Filled with practical, hands-on laboratory exercises, this book is an ideal laboratory manual for pharmacy technician education programs. It covers the laboratory skills technicians need to dispense retail prescriptions, inpatient medication orders, I.V. admixtures, and extemporaneous compounds and measure, mix, mold, package, and label medications. Chapters include step-by-step laboratory exercises and pre-lab and post-lab questions to promote critical thinking. Also included are role-playing scenarios to fine-tune students' patient communication skills. An appendix provides instructors with lists of required equipment and chemicals necessary to create a lab.
Part of the Prentice Hall Pharmacy Technician Series, Fundamentals of Pharmacy Practice serves as a standardized primary curriculum for pharmacy technician students, as well as pharmacy technicians preparing for state or national certification. Pharmacy technician training and education is experiencing rapid growth and many educators are frustrated with curriculum currently on the market. This resource provides a better educational vehicle for both educators and technicians, alike. Topics include an overview of the Pharmacy Technician field as a whole and covers the information Pharmacy Technicians need to know to perform their job effectively. Pharmacy Technician students and professionals.
Covering everything from certification exam review to key skills, Pharmacy Practice for Today's Pharmacy Technician: Career Training for the Pharmacy Technician covers all of the knowledge needed by pharmacy technicians to provide exemplary patient care and build a successful career. It describes the role of the pharmacy technician in different practice settings, including the key tasks and skills set required to work in a community pharmacy, institutional pharmacy, or home health and long-term care/hospice care, then adds a road map taking you through certification, the job search, interviewing, and continuing education. Written by pharmacy technician educator and expert LiAnne Webster, this comprehensive text prepares you to succeed in this rapidly growing field. In-depth coverage of medication safety and error prevention includes recent recommendations and actions taken by the Institute of Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and The Joint Commission. Content on intercultural competence addresses the changing demographics in our society. A student journal on the Evolve companion website makes it easy to submit journal entries relating to your coursework and during externship rotations. Review questions and critical thinking exercises are included at the end of each chapter. Tech Notes provide practical, on-the-job hints. Tech Alerts focus on warnings to watch for and avoiding common errors.
Still the only resource of its kind, the new edition of Essentials of Law and Ethics for Pharmacy Technicians clearly explains those laws and regulations relevant to technicians, while also examining issues of ethics. Fully revised to cover new developments, it presents an overview of the US legal system, reviews the development of current laws, and describes those laws affecting practice today. It adds a chapter covering the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, and the new FDA regulation on controlling pseudoephedrine sales. While Federal issues are covered throughout the text, state issues are addressed in the extensive appendices.
This comprehensive review prepares students for the pharmacy technician certification exam. It focuses largely on pharmacy mathematics which constitutes a large portion of the exam, and is generally considered the most difficult portion of the test.
This review by the American Pharmacy Association (APhA) is organized to correspond directly to the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination's Content Outline. The Content Outline, revised in March 2000, is based on a US national study of tasks pharmacy technicians perform in a variety of practice settings. So APhA's review is both a thorough primer on the many specific activities that pharmacy technicians actually perform and a detailed review of the knowledge that test candidates must master to pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination.
LAW AND ETHICS FOR PHARMACY TECHNICIANS, 2nd Edition explores the legal and ethical landscape surrounding pharmacy technician careers today. Interactive and thought-provoking, the text uses case studies to draw you into real-life legal and ethical dilemmas, which enhances critical thinking and broadens your perspectives. Beginning with an overview of liability as it applies to pharmacy technicians, chapters progress through state and federal regulations, ethics in pharmacy practice, HIPAA, workplace safety, and other key topics recommended by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) and the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP). Engaging features also include end-of-chapter questions, highlighted state regulations, a glossary, and eight in-depth appendices on important topics ranging from Medication Errors to State Boards. More than a text, LAW AND ETHICS FOR PHARMACY TECHNICIANS, 2nd Edition is an essential reference that helps you thrive in your ever-expanding pharmacy technician role and at any stage of your career. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Reinforce your knowledge of the pharmacy technician role, and prepare for certification exams! Corresponding to the chapters in Pharmacy Practice for Today's Pharmacy Technician: Career Training for the Pharmacy Technician, by LiAnne Webster, this practical workbook offers a wide variety of review questions relating to essential pharmacy technician tasks and skills. Critical thinking exercises help you apply what you've learned to real-life situations in pharmacy practice. Fill-in-the-blank, matching, and multiple-choice questions test your understanding of chapter terminology and content, and help you prepare for exams. Critical Thinking exercises in each chapter use case studies to apply what you've learned to real-life situations. Internet research activities ask you to perform online research.