For those who dont know me, which is 99.999% of humanity, my job is exstensive. I work at OHSU, Oregon Health and Sciences University, as a Pharmacy Technician. I do everything there is to do pretaining to drugs and patients taking them.
I mix drugs (IV fluids, Syringes, Mini-Bags, Epidurals, etc) which is in a clean-room environment. I wear the coat, face mask etc. Since I work grave yard shift, which I prefer, I am in there alone doing all of it myself. So, I have to know what im doing or people could die. I have to stay sterile and exact. Doing epidurals can be a chore. You have to put all the fluids in the bag, then get all the air out of the bag. Ive had a few hand cramps from that. lol
I deliver drugs to Hospital floors and Nurses, tube them using the tube system we have at OHSU. I also deliver them right to the patients room, mostly in the ICU where people die alot, which ive seen a few times. I do Order Entry, which is entering the Physicians Orders and such to be clarified by the Pharmasist. It also entails prining labels for "meds missing" and due orders, or STAT orders. I also fill regular pills, do pre-packaging, and do returns/crediting
The other part of my job is the Pyxis. Pyxis is the place where meds are kept on all Hospital floors. They are stations with droors or carasels that you fill or take regular or patient specific meds from. So I have to replace missing drugs, place Control drugs for Patient Specific meds, fix the droor when a Nurse cant get em out, and other such things.
There is alot more to my job, but thats the majority.
Why did I mention this?
Alot of people go through life going from job to job or never get anywhere. I was like that. I did market research enough to teach the damn shit. I got sick of "someday ill have"...so I went to college. Ya, I hate the "college scene", but I didnt socialize. Now I have this job and its "soon I will have". The only person that can do it is you. Fuck everyone else, dont do it for them. My dad is 56, in his 5th marriage, and works as a god damned janitor with no retirement because he pissed it all away. I refuse to end up like him, and I wont. I may be the "black sheep" of my family, not that I care, but im the only one thats done anythign with his life. Everything ive ever wanted is now within my grasp and only I alone did it. Dont rely on others, they burn you, lie, take advantage, and are jealous.
So, blah blah with the positive motivational speaker shit...
Ahh...lets see
2am, setting at my PC doing art, listening to metal, watching my rat run around, drinking home made coffee (which I prefer). Another day closer to the grave...
I mix drugs (IV fluids, Syringes, Mini-Bags, Epidurals, etc) which is in a clean-room environment. I wear the coat, face mask etc. Since I work grave yard shift, which I prefer, I am in there alone doing all of it myself. So, I have to know what im doing or people could die. I have to stay sterile and exact. Doing epidurals can be a chore. You have to put all the fluids in the bag, then get all the air out of the bag. Ive had a few hand cramps from that. lol
I deliver drugs to Hospital floors and Nurses, tube them using the tube system we have at OHSU. I also deliver them right to the patients room, mostly in the ICU where people die alot, which ive seen a few times. I do Order Entry, which is entering the Physicians Orders and such to be clarified by the Pharmasist. It also entails prining labels for "meds missing" and due orders, or STAT orders. I also fill regular pills, do pre-packaging, and do returns/crediting
The other part of my job is the Pyxis. Pyxis is the place where meds are kept on all Hospital floors. They are stations with droors or carasels that you fill or take regular or patient specific meds from. So I have to replace missing drugs, place Control drugs for Patient Specific meds, fix the droor when a Nurse cant get em out, and other such things.
There is alot more to my job, but thats the majority.
Why did I mention this?
Alot of people go through life going from job to job or never get anywhere. I was like that. I did market research enough to teach the damn shit. I got sick of "someday ill have"...so I went to college. Ya, I hate the "college scene", but I didnt socialize. Now I have this job and its "soon I will have". The only person that can do it is you. Fuck everyone else, dont do it for them. My dad is 56, in his 5th marriage, and works as a god damned janitor with no retirement because he pissed it all away. I refuse to end up like him, and I wont. I may be the "black sheep" of my family, not that I care, but im the only one thats done anythign with his life. Everything ive ever wanted is now within my grasp and only I alone did it. Dont rely on others, they burn you, lie, take advantage, and are jealous.
So, blah blah with the positive motivational speaker shit...
Ahh...lets see
2am, setting at my PC doing art, listening to metal, watching my rat run around, drinking home made coffee (which I prefer). Another day closer to the grave...
JD