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My name is Kate James, I'm a Compounding Pharmacist in Eugene, Oregon at Broadway Apothecary.
And now I'm going to tell you about some of the wonderful things and some of the not so
wonderful things as far as being a Pharmacist goes. Great things are you get to work with
people. One of the bad things is you get to work with people. That can be a plus and a
minus. Some, a lot of the people we deal with, they're sick, they don't feel well, they're
not very happy about what they have to pay for prescriptions as far as insurance reimbursement
rates goes. So that can be a difficult thing, but it's also a wonderful thing because you
get to build a relationship with people. Especially in community pharmacy, whether you're in a
chain or independent or that type of setting. You really get to know people and help them
and help them understand their medicine over time. And that's a really neat feeling. You
really become a part of the community as their Pharmacist. Another great thing about being
a Pharmacist is a lot of people are able to set their schedules fairly nicely. There's
a lot of part time work available, and a lot of people appreciate that. They are able to
really pursue their interests and activities outside of work and the pharmacy career allows
for that quite nicely. Other cons, I would say insurance is a con. That's not a wonderful
thing to deal with. It seems like you're always struggling and it's an uphill battle to try
and get people what they need and that can kind of drag you down some days. And then
the other thing is work load. That would be a con. It turns out that more and more people,
especially with the baby boomers coming on, are needing medications. And so you can have
a very busy, very jam packed day. Sometimes breaks and lunches just don't happen and you
learn to deal with that. But overall, it's very rewarding because you know at the end
of the day that you're helping somebody or educating somebody, and you're enabling somebody
to have a nice, healthy life.