Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician, 4th Edition

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 Certification 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 real-world 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”

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

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