Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician, 4th Edition
American Pharmacists Association (Verlag)
978-1-58212-197-0 (ISBN)
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Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician is a friendly, self-instructional approach to lifelong understanding of pharmacy calculations. Filled with real-world practice problems and the author’s good humor and encouragement, the book is a unique training resource, whether for the classroom, the national Pharmacy Technician Certifi cation Examination, or the pharmacy practice setting.
KEY FEATURES:
Thoroughly covers every topic related to pharmacy calculations that a pharmacy technician needs to know
With more than 100 advance practice questions new to the fourth edition, the book contains more than 850 practice problems spread throughout its 13 chapters, with answer key/solutions in the back
Includes “The PI Challenge,” more than 75 questions challenging the reader’s ability to interpret information taken directly from actual pharmaceutical product package inserts
Chapter titled “Medication Errors and Clinical Challenges” tests readers’ ability to recognize medication calculation errors sometimes made by nurses, pharmacists, and physicians
Concludes with a 101-question “post-test,” each question being a realworld problem a technician might encounter in pharmacy practice
Written in a friendly, humorous style with amusing illustrations to ease the learning process for even readers with “math phobia”
William A. Hopkins Jr., PharmD, is President, Clinical Pharmacy Consultants of North Georgia, Big Canoe, Georgia. Previously he was Professor of Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Practice, Mercer University College of Pharmacy, Atlanta, Georgia. He is the author of the math chapters of the best-selling Pharmacy Technician Certification Quick-Study Guide.
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Back to Basics
2. Systems of Measurement
3. Ratio and Proportion
4. Interpreting Drug Orders and Calculating Doses
5. Reducing and Enlarging Formulas and Compounding
6. Reconstitution of Dry Powders
7. Intravenous Flow Rates
8. Percentage Calculations
9. Concentrations and Dilutions
10. Electrolyte Solutions
11. Temperature Conversions
12. Business Math
13. Medication Errors and Clinical Challenges
Appendix
Posttest
Answer Key
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.4.2015 |
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Verlagsort | Washington |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pharmazie ► PTA / PKA | |
ISBN-10 | 1-58212-197-4 / 1582121974 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-58212-197-0 / 9781582121970 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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