Description
This easy-to-use, chapter-by-chapter companion to Mosby's Pharmacy Technician: Principles and Practice, 6th Edition helps you solidify your understanding and mastery of key skills and concepts. Each chapter of this combination workbook and lab manual contains a wide variety of review questions, exercises, and experiential lab activities to help reinforce key concepts, encourage you to reflect critically, and relate to practice for success on the job. Combined with the core textbook, this learning package takes you from day one through graduation and certification!- Comprehensive content aligns with ASHP competencies and certification exam coverage- Reinforce Key Concepts sections offer valuable review and practice- Reflect Critically sections with realistic scenarios encourage content assimilation and application- Relate to Practice sections with laboratory exercises provide hands-on practice to promote multi-dimensional skills mastery- Skills checklists correlated to textbook procedures enable you to track your progress on key competencies- NEW! Additional content ensures thorough coverage of all entry-level and many advanced ASHP accreditation competencies, including:- Wellness, disease prevention, and immunizations- Medication compliance and point-of-care testing- Professional and regulatory standards- Medication requiring special handling and documentation- Nonsterile and sterile compounding- Advanced Pharmacy Technician duties
Table of Contents
Unit One – Pharmacy Practice1. History of Medicine and Pharmacy2. Pharmacy Law, Ethics, and Regulatory Agencies3. Competencies, Associations, and Settings for Technicians4. Communication and Role of the Technician with the Customer/Patient5. Dosage Forms and Routes of Administration6. Conversions and Calculations7. Drug Information References8. Community Pharmacy Practice9. Institutional Pharmacy Practice10. Additional Pharmacy Practice Settings and Advanced Roles for Technicians11. Bulk Repackaging and Non-Sterile Compounding12. Aseptic Technique and Sterile Compounding13. Pharmacy Billing and Inventory Management14. Medication Safety and Error Prevention15. Pharmacy Operations ManagementUnit Two – Pharmacology and Medications16. Drug Classifications and Foundations17. Therapeutic Agents for the Gastrointestinal System18. Therapeutic Agents for the Musculoskeletal System19. Therapeutic Agents for the Nervous System20. Therapeutic Agents for the Immune System21. Therapeutic Agents for the Cardiovascular System 22. Therapeutic Agents for the Respiratory System23. Therapeutic Agents for the Endocrine System24. Therapeutic Agents for the Renal System25. Therapeutic Agents for the Reproductive System26. Therapeutic Agents for Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat27. Therapeutic Agents for the Dermatologic System28 .Therapeutic Agents for the Hematologic System29. Over-the-Counter (OTC) Medications30. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
