most people want their kids to have a professional job when they grow up, they want their kids to be doctors, engineers, lawyers, architects, stock broker..but rarely pharmacist..so, is pharmacist considered a professional job? what differentiate a pharmacist from a doctor (apart from giving medicine) and what's the basic salary of hospital pharmacist and income of a retail pharmacist in your country?
2006-06-22 05:58:59 · 29 answers · asked by The apPrentice 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
A Pharmacist is absolutely a professional! While a Pharmacist is licensed and can hold a Doctorate in Pharmacy (PharmD) they cannot diagnose, they cannot perform physical exams, they cannot order tests, technically they don't see patients. They can advise about medications, they can make substitutions, they have the last word about meds, and a clinical Pharmacist (hospital) can write orders for meds.
Here's an idea of annual salaries in thousands:
Pharm. Intern ---- 32.4
Pharm. 1 ---------- 75.3
Pharm. 2 ---------- 79.5
Clinical Pharm. --- 80.9
Pharm. Mgr. ------- 93.8
Regional Pharm. Mgr. -- 103.7
2006-06-22 06:11:49 · answer #1 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-28 05:05:30 · answer #2 · answered by Gilbert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-22 16:05:02 · answer #3 · answered by Rebecca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pharmacist is considered professional.
A Pharmacist still has to work under a doctor. They must know all about medications and side effects when taken with other medications and alone. THey cannot prescribe medication and they cannot diagnos medical conditions.
Starting salary at walmarts in Michigan are about $27.00 per hours and go up to $35.00 right now. I have no clue about hospital pharmacist starting wages, or other drug stores.
Classes for pharmacist's are difficult to get into, long waiting lists, so its not exactly an unknown job. After you have your four year degree , you can get onto the waiting list, and its generally about 2 years in Michigan and Indiana, not sure about other states.
2006-06-22 06:04:40 · answer #4 · answered by cindy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A pharmacist is a very professional job! You have to be really smart to be a pharmacist, and if you want your doctorate, it is a 7 year program. I'm not sure on their exact salary figures, but they are definitely on the high end of the pay scale.
2006-06-22 06:01:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, pharmacist is a very professional job. One of my good friends is a grad student working towards his degree for pharmacy. He's working like nobody's business at some of the hardest classes I've seen anyone take. Pharmacists make great money, 6 figures is easily obtainable, and are rigorously tested for certifications before they can distribute meds. My data is from the US.
2006-06-22 06:00:52 · answer #6 · answered by senormooquacka 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes its a professional job and the difference bewteen a pharmacist and a doctor is quite a lot. They have the basic training of a doctor but are more chemistry orientated as to how to make up medicines and teh general chemistry as to how they work in relation to the human body and with other medicines, In the UK I know pharmacists who earn about £30,000 per year.
2006-06-22 06:02:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it is a professional job. You have to go to a pharmacy school to get your pharmacist license. You will graduate with a Pharm D degree. Some of us will go on and get some residency experience. Applying to pharmacy is competitive now that many pharmacy schools use centralized application process. And of course we have to pass a state-oriented pharmacist license exam. Also some of the pharmacists can write prescriptions under the protocol, much like the PA.
2006-06-23 19:55:17 · answer #8 · answered by ucla/usc alumnus 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a professional job because you have to study and learn to do it at an accredited place of learning.
While a doctor will precribe the medicine and can make the diagnosis that you need the medicine, the pharamcist will know how the medicine works as far as side effects and conflicts with other medications but is not qualified to prescribe it.
Salary tracking site says they make median of 90k USD / year.
2006-06-22 06:05:10 · answer #9 · answered by waylandbill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pharmacist's starting salary is about 90K (depending on where you work) Mostly, they have to know about interactions of drugs with each other. It most certainly is a professional job. It takes a special university degree and at least two very tough exams.
2006-06-22 06:02:24 · answer #10 · answered by shoelace 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋