...My future career in pharmacy was well thought-out before college until the very moment I was questioned about how I felt about my life. I was assisting a patient in the pharmacy and she merely asked me, “How’s life?” My response of simply being content prompted an unexpected response from not only her but myself as well. She responded, shocked, that I couldn’t have used a better depiction and how satisfying it was to hear that I was content. Her stunned reaction made me question not just about how rare it was for others to provide a similar response but ultimately, whether or not I meant what I had said. Was I really content? That was when it truly hit me, I was not satisfied with my life. I did not want to become a pharmacist. For me, it was something that lacked exhilaration, something that I just had absolute no desire for. All because of this patient's comment, I made the drastic change to drop pharmacy and switch career paths. I no longer wanted to make the same mistake and choose something I did not enjoy, like pharmacy. I wanted to explore something I have always been passionate about, which is numbers! While I found out the hard way about what I wanted to pursue in life, it was better for me to derive to this decision sooner than later. Later that year, I decided to get my feet wet by first taking an introduction to accounting course. It was so minimal and to explore even more, I took the subsequent course as well. After taking those courses, it utterly reinforced my...
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...Roxanne M Hart Grand Canyon University: NVR-430 Professional Dynamics June 16th, 2013 According to the research that has been conducted by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, when you compare a nurse with an associate’s degree to a nurse who has a bachelorette degree, the nurse that is prepared with the bachelorette is more prepared clinically and has shown to have lower mortality rates, fewer medication errors, and more positive outcomes for patients. I have read over and compared the Grand Canyon University’s philosophy to the College of Southern Nevada’s nursing programs mission statement. It is not hard to see why research shows that a nurse with a bachelorettes degree is more prepared and knowledgeable to care for patients than a nurse holding an associate’s degree. The College of Southern Nevada’s mission statement states to graduate competent, compassionate, and caring nurses who strive for excellence in their delivery of care to meet the health needs of the community and to contribute to the profession of nursing. The goals of the program are to assist the nurse to be caring, competent, be creative by using their critical thinking skills for decision making while caring for patients, to assist the nurse with communications skills that allow them to collaborate with other disciplines, and professionalism to teach the nurse to continue lifelong learning, accountability, and to be a patient advocate. The 2 year program offered by College of Southern...
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... Walgreen Pharmacy Brigida L. Diaz Jones International University Prof: Dr. Sue Raftery Table of Contents Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………………........3 Walgreens Introduction...…………………………….……………………...............…………..4 Mission Statement…………………………….....………………………..………………………6 Walgreens Corporate Culture……………………………………………….………...…….…..7 Walgreens Stakeholders……………………………………………………………………….…8 Executive officer of Walgreens……………………………………….………………………….8 Walgreens Development Process………………………………………………………………...9 SWOT Analysis……………………………………….………………………………………….10 Goals ……………………………………………………………………………………………...15 Walgreens’s Implementation plan ………………………………………………………..........19 Walgreens’s Approval Strategies Plan:……………..………………………………….............20 References…………………………………………………………….…………………………..21 Appendices:……………………………………………………….…….….……………….…….23 An Executive Summary: With a variety of 70,000 health care service providers, Walgreen offers consumers and patients the support that reliefs them live a “well” life. Walgreen has more of 26,000 pharmacists at more than 7,500 stores across the country (Walgreen, 2011). The patients trust in Walgreen’s pharmacist in the moment, to take decisions. They provide information about health and wellness needs, and ensure they get their medication and immunizations in a timely and caring environment. At the same time, Walgreen is transforming and enhancing the role of community pharmacy. The Company has...
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...Walgreens Overview Walgreens Co., America’s premier pharmacy is what Charles R. Walgreen called his neighborhood drugstore that has grown into a nationally recognized fortune 500 company. Charles R Walgreen was born in Galesburg, a small town in Illinois, but shortly relocated to a town sixty miles away named, Dixon, Illinois. Dixon is where the dream of Walgreens Co. began. At the age of sixteen years old, working in a factory, Charles cut off the top of his middle finger and ended his athletic career. This led him to take a job at Horton’s Drug Store in Dixon, Illinois. Charles absolutely despised this job but needed to do something to get him through school. Once school was out, in 1893 Walgreen relocated to Chicago, Illinois where he discovered that the drugstore industry wasn’t so bad after all. Walgreen gained knowledge from some of the best pharmacist known to man, Samuel Resenfield, Max Grieben, William G Valentine, and Isaac W Blood. While working with pharmacist he discovered that maybe working for Horton’s Drug Store all of those years ago was going to pay off. Charles realized that in the Chicago area the pharmacy/drugstore was very prominent and that he needed to do something to stand out. When it came to a drugstore/pharmacy consumers had many choices in the Chicago area. In 1901, he had saved up enough money to put a down payment of his own pharmacy. “Walgreen’s drugstore was located in Barrett’s Hotel at Cottage Grove ad Bowen Avenue on Chicago’s...
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...I. Introduction and Overview CVS Pharmacy is considered one of the top pharmacy nationwide chains in the country. There are more than 7,100 stores total, located in nearly every state. The stores retail medication, toiletries and sundry merchandise that is purchased by consumers such as snacks, beverages, skin care and personal care items, holiday merchandise and convenience goods. There is also an online site where products can be ordered and shipped directly to consumers. Some of the CVS pharmacies have medical services that operate out of the retail stores. A. Identify the Organization CVS recognizes the importance of establishing a culture that will have an affect on its people and their performance. The organizational development functional management at CVS realized that sharing a common vision would assist each individual in understanding what the company stands for, commit to the same vision, and then work toward supporting the mission each and every day. The vision at CVS is simple “to strive to improve the quality of human life” (CVScaremark.com, 2010). Taking a look at two of the organization’s functional goals in the Technology and Human Resource business areas, it is easy to see how CVS is an industry leader. The organizational structure or team at CVS involved in working on this issue from the HR area include the Senior Vice President of HR, Training Specialist, nd local HR managers. From organizational operations there is the technology manager, and procurement...
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...I am writing to express my keen interest in the position of Assistant Professor of microbiology advertised on university career website. I believe my Ph.D. degree in microbiology, eight years of teaching and mentoring experience, and twelve years of academic research experience makes me uniquely suitable for the position. I have extensive teaching experience in India and the United States. During my Ph.D., I was a teaching assistant for five years and have taught microbiology and freshman biology laboratories. In the last three years of T.A., I was appointed a head teaching assistant. During that time, in addition to teaching microbiology laboratory courses, I was responsible for making laboratory examination questions, and mentoring new T.A.s. Before that, I was appointed a lecturer at the Himalayan Pharmacy Institute under North Bengal University, India, where I taught pharmaceutical science classes and laboratories for pharmacy graduate students for three...
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...inadvertently can be distressing without the skill or the expertise to conduct proper control measures for a household or company. This week’s objectives can be easily understood providing managers apply applicable control types and keep the business accounting principles flowing correctly. Student 2 In the first three weeks we have about a lot. How important we are required to follow GAAP instead of IFRS. Also we learn how to prepare certain statements to be accurate with our reports and records of financial statement. What these statement does give you an overall view of how much a company or yourself reporting for the year. Debit on the right, Credit on the left of T accounts. We prepared a few statements, which could show company ability to operating in the negative or positive. Liabilities were the most difficult part of the weeks for me. Learning how to grouping the different account that relates to the same account (classified balance sheet). The question solving was the most help with the preparing of the various statements. Week three was most interesting, learning ratios, working capital,...
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...and speak with authority and confidence among their interdisciplinary peers. Very often nurses shy away from presenting their opinion for lack of knowledge and /or confidence. Nurses have always been pushed aside in decision making regarding patient treatment. Their opinion does not matter. They are there to carry the doctor’s order. If nurses who spend more time anyway with the patient than the doctors do will confidently assert their educated opinion about a patient care to the doctors, they will begin to earn more respect. If a nurse is confident and performs her job well, every patient and family encounter becomes an avenue to sell nursing profession. Patient families might encourage their sons or daughters to take up a career in nursing. Career fair is another avenue to explain to the public/college bound students about nurses and what their role is in...
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...career objective : * applying for R&D position , as I like this career trend of research and clinical trials . personal data : *Date of birth : 28th of august, 1985 *Nationality : Egyptian * marital status : unmarried Education and qualifications : *Suez Canal University , Bachelor In Pharmaceutical Sciences(2002-2007) , May 2007 with a General grade of EXCELLENT WITH HONOR . *24th October Language School , Ismailia obtained secondary graduation state with a 97.4 % in 2002. Work Experience * 7/2007 : I attended clinical practice for pharmacist ( Banha Teaching Hospitals) *1/2008- 6/2008 : Research & Development department in Medical Union Pharmaceuticals ( drug design & formulation ) my career in this department was basically devoted for researche and and development of New formulation and drug delivery system with higher availability using different formulation excipients as AVICEL trade mark and others *7/2008-7/ 2009 : Suez Canal University Hospitals in Ismailia ( clinical pharmacist ) *2009 – to present : Ministry of health , pharmacy licensing and inspection in Mansoura Additional Information *preparing for Board of Pharmacotherapy Specialist(BPS) since 2012 and received the approval notification for attending fall examination...
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...inadvertently can be distressing without the skill or the expertise to conduct proper control measures for a household or company. This week’s objectives can be easily understood providing managers apply applicable control types and keep the business accounting principles flowing correctly. Team Member 2 In the first three weeks we have about a lot. How important we are required to follow GAAP instead of IFRS. Also we learn how to prepare certain statements to be accurate with our reports and records of financial statement. What these statement does give you an overall view of how much a company or yourself reporting for the year. Debit on the right, Credit on the left of T accounts. We prepared a few statements, which could show company ability to operating in the negative or positive. Liabilities were the most difficult part of the weeks for me. Learning how to grouping the different account that relates to the same account (classified balance sheet). The question solving was the most help with the preparing of the various statements. Week three was most interesting, learning ratios,...
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...Abstract Since Sam Walton’s discount retailer first opened its doors in 1962, Wal-Mart has grown to be the largest corporation in the world. Wal-Mart is revolutionizing the way the retail items are passed from producer to end-user by drastically cutting costs at every opportunity and demanding the same of their suppliers. These savings passed onto the consumers has not come without a price! Where some see a discount or a job opportunity, others see an empire that pulls the rug out of existing businesses. For years, Wal-Mart has been accused of a number of criminal actions and questionable ethical practices. Many people, from all walks of life, find themselves discussing (and some even arguing) the topic: “Is Wal-Mart good for America?” Many blame this modern trend of globalism, the outsourcing of manufacturing, the closing of mom & pop stores and independent grocers on Wal-Mart. But the question that must be asked is as follows: Is Wal-Mart really to blame for all the things that they are being accused of? After all, aren’t the consumers fueling Wal-Mart’s position as the number one retailer in the world by their constant search for the lowest possible price? And don’t we have a choice as to where we should shop and isn’t it our responsibility to avoid businesses that we deem are unethical? Is Wal-Mart unethical or are they just misunderstood? Background Wal-Mart has been forced to defend itself against several lawsuits that were filed against...
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...shared that statement with numerous groups and it simply summarizes my basic philosophy of what Sullivan is all about. When I say that Sullivan is “student success focused,” I feel as President that I owe a definition of this statement to all who are considering Sullivan University. First, Sullivan is unique among institutions of higher education with its innovative, career-first curriculum. You can earn a career diploma or certificate in a year or less and then accept employment while still being able to complete your associate, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree by attending during the day, evenings, weekends, or online. Business and industry do not expand or hire new employees only in May or June each year. Yet most institutions of higher education operate on a nine-month school year with almost everyone graduating in May. We remained focused on your success and education, and continue to offer our students the opportunity to begin classes or to graduate four times a year with our flexible, year-round full-time schedule of classes. If you really want to attend a school where your needs (your real needs) come first, consider Sullivan University. I believe we can help you exceed your expectations. Since words cannot fully describe the atmosphere at Sullivan University, please accept my personal invitation to visit and experience our campus for yourself. Sincerely, Glenn D. Sullivan President MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 1 Table of Contents Mission Statement . . ...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION I. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Pharmacies are very important business establishments in a community or city because this is where people buy drugs and other medical supplies needed especially for home medications, hospitals, or emergencies. Pharmacies are varying in demand anywhere that is why this can also be a good business idea. The main job of a pharmacy is to fill prescriptions made by doctors or other medical professionals. A pharmacist offers advice on medication and a pharmacy technician helps package the prescription. Today, added services are being offered by most pharmacies while some also have their own health and food convenience stores. Some medicines that can be bought from pharmacies don’t require prescription. Handling a business is not easy as one two three. An interested owner that deals with selling of pharmaceutical products need determination to operate business, the guts to get it going, the power to motivate his employees and the financial commitment to make it happen. You should also be competitive, a positive thinker and a goal minded person in order for you to make the business successful. One of the ways to be successful in business is to manage the cash properly and wisely. Cash management is a marketing term for certain services offered primarily to larger business customers. It may be used to describe all bank accounts (such as checking accounts) provided to businesses of a certain size, but it is more often used to describe...
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...unto God, saying, ‘Master, I am thy slave. Thy hidden will is my law and I shall obey thee for ever more.’ But God made no answer, and like a mighty tempest passed away.” I also struggled in finding God in my life, it was difficult to see past the grime of poverty and suffering. The answer came in helping those in greater need than me. The scale and impact didn’t matter as much as a passion for humanitarianism. Goodness in action rather than in thought and began what would become a lifelong passion for community activism. I worked with refugees and displaced persons, volunteering for a government agency to provide them with daily necessities. After immigrating to America I found my calling in a local nonprofit organization whose mission statement reads “to help women in need regain their strength emotionally and financially for a stronger family”. The organization was a means for me to help others who had gone through the same emotional, financial, and cultural problems as they attempted to shape their lives in America. It wrought an inner peace and self-satisfaction in helping shape brighter lives with women I could strongly identify with. This inner peace led to an inner realization of God, only by the power of action inspired by an Islamic tradition which states “My slave keeps drawing nearer to Me with voluntary works until I love him. And when I love him, I am his hearing with which he hears, his sight with which he sees, his hand...
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...0 3 0 Electronic Health Records in the Physician Office CHAPTER OUTLINE Patient Flow in the Physician Practice Step 1. Pre-Visit: Appointment Scheduling and Information Collection Step 2. Patient Check-in and Payment Collection Step 3. Rooming and Measuring Vital Signs Patient Examination and Documentation Step 4. Patient Checkout Step 5. Post-Visit: Coding and Billing Post-Visit: Reviewing Test Results Coding and Reimbursement in Electronic Health Records Computer-Assisted Coding Clinical Tools in the Electronic Health Record Decision-Support Tools Tracking and Monitoring Patient Care Screening for Illness or Disease Identifying at-Risk Patients Managing Patients with Chronic Diseases Improving the Quality and Safety of Patient Care with Evidence-Based Guidelines E-Prescribing and Electronic Health Records Keeping Current with Electronic Drug Databases Increasing Prescription Safety Saving Time and Money LEARNING OUTCOMES After completing this chapter, you will be able to define key terms and: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. List the five steps of the office visit workflow in a physician office. Discuss the advantages of pre-visit scheduling and information collection for patients and office staff. Describe the process of electronic check-in. Explain how electronic health records make documenting patient exams more efficient. Explain what occurs during patient checkout. Explain what two events take place during the post-visit step of the visit workflow. Describe the advantages of computer-assisted...
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