Can anyone recommend any free website links to obtain free CE’s as a pharmacy technician?

My mom works in a hospital as a nurse and was saying that sometimes her hospital will offer to pay for techs to become pharmacists. I also heard from a classmate that his wife, who has been a tech for a few years, has been asked several times if she would be interested. Is this common?

Anybody know any good places to get like flashcards and stuff? Anything to help me study for the exam. All the stuff Ive seen cost so much.

hello, im looking to become a pharmacy tech but im wondering if the wage is worth it. is this something a single mom can support one child with?

Conversation I had yesterday when calling a patient about their medication delivery.

Me: Hello patient, I'm calling to -

Patient: I can't talk right now I'm heading to the hospital because my neck is leaking.

Me: Oh, well I -

Patient: (hangs up the phone)

Me: 🤔

Ws told by pharmacy manager to fill a med with the same everything but the count in the box… override and label it because

1. our system went down
2. patients were agitated
3. the changing ndc would take too long

Pharmacist reviews it and releases it to the patient…

Did I do something wrong?

I need to get my CEs done. Where's the best place to get the free/cheap.

Thinking of applying for a pharmacy technician license in Nevada. Any pharmacy technicians from that state on how to.

My family moved there several years ago, maybe sooner or later I might transfer there. Just want to be well prepared before I do and get all the things sorted out while I am still working here

I'm looking for a pdf file of the book to study up before i actually enter the program. I can't afford the book at the moment so this would be really helpful. Please & thank you!

I kid you not, 85% of my pt's that come to pick up scripts always says "There should be one/a few more". Whenever I ask them what else they're expecting they either give me the vaguest answer or a flat out "Idk". Like....most of these aren't controls, I dunno if you can actually get addicted to stuff like omeprazole or metformin that you're really adamant about being ready TODAY. It's one thing to genuinely take a good look at your scripts and wonder where a certain medication is, but it's another thing when you say there should be more when you are seeing me come back with a handful of scripts ready. Like do these patients actually want to milk us out for as much drugs as legally possible? What's up with them always insisting there is **always** more medication ready for them? I understand it's a genuine question patients have when they don't see a med that they were expecting, but c'mon.....90% of my pt's don't even know what drug they're taking T_T. And you're out here telling me the drug you want isn't in the ocean of scripts that are already ready for you?

The best part is when I offer to send them to the other window (drop off) so they can check their profile on the computer, they instantly become hesitant and say "Nah, it's fine" which just makes it sketchier as hell

Best audio book for pctb prep, it seems like I spend more time driving and running around the house than being able to sit down and study. Any suggestions?

Just curious.....at my hospital everyone gets assigned a certain area/floor, and every pocket in the omnicells or aws cabinets have to be checked every month to fix counts, dates, and remove meds expiring in the next couple of months.

The same goes for our carousels.. we get assigned certain rows for that.

This has been a thing at my hospital since long before I started, but there's been a lot of fussing about it lately and I have a couple of coworkers that came from other hospitals and said they didn't do this, so I was curious.

Is this a common task at other locations? Or do you have a different way of dealing with expires and incorrect counts?

*For anyone curious that's lucky enough to not have to do this, the answer is yes, it's extremely time consuming and tedious as fuck.

I’m about to take a Phase I assessment for reading and math for PharmTech at a University… I’m nervous about it, for anybody who went through this route before do you have any suggestions what I should review? I just get very nervous when taking a test, and I don’t want to have a mental block during the exam 😭

Passed my ptcb today!!!!!

Wondering what I should be focusing on for the test and honest opinions on in person testing and online. I’m trying to decide what I want to do either in person or online. Figured I’d get some feedback since most of my other techs can’t remember which they did and how it was lol.

Also I’m super nervous about taking the test. I literally feel like I’m going to vomit when I think about it. And I suckkkk at taking tests🙃.

I'm taking the PTCE in a couple of days, and trust me I have been studying my butt off. I use all sorts of different apps, websites, and playlists to study. However, on some sites or mock exams I know everything really well, and on others, I see terms and topics I've never even heard of. I feel really discouraged when I come across things like that. It makes me feel a little bit anxious when I feel like I'm not as prepared as I need to be.

So if you took the PTCE and passed: Did you also have this experience? Did you feel well prepared?

Hi, all, I've had my CPhT license for a few years but want the IV certification part.

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I found this on the PTCB site. If I'm understanding correctly, is one not certified UNTIL they've gained the full-time CSP work experience for either paths? You don't just pass the exam and get the certification like for the CPhT?

Another question I have is I see the options for schools to take the CSPT programs at but I've also seen some people state certain community college courses will suffice (specifically PHRA 1091). Is this true, or what would be the difference? I see the course offered at my community college but it's included in the CPhT course.

Hi. I'm not asking for medical advise. I am a tech, and I have eczema on my hands. They itch so bad, and I am trying to keep them clean but moisturized. Does anyone else have eczema on your hands? What/ how do you deal with working as a tech and this? TIA!

Anyone else been getting call after call after call from CityMed Rx distributor? It's been non-stop at my pharmacy, in spite of our telling them we order from them already through EzriRx and would they PLEASE put us on their do not call list.

It's at least twice a week at this point that we get calls from them. Anyone else dealing with them?

A new tech here. I've been working at a grocery store pharmacy where they hired me part-time but they make us work just below 40 hrs. Pay is just a dollar above the minimum wage and they give no benefits. The techs do about 70 - 80% of the work and the pharmacists just chat with one another. One of the pharmacists today was sending her pictures to someone on Instagram while I was struggling multi tasking between filling, answering calls and getting the out window. They had me do literally everything today receiving the orders, return to stock, fill, data entry literally every thing possible, while they were just doing the easier jobs and not helping at all. While I was busy on working on something else and had no idea that there were customers waiting for pick up, the pharmacist yelled at me for not getting the out window.. like.. I was the only one doing that since the start of my shift, no one was even bothered to go help other than me. She wasn't doing something either. She could've helped the customer instead of yelling at me!! Why are the pharmacists getting paid 3 - 4 times more just for doing nothing, while the techs do most of the work, even the work requiring more physical labour?!!?!

I am a pharmacy technician intern in high school and i started interning at my local wlagreens. Even though I have been taking pharmtech classes prior to my internship, I feel so overwhelmed and incompetent, like i keep making mistakes and bothering my pharmacist and the techs😭😭😭😭

I’m a senior in high school, and I’m looking for a part time job now that it’s second semester and I don’t have to stress about school work as much. (I don’t have any prior work experience)

So my local cvs is hiring for pharmacy tech, and I was interested in at least trying it. I have already done some research about it, so I understand I probably won’t be doing too much and I have heard about how bad the customers can be. But I still at least want to try, I just feel like it will give me more work experience and will probably look better for future resumes than some other part time job options, but I may be wrong about that.

Also, if I do apply and get the job, I’m planning on only working for a few months. So do you think it’s worth applying or should I look into something else?

This may be long winded but I am not sure how to really word this.

I applied for a hospital tech position and I am having an interview Monday. I've worked at wags for a few months I don't completely hate it. I have an ok team and the money is decent. I just hate people, I have worked in retail most of my life (even was a cosmetologist) and I can't tell if I'm just hating wags and their bs. Or if it's just retail burnout. I haven't been told anything about getting certified but was threaten to get suspended due to my license getting lost in the mail and waiting on a replacement. I feel like I'm constantly being told about harping on vaccines and rewards numbers, while being sighed at about constant transfers/ prescriptions being called in that are on hold. Also, insurance changes and constant "I've never paid for this." Or "it's the same insurance as last year it never changes" or "mY dOCtor sAid IT woUld be rEady." Or having a customer rage about her insurance not covering her Tylenol.

Anyway, any advice if the hospital will be better or do I just need to toughen up and keep moving forward? I haven't really researched the hospital side very much and would appreciate it. Thank you all.🩷😊

Hello everyone ,

So I’ve been studying for my exam using ptcb practice bank and will pay for the pre test next week. My question is , how come when I go to other websites to try their mock exams it seems so much more difficult? They’re asking things that isn’t asked on the ptcb practice bank. I’m worried that the actual exam will be asking things I haven’t seen. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

So I was offered a postion as an Inpatient pharmacy technician at Stanford Health Hospital and now they have me doing the paperwork the only problem is they want either my hr or my supervisor's name. I work for Safeway and my manager and I haven't really seen eye to eye lately. I've been late a few too many times due to having a second job at night and I feel that if I give the number for them they'll rain on my parade and they'll rescind the offer.

I can put HR and their number but I don't know if there's a specific name for Safeway HR or if It doesn't really matter what name I put as long as it's HR. Because I think all they really need is proof of employment as well as maybe some background on me as a worker. I absolutely need this job and I can't afford to lose the offer. Other than being late there's nothing else they can complain about. Any advice?

I work in a Central Fill location that fills scripts for multiple pharmacies. In our facility, we have 9 Parata Max+ machines. I am in charge of diagnosing, fixing, replacing, and/or ordering any parts that break in them. If anyone works with these machines, you know how much of a pain they can be. I am sometimes called in while I'm off work to come in and fix issues that these machines may be having as I am the Head Technician and am the only one who was trained and learned as much as I could about them. I hear that technicians that work for Parata make a decent amount of money and I feel like I'm being underpaid for the work that I do. I sometimes even fix issues with these machines that Parata was unable to help our facility with. Is there a way to reach out to people in similar roles as me to see how much they are getting paid?

Kind of just a rant, just want to speak to others that understand my situation. 2 years ago I left Walgreens as a Pharmacy Operations Manager due to the stress and everything, I completely changed my life, moved across the country, and swore I’d never go back to pharmacy. I tried out other jobs and absolutely hated them, nothing fulfilled me and I ended up getting fired from one (Property Management) simply because of no passion for it. So after being unemployed for 6 months (worst time of my life, the job market was ROUGH and my only background is pharmacy), I finally landed a job with a Pharmacy Insurance company to dive back into pharmacy a bit. However this job was absolutely nothing like what I thought it would be and I’m absolutely ready to go and just get back into real pharmacy again (hopefully a hospital setting, no retail!!!!!)

So I guess my question / concern is - Does anyone know what the pharmacy job market currently looks like? Especially for hospital? I’m in Utah and from what I’ve seen there’s a pretty decent amount of opportunities here. Idk what I’m looking for out of this post, just kinda want to converse with other techs that get it lol.