Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician
, by Hopkins, William A., Jr.- ISBN: 9781582121345 | 1582121346
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/31/2010
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