Pharmacy Calculations
An Introduction for Pharmacy Technicians
Seiten
2021
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2nd Revised edition
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (Verlag)
978-1-58528-638-6 (ISBN)
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (Verlag)
978-1-58528-638-6 (ISBN)
Offering a complete review of the basic mathematics concepts and skills, this new 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.
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
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.06.2022 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Bethesda |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 450 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pharmazie ► PTA / PKA | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-58528-638-9 / 1585286389 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-58528-638-6 / 9781585286386 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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