Pharmacy Technician Certified Board Comprehensive Pharmacy Math

Author : Anne Yen Nguyen
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781796043242

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Pharmacy Technician Certified Board Comprehensive Pharmacy Math by Anne Yen Nguyen Pdf

The Ultimate Pharmacy Math Book is primarily designed to assist students to reinforce and strengthen their skills in pharmacy math in order to pass the nationally Certified Pharmacy Technician Board exam, but this may also serve as an excellent refresher guide for new or experience pharmacists. Comprised of sixteen, short chapters, covering all different areas of pharmacy math, this textbook provides instruction and information for all the possible pharmacy math questions found on the Certified Pharmacy Technician Board exam. The material in this textbook provides a comprehensive review that instructs and covers all aspects of pharmaceutical related mathematical calculations and formulas, such as the conversion of medications from adult to children’s dosages, understanding and utilizing the alligation method to determine ratio and percentage strength for prescriptions, determining the IV flow rate calculations for solutions administered over a period of time, and appropriate temperature conversion for both Fahrenheit and Celsius. In addition to the more direct aspects, this comprehensive guide also includes other practical pharmacy related information such as how to recognize a valid DEA number and calculate a health care provider’s DEA check digit, or calculating the percentage for markup when selling a prescription drug and monitoring profit for a pharmacy business. To supplement their study opportunity, students buying this textbook should also plan on attending the corresponding Certified Pharmacy Technician Board preparation classes sponsored by the author (see class schedules through our web site at www.ptcbprep.com). In these classes, our certified instructor(s) will thoroughly review all material in this textbook, as well as providing one-on-one interaction and answering any questions.

Author : Joy Bellis Sakai,Leanora Kasun
Publisher : ASHP
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781585283620

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Pharmacy Calculations: An Introduction for Pharmacy Technicians by Joy Bellis Sakai,Leanora Kasun Pdf

Pharmacy Calculations: An Introduction for Pharmacy Technicians is designed for pharmacy technician students enrolled in a training program, technicians preparing for the certification exam, and for on-site training. As the role for pharmacy technicians continues to evolve and expand, one thing remains constant. The safety of patients is the highest priority for anyone working in pharmacy, whether in hospital, retail, or institutional practices. A thorough understanding of pharmacy math ensures accuracy in computations and safety and quality in practice. This book offers a complete review of the basic mathematics concepts and skills, which provide a foundation for more advanced understanding of pharmacy-related topics. The guide 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 chapters are broken down into four units and are organized to complement most pharmacy technician training curricula and to support the ASHP 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 · A test bank · Appendices that include the parts of a prescription, a glossary of terms, conversions, and abbreviations tables. For additional resources related to this book, visit www.ashp.org/techcalculations.

Author : Lynn M. Egler,Kathryn A. Booth
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-22
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780071829694

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Mastering Pharmacy Technician Math: A Certification Review by Lynn M. Egler,Kathryn A. Booth Pdf

The review you need to excel on the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board Examination! Mastering Pharmacy Technician Math: A Certification Review is a super-effective way for students preparing for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board Examination to improve their ability to perform basic math and pharmacy-specific calculations. The book includes powerful learning aids such as practice exercises in each chapter, end-of-chapter Q&A, a 50-question pretest that reviews key concepts, and three 100-question practice tests to prepare you for the board exam. All questions are correlated to the learning outcomes found in the book so you know exactly what to review should you answer a question incorrectly. Mastering Pharmacy Technician Math: A Certification Review is logically divided into ten chapters: Chapter 1: Mathematical Concepts -- reviews the basic mathematical building blocks needed to master advanced pharmacy calculations, including fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, proportions, conversions, and cross-multiplication. Chapter 2: Numbering Systems -- reviews the different systems of measurement and how to convert within and between them, including working with temperatures and time. Chapter 3: Understanding Drugs and Drug Orders -- identifies drug strengths, doses, drug forms, and routes of administration and explains how to identify and interpret information on drug labels, package inserts, prescriptions, and medication orders. Chapter 4: Methods of Dosage Calculations -- presents methods to perform dosage calculations correctly, including fraction proportion, ratio proportion, dimensional analysis, and formulas. Chapter 5: Oral Dosages -- describes the processes for calculating dosages, amount to dispense, and estimated days' supply for oral medications. Chapter 6: Parenteral Dosages (Excluding Intravenous) -- describes parenteral medications, including those given by injection; inhalants; transdermal, ophthalmic, and otic drugs; and drugs placed in the rectum or vagina. Chapter 7: Intravenous Calculations -- describes how to calculate IV concentrations and how to prepare medications for continuous and intermittent IV infusion. Chapter 8: Special Preparations Calculations -- describes the processes to calculate concentrations, ratio strengths, final volume/final strength, and dilutions, as well as how to write recipes to prepare compound drug orders and perform alligation calculations. Chapter 9: Medication Safety and Calculations -- discusses pharmacokinetics, high-alert medications, look-alike/sound-alike medications, how to calculate drug half-life values, pediatric and geriatric calculations, DEA controlled substance requirements related to prescriber DEA numbers, and how to perform the calculation needed to verify DEA number validity. Chapter 10: Business, Inventory, and Reimbursement Calculations -- discusses reimbursements and patient payments, and describes how to calculate overhead costs, profits and losses, markups, turnover rates, and correct costs and change.

Author : William A. Hopkins, Jr.
Publisher : American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : UCSC:32106019327888

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Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician by William A. Hopkins, Jr. Pdf

APhA's 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.

Author : Robert M. Fulcher,Eugenia M. Fulcher
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780323292320

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Math Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians - E-Book by Robert M. Fulcher,Eugenia M. Fulcher Pdf

Written for pharmacy technicians, and addressing the competencies developed by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), Math Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians, 2nd Edition helps you learn to calculate drug dosages safely and accurately. A practical worktext format covers everything from basic math skills to reading and interpreting labels and physicians' orders, introducing key calculation and conversion concepts and then providing hundreds of problems so you can practice and master the material. Other vital topics include conversions between the various measurement systems, reconstituting liquid medications, and calculating medications based on a patient's age or body weight. Written by experienced pharmacist Robert Fulcher and educator Eugenia Fulcher, Math Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians helps you learn calculation skills and develop the competencies needed by pharmacy technicians. Learning objectives and definitions of key words begin each chapter. Pretests in each chapter allow readers to assess their current knowledge of specific topics. Step-by-step examples make it easy to learn and remember how to do equations and use formulas. Hundreds of practice problems provide practice with calculations, conversions, and measurements. Actual drug labels accompany examples and problems, for real-world experience with the information you will see in pharmacy practice. Business Math for Pharmacy Technicians chapter introduces the calculations needed in retail pharmacy settings. Body system icons appear next to medication names to help you associate different drugs with their respective disorders and body systems. Points to Remember boxes make it easy to learn and remember key information. Review of Rules sections in each chapter summarize the rules and methods for performing equations. Chapter reviews provide a quick summary of the key concepts in each chapter. Posttests in each chapter allow you to assess how well you have learned the material. A comprehensive posttest includes 50 questions that assess your knowledge of all major topics covered in the book. Helpful study tools also include an answer key for odd-numbered problems and a comprehensive glossary. Updated content meets ASHP requirements and features new topics such as powder volume and compounding problems, formulas for reducing and enlarging medications, and opportunities to write out prescription label directions. Tech Note boxes offer helpful advice on real-life situations you may encounter in the pharmacy. Tech Alert boxes warn against common pharmacy and medication errors that could impact patients' safety. Additional prescription and practice exercises give you valuable experience with translating physician directions into patient instructions.

Author : William Alexander Hopkins (Jr.)
Publisher : American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Hospitals
ISBN : 1582120129

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APhA's Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician by William Alexander Hopkins (Jr.) Pdf

This work offers an instructional approach to lifelong understanding of pharmaceutical calculations. Featuring real-world practice problems, it can be used in the classroom, for the national Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination, or for the pharmacy practice setting. The book covers every topic related to pharmaceutical calculations that a pharmacy technician needs to know. There are 502 practice problems spread through the book's 12 chapters, with answer key and solutions in the back. It concludes with a 101-question post-test - each question being a real-world problem a technician might encounter in pharmacy practice - with an answer key and solutions for these.

Author : Mary F. Powers,David R. Bright
Publisher : Morton Publishing Company
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781617318986

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Pharmacy Calculations 6th Edition by Mary F. Powers,David R. Bright Pdf

Pharmacy Calculations, 6e, provides pharmacy technician students and professionals with the tools necessary to learn the types of calculations commonly encountered in community and institutional pharmacy. The content of Pharmacy Calculations, 6e, includes material covering the knowledge areas within the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE) and Exam for Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT). This book is clearly written, accurate, and easy to understand. It can be used in a classroom setting or for independent study to develop a careful and systematic approach to pharmacy calculations and can be used as a study aid for the PTCE and ExCPT exams. It aligns with the Fifth Edition of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Model Curriculum for Pharmacy Technician Education and Training Programs and the 2020 content outline for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination (PTCE).

Author : Anne Nguyen
Publisher : Xlibris
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 1469135663

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1,001 Certified Pharmacy Technician Board Review Exam Questions by Anne Nguyen Pdf

Covers pharmacy math, pharmacy laws and regulations, brand or generic drug names, drug indications, hospital practice, retail practice, general pharmacy practice questions.

Author : Indra K. Reddy,Mansoor A. Khan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351989084

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Essential Math and Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians by Indra K. Reddy,Mansoor A. Khan Pdf

Accurately calculating medication dosages is a critical element in pharmaceutical care that directly affects optimal patient outcomes. Unfortunately, medication dosage errors happen in pharmacies, in hospitals, or even at home or in homecare settings everyday. In extreme cases, even minor dosage errors can have dire consequences. Careful calculations are essential to providing optimal medical and pharmaceutical care. Essential Math and Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians fills the need for a basic reference that students and professionals can use to help them understand and perform accurate calculations. Organized in a natural progression from the basic to the complex, the book includes: Roman and Arabic Numerals Fractions and decimals Ratios, proportions, and percentages Systems of measurement including household conversions Interpretation of medication orders Isotonicity, pH, buffers, and reconstitutions Intravenous flow rates Insulin and Heparin products Pediatric dosage Business math Packed with numerous solved examples and practice problems, the book presents the math in a step-by-step style that allows readers to quickly grasp concepts. The authors explain the fundamentals simply and clearly and include ample practice problems that help readers become proficient. The focus on critical thinking, real-life problem scenarios, and the self-test format make Essential Math and Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians an indispensable learning tool.

Author : Lorraine Zentz
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-15
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780763759612

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Math for Pharmacy Technicians by Lorraine Zentz Pdf

Math for Pharmacy Technicians is an introductory text covering the key math skills needed for Pharmacy Technicians. This text is an essential resource for both Pharmacy Technician students and practicing Pharmacy Technicians. Presented in a simple and clear manner, students will find numerous solved problems and a step-by-step format that allows for quick comprehension. Key features include practice problems with answers, written procedures, boxes with tips, exercises, and chapter quizzes to reinforce student learning. Instructor Resources: PowerPoints and Pre and Post Test Answers Student Resources: Companion Website

Author : Barbara E Lacher
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781284221442

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Pharmaceutical Calculations for the Pharmacy Technician by Barbara E Lacher Pdf

Intended for use in an introductory pharmacy technician calculations course, this unique book addresses not only calculations that technicians will encounter in retail, but also those necessary for compounding, IV, industry and areas where a pharmacy technician might be called upon more frequently because of the shortage of pharmacy professionals.

Author : Lorraine C. Zentz,Patricia K. Anthony
Publisher : Delmar
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Pharmacy technicians
ISBN : 1111311390

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Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam Review by Lorraine C. Zentz,Patricia K. Anthony Pdf

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION EXAM REVIEW, International Edition is a comprehensive, all inclusive study tool to help prepare your students to become certified pharmacy technicians on a national level. This book mirrors content covered on the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE) and provides both exam content review and practice opportunities in a variety of formats. Ideal for review courses and for individual study, this book is a must-have tool for anyone preparing to take the PTCB and ExCPT exams.Sections are structured to help your students focus on critical topic areas outlined by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board; including 14 chapters specifically on mathematics with examples and end-of-chapter review questions. This new edition also includes greatly expanded chapters on pharmacology, updated end-of-chapter practice questions, two cumulative tests at the end of the book, and solutions to all chapter review questions and practice exams.For even more practice, the back-of-book CD offers 600 additional review questions to create timed exams that simulate the actual PTCE!

Author : Albert Asiamah
Publisher : Albert & Amanda Asiamah Publications
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 057845081X

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Revision Guide Made Simple for Pharmacy Technicians by Albert Asiamah Pdf

THIS BOOK IS CAREFULLY DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PHARMACY TECHNICIANS OF THIS MILLENNIUM. IT SAVES TIME AND ENERGY SINCE IT FOCUSES STRAIGHT ON THE EXAM KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS. THE AUTHOR'S ENTHUSIASM IN PHARMACY ENABLES HIM TO WRITE THIS BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN TAKING THE PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION EXAM [PTCE]. IT COVERS ALL EXAM KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS YOU NEED TO STUDY FOR AND PASS YOUR PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION BOARD [PTCB] WITHOUT WRITING AGAIN AND AGAIN.THIS BOOK INCLUDES: 1. INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY 2. PHARMACY CALCULATIONS 3. BUSINESS MATH 4. PHARMACY LAW AND REGULATIONS 5. MEDICATION SAFETY 6. STERILE AND NON STERILE COMPOUNDING 7. PHARMACY QUALITY ASSURANCE 8. MEDICATION ORDER ENTRY AND FILL PROCESS 9. PHARMACY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT 10. PHARMACY BILLING AND REIMBURSEMENT 11. PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEM USAGE AND APPLICATION 12.PHARMACY TERMINOLOGY 13. PTCE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Author : Anne Nguyen
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1456863274

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Pharmacy Technician Certified Board Preparation: Comprehensive Review Manual by Anne Nguyen Pdf

Pharmacy technicians today play a vital role in the pharmacy business and at other pharmacy practice sites. Technicians interact with patients, physicians, nurses, and health insurance providers. They work under the pharmacist's supervision and are allowed to assist in pharmacy activities that do not require the professional judgment of a pharmacist. Technicians are becoming more involved in the production and technical aspects of pharmacy, while pharmacists have become more involved with patient-care activities and have become the "dispensers of medicine".

Author : Lynn M. Egler,Kathryn A. Booth
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Pharmaceutical arithmetic
ISBN : 0073373966

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Math for the Pharmacy Technician by Lynn M. Egler,Kathryn A. Booth Pdf