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Pharmacy Calculations: An Introduction for Pharmacy Technicians - Couverture souple

Rewald, Matthew; Lorang, Bradley; Schramm, Garrett

 
9781585286386: Pharmacy Calculations: An Introduction for Pharmacy Technicians
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1585286389 ISBN 13 : 9781585286386
Editeur : American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2021

Synopsis

Offering a complete review of the basic mathematics concepts and skills, Pharmacy Calculations: An Introduction for Pharmacy Technicians, Second Edition provides students with the pharmacy basics necessary for correctly interpreting prescriptions and drug orders, and for performing dosing calculations that technicians face every day.

The second edition has been streamlined to focus on the most important pharmacy calculation concepts―covering the fundamentals related to accuracy and basic math operations, units of measurement and conversions, critical thinking in problem solving, dosing calculations, percentages, concentration calculations, compounding formulas, intravenous infusion calculations, and business math.

What's new in this edition?
The chapters are broken down into four units and organized to complement most pharmacy technician training curricula and to support the ASHP―ACPE model curriculum:

  • Review of Mathematics
  • Systems of Measurement
  • Preparing for Problem Solving in Pharmacy
  • Dosing Calculations and other Pharmacy Problems
  • Key features throughout the book include:

    • Chapter objectives
  • Key terms and definitions
  • Examples of problem scenarios or calculations questions and solutions
  • "Tech Note!" – provides a highlight of key points within the chapters
  • "Numbers at Work" – illustrates why key concepts are important to know and skills are critical to master
  • Practice problems
  • Appendices that include the parts of a prescription, a glossary of terms, conversions, and abbreviations tables

    • Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

    Éditeur
    American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
    Date d'édition
    2021
    Langue
    anglais
    ISBN 10 
    1585286389
    ISBN 13 
    9781585286386
    Reliure
    Broché
    Numéro d'édition
    2
    Nombre de pages
    240
    Coordonnées du fabricant
    non disponible
    Personne responsable
    Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
    gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

    Doelen 72
    Breda
    4831 GR
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