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9780721606422

Math Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians : A Worktext

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  • ISBN13:

    9780721606422

  • ISBN10:

    0721606423

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-07-18
  • Publisher: ELSEVIER SAUNDERS PUBLISHING
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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.

Table of Contents

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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