student pharmacists

As a global pandemic has made telehealth more important in handling routine medical issues, a group of students in Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy are leveraging technology to pilot a virtual patient education program. Under the mentorship of Nicole Pezzino, assistant professor of pharmacy practice and director of community…

Student pharmacists from the Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy will participate in the National Day of Service on Nov. 9 by offering patient care services to members of the community.  The pharmacists and students will be offering free blood pressure screenings as well as free medication and immunization reviews…

Student pharmacists in the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy at Wilkes University celebrated National Pharmacy Week through the Colonels ConnectRx initiative. Colonels ConnectRx places Wilkes student pharmacists in community centers to educate the elderly about medication safety and disposal as well as to provide blood pressure screenings. Students visited 17 centers…

Wilkes University fourth-year student pharmacist Alexis Nicholson was overjoyed when she found out she had been accepted in the national Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and CVS Health Foundation scholars program. Nicholson is one of just 15 student pharmacists across the nation to be accepted into the program based upon their…

Wilkes fourth-year pharmacy student Michael Hummel knew he needed more practice doing blood pressure screenings. After helping with a screening event attended by more than 150 people at a church in Kijinjubwa, Uganda, he felt like a pro. “People were talking, trucks were going by outside, as I tried to…

Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties, sponsors Brown Bag Medication Review during American Pharmacists’ Month in October in Agency on the Aging Centers. The event will occur on Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 17…