Math Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians :

When it comes to mastering drug calculations, practice and success go hand in hand. In this innovative worktext, you'll find key calculation and conversion concepts with a wealth of self-tests and practice problems, enabling you to immediately apply what you learn to realistic and challenging calculation problems. Using the competencies developed by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), this worktext helps you master everything from basic math skills to reading and interpreting labels and physician orders. Book jacket.

SECTION I Introduction and Basic Math Skills

1

(76)

Assessment of Mathematical Skills Needed for Pharmacy Technicians

2

(9)

Review of Basic Mathematical Skills

11

(66)

SECTION II Measurements Used in Health Care and Conversions between Measurement Systems

77

(72)

Conversion of Clinical Measurements of Numbers, Time, and Temperature

78

(18)

Comparisons of Measurement Systems

96

(25)

Conversions between Measurement Systems

121

(28)

SECTION III Medication and Prescription Orders and Their Calculations

149

(148)

Interpretation of Medication Labels and Orders

150

(37)

Calculation of Solid Oral Doses and Dosages

187

(34)

Calculate Doses of Liquid Oral and Parenteral Medications

221

(50)

Reconstitution of Powders or Crystals into Liquid Medications

271

(26)

SECTION IV Special Medication Calculations

297

(241)

Calculation of Medications for Special Populations Based on Body Weight and Patient Age

298

(46)

Calculation of Medications Measured in Units, Milliequivalents, and Percents of Concentration

344

(66)

Calculation of Medications for Intravenous Uses

410

(47)

Calculation of Mixtures from Stock Medications

457

(38)

Interpreting Physicians' Orders for Dosages

495

(43)

Comprehensive Posttest

538

(29)

Appendix: Business Math for Pharmacy Technicians

567

(14)

Answer Key

581

(24)

Bibliography

605

(1)

Credits

606

(2)

Glossary

608

(5)

Index

613

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Math Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians : A Worktext

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