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PCN Inducts 27 Pioneer Pharmacists At Kaduna State University (KSU)- Pharm. Kenneth Bitrus David Emerges Overall Best Graduating Student- written by The Editor-in-chief: Augustine Samson The historic event which took place at the 1,000 Capacity hall of the Kaduna State University on was graced by the presence of the family and friends of the graduands, principal officers and other staff of the university, delegates of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria led by the registrar of the council, Pharm. Elijah Mohammad, and other invited guests from all walks of life. The pre-induction lecture was done by the renowned Professor of Pharmaceutics - Prof. Martins Emeje who spoke on the topic: ‘Navigating the rigours of Pharmacy education: what does the future hold? Prof. Martins Emeje, introduced the topic in a very captivating but simple manner such that the audience paid rapt attention irrespective of their discipline so as to maximally benefit from all that he was to speak on. He congra...

There is a general believe when people wake up in the morning with body scratches. To many, it is their village people at work. This spiritual believe in supernatural is not only tied to Nigerians. Most people fromon foreign countries believe in tales of that nature. For some atheist, they use the word aliens. Waking up in the morning with body scratch is one of the most complicated conditions that has moved many to believe in the superpower. It is just like the topic of sleep paralysis. So many spiritual explanation for it in the internet. Scientist has tried to explain some. But people still find it difficult to believe the theories. Is that same with you? For once, let us look at the different situation that can be attributed to body scratch. Read Also : Ognaje and the lost children Body Scratch Causes There are a number of causes. The possiblity of each depends on so many factors. But before you finish reading this post, you will have an idea how those marks come about...

Pharmacy interns The major challenge pharmacy graduates in Nigeria face is internship placement. Internship is a one year compulsory programme design to teach pharmacy graduates in one or more aspects of the profession. It was introduced some years back. Read Also : Pharmacy internship placement process and interview questions Getting an internship placement used to be very easy. So many pharmacy graduates then had two or more placements. They were opportuned to make choices. However, the story today is different. Many pharmacy graduates are roaming the streets in search of internship placement. They spend years and money in this battle. This is because the number of schools has multipled whereas the number of internship centers has refused to grow at a relative rate. PSN Central Placement To alleviate the suffering of interns, the leadership of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) have written to the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) on the way forward. They su...

A happy customer is a future customer. That is why community pharmacists must make every customer that walked right into the pharmacy floor happy before leaving. Although this is not feasible but make majority of customers say something positive about the pharmacy. It can go a long way in helping shut up the unhappy customers bad mouthing the business. Because a happy customer will tell one person about the pharmacy. On the other hand, an unhappy customer will tell 10 people while the pharmacy is not good. Read Also : How to succeed in community or retail pharmacy business It usually starts from a little misunderstanding. Some to the level of questioning your level of intelligence, years of practice, your profession and maybe your parentage. Some will get very vocal and even violent to the point of asking for police. Some of the major cause of these alterations is when an insurance company deny a customer a drug because it is no longer covered or price is too expensive. A very com...

The behaviors or characters customers display when they come to the community pharmacy varies. Some are common in certain locations than others and peculiar to some age group or gender. Expecting each type and understanding how to handle them is important. Customers Customers Characteristics If you think you have seen it all, come to the pharmacy. There is hardly any characters you will not see. This is because every set of person is likely to fall sick in his or her lifestyle. And they may come to the pharmacy either in the hospital or community pharmacy to get their drugs. This is unlike shops where they sell maybe only female things where men may not be seen. It is in the pharmacy you see different characters. Read Also : Types of customers that come to the community pharmacy To tell you how bad it is, there is a tweet by one pharmacist. He appeal to children to always call their age parents or spend quality time with them because those that are not getting that come to t...

One of the major analytical information community pharmacy needs is type of customers that come in. This information is valuable enough to plan on strategies to satisfy these customers. The manner of approach varies from customers to customer. Using the best approach for each set increases sales. You ability to differentiate between type of customers from the other is important. Some fall into two types. This can make it difficult but not impossible to make them happy. Read Also : Supermarket shop in a community pharmacy help increase sales One more thing is that a good community pharmacy business must consider this information before arrangement of the floor of the pharmacy. This arrangement will determine the type of shoppers that will come in. There is hardly a shop that fits all category. Customer Older People These sets are common in rural community. One common thing about them is that they are patient. That is because the majority don't work. So they have all t...

`Customer is always right' so says Harry Gordon Selfridge in 1909. However, there is a limit to that right. When a customer step on it, it is time to get them to their right senses before it is too late. Many merchants including owners of community pharmacy sell their own rights to customers. This they believe will help to increase sales. At the end of the day, they end up selling their own sanity trying to please customers that will always find fault with every service. The people that suffer it more is employee. Community pharmacy spend most of their time teaching their staff personally or in schools how to treat a customer. They are expected to act in certain ways to customers. Failure to do so may result in getting sacked. Unfortunately, nobody teaches the customer on how to mind their boundaries. At the end of the day, many customers act with so much pride. This they also do to the pharmacist. And I can authoritatively say this kind of situations do not happen to medical...

The national youth service corps (NYSC) is a programme where youth can give back what they learn in school to the society. It is a compulsory selfless service organised by the federal government. To assist these youths, the federal government pay each and every corp member (CM) allowance. Besides the federal government allowance to CM, state government and some private firm also devote an allowance to CM working with them. There are different types of federal government allowance. Let us see them. NYSC allowance Orientation Camp Allowance CM are entitled to three allowance at orientation camp. The first allowance is called transport fair allowance. This is the money use by CM to come to the orientation camp. The payment begins after day three in the orientation camp and extend further. To claim this allowance, CM are to present school identity card and NYSC state code tag. The money is paid cash. Read Also: States that pay pharmacy corp members The second allowance is ter...

The national youth service corps (NYSC) give privilege for leave at the discretion of the director general (DG). The leave scale has been laid down by the national directorate headquarters which is subject to review from time to time. Read Also : NYSC official dress code for each condition There are four main leave a corp member (CM) can seek. They are post camp or rest leave, graduation/convocation leave, terminal leave and medical leave. The fifth leave is open to only pregnant women during service year known as maternity leave. Here is all you need to know about the leave and when and how to apply. NYSC leave Post Camp/Rest Leave After all the stress from orientation camp, CM may want to take a rest. They may want to go home to get this rest. Some also will want to go back home to get their properties. However, NYSC require that CM should finish documentation after getting acceptance letter from their place of primary assignment (PPA) before embarking on any such journ...