Responsibility

Do you remember your first shift as a licensed pharmacist? Do you remember what it was like to officially be responsible for a human life? Here’s the student view:

Responsibility

I think the idea of graduation

Brings happiness but also intimidation

Because as much as we yearn, and work toward that goal

It's a big responsibility to have and to hold

Taking another's life in your hands

Feeling the weight of a thousand pounds land

And settle on your shoulders like a ton of bricks

It's all up to you and a couple of mouse-clicks

And yes there are safeguards to help and guide you

But you can't replace a human who thinks like I do

At the end of the day, it's you who decides

And your decision can affect who lives and who dies

I think we're all afraid of the day we graduate

But we don't worry, we anticipate

We prepare and we work to learn how to do right

At the exorbitant cost of many a sleepless night

We study and we focus and even memorize

Because it's all in the details and those details save lives

That's what we all set out to do

And graduation day will be our debut

One day we won't be students anymore

Many of us will work in community drugstores

Some of us will be educators, teaching the next generation

Some of us will go for a residency to further our education

Seasoned veterans with years of practice or student pharmacists awaiting our turn

No matter the time or place, it's always good to learn

All of us will one day be responsible for others, so now is the time to prepare

It's never too early or too late to be providers of patient care

Chloe Haber