Pharmacology for Technicians: Text with Study Partner CD and Pocket Drug Guide - Softcover

Ballington, Don A.; Laughlin, Mary M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763834815 ISBN 13: 9780763834814

Publisher: Paradigm Educ Solutions, 2010

Synopsis

Pharmacology for Technicians, Fourth Edition has been thoroughly updated with current pharmaceutical and medical content. This new edition also includes expanded coverage of major drugs as well as medication guides, vaccinations, protocols, medication safety, probiotics, and alternative supplements.

Clear explanations of drug effects and uses, with heightened focus on what the technician needs to know; Study Partner multimedia CD included with every textbook; Pocket Drug Guide of generic-brand equivalents packaged FREE with each textbook; Canadian brand charts also included.

About this title

About the Author:

Don A. Ballington, MS, served as program coordinator of the pharmacy technician training program at Midlands Technical College in Columbia, South Carolina for 27 years. He has also served as president of the Pharmacy Technician Educators Council and in 2005 received the council’s Educator of the Year award. He has been a consulting editor for the Journal of Pharmacy Technology, and over the course of his career at Midlands Technical College, he has developed high-quality training materials for pharmacy technicians - made available in Pharmacy for Technicians, Pharmacy Calculations for Technicians, and Pharmacy Practice for Technicians published by Paradigm.

Mary M. Laughlin holds a PharmD and an MEd. Laughlin has been an item writer for both North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) and the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE). She is a PRN pharmacist for Walgreen’s in Memphis, Tennessee. Previously, Laughlin has served as assistant director of the pharmacy at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis and assistant professor of pharmacology and pharmacoeconomics at the College of Pharmacy at University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. She has been involved in initiating two pharmacy technician programs in the city of Memphis. In 2002, Laughlin and her team of pharmacy technicians received the Innovations in Pharmaceutical Care award, presented by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB). Laughlin serves on the Pharmacy Technician Task Force for Tennessee, and on the advisory board for the pharmacy technician training program at the Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis.

About this edition

• Publisher: Paradigm Educ Solutions
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0763834815
• ISBN 13: 9780763834814
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 672