Sleep and placement

I have troubles getting enough sleep recently due to all those travelling trips and irregular lifestyle. And now I realise that getting enough sleep is so IMPORTANT for a working man. Otherwise the consequences would be just like what happen to me: I have yet to fully recover from my ticklish throat and cough, and I have been doing my work at an incredibly slow pace since this morning. When I was doing the labelling, my eyelids were so heavy that I couldn't help but yawn a few times in the dispensary. I also found myself really HARD to focus on the stuff that I am doing - even if that means taking the right medicine from the shelves - and every task seems to be so mentally straining for me. Never know the jobs of pharmacist and dispenser is that mentally demanding until I am deprived of sleep!

Imagine you have such a sleepy pharmacist at work. That will put the patient's health in great danger isn't it?? So therefore, to uphold the first principle of being a pharmacist which is to put patient's interest my first concern, I really have to sleep early today to ensure I have sufficient energy to manage my workload!

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And hence the long-awaiting summer placement started! It's my third day of working in a local Boots store and I still think that it's quite exciting! There are many new things to learn, many challenges and tests ahead as part of our training to develop our knowledge and skills. I am working in a store with a manageable workload. This is really what I wished for after getting a one-week experience in a super hectic Lloyds pharmacy last year. Maybe my wish was too strong and hence it was granted! Haha. Everything is so far so good, the staff there are really nice and friendly. I did make quite some silly mistakes and have to trouble the dispensers all the time to teach me or fix the problems that I have created due to all the unfamiliarity to the dispensing system!

 I feel like it is really a very good opportunity to finally put what I have learned to practice. Knowledge and practice is like two different worlds to me. One can be really knowledgeable but to be professional we need an integration of knowledge, ethics and hands-on experience. So I shall really appreciate the chance given and make full use of it!

 Go go Carol go~