🚨 Diary of a Clinical Pharmacist, in a Federal Teaching Hospital. 6:00 AM – Awake, Prayed, drank a glass of water, quick pap akara breakfast. Left house early, traffic no dey play. Prayed for patience today. 7:35 AM – Signed in, white coat on. • Morning brief: stock-out on essential antihypertensives (amlodipine, losartan) and some ARVs. 📍 Raised it again, HOD says revolving fund delay. 8:00 AM – Joined ward round (Endocrinology/Medicine). • Reviewed 10 charts: counselled a new type 2 diabetic on metformin timing and foot care (she called me “teacher pharmacist” 😂). • Adjusted levothyroxine dose, flagged metformin contrast dye risk for radiology. • Educated team on pharmacist role in deprescribing. 10:20 AM – Outpatient dispensing grind. • Screened 50 scripts; caught wrong insulin pen strength and a risky NSAID ACEI combo in hypertensive patient. • Counseled extensively: “This drug go help, but adherence na key o!” 🚨 Long queue, NEPA took light twice. Generator delay as usual. 12:00 PM – Lunch: tuwo shinkafa from cafeteria cold zobo. • Quick tip session with pharmacy interns on patient counseling scripts; real talk, no sugarcoating. 1:00 PM – Inpatient duties: briefed Nurses on reconstitution of IV ceftazidime, prepared TPN additives. Urgent call from ICU for sedation adjustment (midazolam infusion). Responded fast, prevented escalation. 3:00 PM – Drug info query from resident: safe antibiotic in pregnancy (patient with UTI). Updated profiles, noted for audit. Shared quick #HealthTipsNG thread in mind for later post. 3:30 PM – Store round with tech: low on salbutamol nebules and insulin vials. • Wrote strong memo; enough is enough. We can't keep apologizing to patients. 4:00 PM – Final rush: counselled a “wicked pharmacist” caller from yesterday who now thanked me after explanation. Smiled inside. Locked narcotics, documented everything. 4:30 PM – Signed out. 🚨 Tired but proud; educated, intervened, advocated. Traffic go long, but plan: family dinner, rest, then draft post on “Why your pharmacist is your first line of defense.” Thank God for the strength. We dey try for this system. Patients first, always. 💊 #HealthTipsNG #Pharmacistlife