Overwhelmed First Day
I started on Wednesday but spent nearly 2 full days on the computer. On Thursday I finished 25 minutes before I left and pharmacy closed. I go there, get a tour of the pharmacy, talk to the pharmacist, and he sends me to shadow a tech on the register since it was getting busy. I shadow her checking out 1 person and was told to hop on the register and get the next patient. I had no idea what I was doing, what to click, how to put in insurance, I got so overwhelmed. I kept calling people to help me, but they were busy as well. The people I was shadowing were teaching me in 2x speed since it was busy. Once the pharmacy shut down, the pharmacist asked me if I got everything on the computer, didn’t give me a chance to answer, and told me to hop on the register my next shift. This all happened in a span of 25 minutes.
Also, one of the techs I know said the other techs and pharmacist were talking about how I have so many days off. This job came out of the blue, I was in OPD before this and got all of my days off approved. The pharmacist even asked me before I left regarding my days off and why I have so many. I have things planned and this was before I even got transferred to the pharmacy.
I was told the pharmacist is impatient and wants you to grasp on to things easily/fast. He kept calling me when I was doing my ulearns to see how far I was getting. He was shocked that I was taking longer than he expected, but I was trying to actually read and learn things.
How do I not let this get to my head? I haven’t done this in 3 years so I’m very lost. I clearly told them when I got hired that it’s been 3 years so all the practice/knowledge is gone. Any advice on how to grasp things easily in the pharmacy? There’s so many buttons and little gimmicks to catch on I’m so stressed and overwhelmed.