January Blog:

Starting next month of February, I will be meeting my new mentor at Del's Pharmacy 1. His name is Sam (unknown last name), the reason why I couldn't meet with him during January because he is new in the facility and needs to get use to his work area. On the other hand I been working on my Independent Component (IC) during this month and earning 25 hours so far, very close to 30 hours.

What do I do for my IC?

Well I volunteer at a Nursing Home part of the Activity Program. An what does this volunteer work has to do with Patient Compliance and Pharmacy? If you notice, a lot of retail pharmacy do not hire high school students to volunteer because some feel uncomfortable for minor to be close to these drug products and would only have professions of this field to work (pharmacist tech., consultant). So that has became a problem, until realized what is Patient Compliance without patients? Then that is when I join in the Activity Program in the Nursing home, to help me experience patient interaction. I found out that the issue patient compliance does run around this program.

Patient Compliance is an issue that patients aren't follow through their medical advices to gain a healthy life style. To prevent patient compliance issue from happening is to assist the patients with the necessary services to reach their satisfaction.

The Activity Program does support their patients to be compliance. What this program does is to provide patients with the goods they request: beverages, snack, games, crafting, movie. Ideas to keep the patients happy and enjoying themselves in this Nursing home. Where patient compliance falls into is not enjoying themselves in this facility. Consider all the activities as the medication, without them patients will not be receiving the satisfaction they need to gain a healthy living and it will cause some of them to fall into depression due to there is no "FUN" in this so-called home. Noncompliance will rise, soon some be willing to get out by running away or complaining their problems. To be able to bring compliance to these residents, the Activity program must follow through their request of what they need to bring an enjoyment during their stay in this home. This IC taught me to assist patients with any necessary needs and to serve them with a friendly service, even if they give you a sour look.