a job that do no require that much interaction with people.
I see them on the floor and talk to them if I need to consult them about something (eg., warfarin dosing, TPN etc...) or they usually call me if they want me to address something.