Robyn Conrad Luper
Pueblo,CO
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pharmacist
St. Mary-Corwin Hospital
Pueblo, CO
07.1997 - Current
- Participated per request by Andrew Bjork (SAH’s Rx director) in Centura’s Hazardous Policy Review Workgroup. My efforts led to clearer language & tables in the revised HD Policy & simplification of its procedures.
- Participated per request of Vonny Powell (SMC’s lead pharmacist) in Centura’s USP 800 workgroup. Completed gap analysis for SMC’s readiness for USP 800 compliance. Provided education to pharmacy staff on USP 800, including slide presentation, “USP 800 Ultra Basics.” Created SMC formulary list of hazardous drugs.
- Performed most of the final sterile cleaning and set up of sterile compounding suite in new pharmacy at SMC in 2020. Resulted in successful certification of new BSC for hazardous drugs, old laminar flow hood & IV room suite allowing for a near seamless transition of sterile IV preparation from the old pharmacy to the new.
- Created clear, easily readable labels for all tab/cap med bins in the new SMC pharmacy. Reduced # of meds to those that the new shelves could accommodate. Designed these labels to distinguish nonhazardous + 3 hazardous drug groups from each other.
- Developed a class on critical care meds. Taught this to nurses taking SMC’s Critical Care Training Program on 5 occasions.
- Coordinated set up of temporary IV room during reconstruction of our permanent IV room. Successfully provided 24-hour sterile IV preparation service to in-hospital & ambulatory infusion center patients while maintaining USP compliance with ISO class 5 IV hoods minus ISO 7 clean room. Educated pharmacy staff on this new set up. Designed monitoring/compounding forms for most common compounded products provided to AIC patients, improving safety & streamlining preparation time.
Pharmacist Intern/Pharmacy Technician
St. Anthony Hospital (Central)
Denver, CO
11.1983 - 05.1997
- As sole technician on overnight shift (11 yrs) responsibilities included: IV admixture preparation (including chemotherapy); stocking med. carts; filling floor stock orders and patient med. cassettes; managing Pyxis fills/loads
- Assisted pharmacist at Code Blues and Traumas
- Under pharmacist supervision: interpreted, filled, and input med. orders into computer to generate patient medication profiles for nursing staff
- Participated in various projects, including adverse drug reaction monitoring; file maintenance of investigational procedures
Education
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy
University of Colorado, School of Pharmacy
Denver, CO05.1997
Biology & Biochemistry
University of Colorado At Boulder
Boulder, COSkills
- Broad expertise in pharmacy main, in IV room (including service to AIC), in ICU, & on orthopedic, telemetry floors
- High degree competency in Epic applications Willow & Beacon, Meditech & TDS
- Thorough competency in vancomycin dosing, warfarin dosing, renal dose adjustments, med reconciliation, patient discharge med counseling & bedside prescription service
- Helpful collaboration with patients’ core care teams in bedside rounding
- Demonstrated ability to perform high number of pharmacy interventions, catching near misses and reducing errors
- Critical thinking, Accuracy, Evidence-based practice & Physical stamina
- Ability to maintain excellent professional relationships with all healthcare team members
- Advanced research skills re: medications
- Capable written & verbal communication skills (in particular: direct/phone/TigerText with providers)
- Listening & face-to-face communication ability with variety of patients
- Critical thinking
- Accuracy
- Composure
- Physical stamina
Certification
- BLS/ACLS, SMC, 2019
- APhA Pharmacist & Patient-Centered Diabetes Care National Cert. Program, 2018
- APhA Pharmacy-Based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management Cert. Training Program 2018
- APhA Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services, 2016
- FCCS Certification, SCCM/SMC, 2016
- Anticoagulation Therapy Management 6-week course, University of Southern Indiana, College of Nursing & Health Professions, 2013
- Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy & Biotherapy Course (2days), SMC, 2013
- EMT Training, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO, cert. 1978
- EMT Training, St. Anthony Hospital, Denver, CO, cert. 1984
Additional Information
- USP General Chapter Pharmaceutical Compounding & , 2 days, NABP, 2019
- USP General Chapter Hazardous Drugs , 1 day, NABP, 2019
- CHEST Annual Meeting, 5-day event, attended 2018
- American Thoracic Society International Conference, 5-day event, attended 2019
- Society of Critical Care Medicine Critical Care Congress, 5-day event, attended 7 times between 2003 & 2017
- Annual Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium, attended 9 times between 2004 & 2016
- Annual Rocky Mountain Metabolic Syndrome Symposium, attended 4 times between 2005 & 2011
- Navigating the Complexities Toward Reducing Sepsis presented by Colorado Hospital Association, 06/12/17
- Mercy Regional Medical Center Trauma & Critical Care Conference, 2 days, 2016
- SMC Nursing Symposium, 10/18/14
- Annual Update on Infectious Diseases in Primary Care, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2001
Professional Organizations & Honors
- Rho Chi Honor Society member
- Dean’s List (5 semesters)
- APhA-ASP member
- Society of Critical Care Medicine member
- American Thoracic Society member
- CHEST member
- “Peak Performer” pharmacy - Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium, 2014
Timeline
Pharmacist
St. Mary-Corwin Hospital
07.1997 - Current
Pharmacist Intern/Pharmacy Technician
St. Anthony Hospital (Central)
11.1983 - 05.1997
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy
University of Colorado, School of Pharmacy
Biology & Biochemistry
University of Colorado At Boulder