Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician (Apha Pharmacy Technician Training) - Softcover

Hopkins, William A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1582121346 ISBN 13: 9781582121345

Publisher: American Pharmacists Association, 2010

Synopsis

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 * Contains more than 750 practice problems--an increase of more than 100 over the second edition--spread throughout the book's 13 chapters, with answer key/solutions in the back * New to this edition: ""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

Edition details

• Publisher: American Pharmacists Association
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582121346
• ISBN 13: 9781582121345
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 231