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A collection of pharmacy-focused articles created to support students through school, career decisions, and life beyond pharmacy school.

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How to Negotiate Your Salary Increase After a Role Change
Negotiating your salary after a role change can feel uncomfortable—especially when you’re staying with the same company. This post walks you through how to professionally advocate for a pay increase, prepare for the conversation, and confidently negotiate compensation that reflects your new responsibilities.

Nadia


How to Negotiate Your Salary Increase After a Role Change
Negotiating your salary after a role change can feel uncomfortable—especially when you’re staying with the same company. This post walks you through how to professionally advocate for a pay increase, prepare for the conversation, and confidently negotiate compensation that reflects your new responsibilities.

Nadia
5 days ago3 min read


Why I Chose Pharmacy: A Pharmacist’s Honest Career Journey
People always ask me why I chose to become a pharmacist. Honestly, I rarely give the full story. Most of the time I just say, “Oh, this is my purpose,” or “I wanted to help people.” And while that’s true, it doesn’t paint the full picture. Because let’s be real, every career is about serving and helping others in some way. So here’s the real run-down of why I chose pharmacy. The Early Days I knew from a young age that I wanted to work in healthcare. At first, I thought about

Nadia
Dec 26, 20252 min read


Study Tips for Pharmacy School: My Best Tools & Resources to Succeed
Studying in pharmacy school can be tough. Some topics click right away, while others feel like a whole different language. Over the years, I picked up different tools, habits, and resources that helped me survive (and actually understand) the material. Here’s my top advice for studying in pharmacy school. Study With Purpose (Not Just All the Time) Don’t focus on studying nonstop—focus on purposeful studying. For example, if your productive focus time is three hours, make the

Nadia
Nov 28, 20252 min read


How to Survive Your First APPE Rotation
Transitioning from the classroom to your first rotation site is a significant milestone. First off, congratulations on making it this far in your pharmacy career. 🎉 That’s huge. Secondly, I know you’ve probably done rotations before—maybe over winter or summer breaks—but this is different. As a fourth-year pharmacy student, rotations are your life for the next 11 to 12 months. The good news? No more exams (unless your school gives you weekly RxPrep quizzes like mine did 🙃)

Nadia
Oct 15, 20253 min read


How to Choose the Right Pharmacy School: A Step-by-Step Guide
So, you’ve decided you want to be a pharmacist—amazing! But now comes the big question: h ow do you choose the right pharmacy school?...

Nadia
Sep 25, 20253 min read


Let’s Talk About Networking (The Sequel)
If you haven’t read Part 1 , go check that out first because we’ve already discussed what authentic networking is and its importance...

Nadia
Aug 11, 20253 min read


Let’s Talk About Networking (The Real Kind)
Along your pharmacy journey—and honestly, in life—you’re going to meet a lot of people. Some will be around just for a season. Others?...

Nadia
Jul 29, 20252 min read


Life After Pharmacy School: What Now?
Let’s talk about something that’s hardly ever mentioned — life after pharmacy school . If you’re like me, back when you were in school,...

Nadia
Jul 1, 20253 min read


The SOP That Wasn’t: How I'm Standing Up Against Unwritten Rules
Hey guys! I’m not sure about you, but it’s been a week! From nonsense patient complaints to finding out that a store manager fabricated a...

Nadia
Apr 17, 20256 min read


The Elevator Speech
If someone walked up to you right now and said, “Tell me about yourself.” What would you say? The common trap to that question is that...

Nadia
Mar 9, 20253 min read


To Residency or Not to Residency
Where are you right now? No, I don’t mean physically but where are you on your pharmacy journey? Are you currently in pharmacy school,...

Nadia
Feb 4, 20253 min read


Welcome!
Hi everyone! And Welcome to PhinallyAPharmacist. My name is Nadia and I am a 2023 grad, Texas pharmacist. I created PhinallyAPharmacist...

Nadia
Jan 23, 20251 min read
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