The perfect resource for pharmacy technician students and instructors in need of a comprehensive lab manual!

An ideal laboratory manual for students, this new text covers the valuable skills a pharmacy technician needs to dispense retail prescriptions, inpatient medication orders, IV admixture, and extemporaneous compounds.

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Are you considering establishing a Pharmacy Technician program at your institution? If so, this guide describes the typical requirements for a Pharmacy Technician educational program in the United States and will help you determine feasibility, requirements, process and curriculum.

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Intended for introductory pharmacy technician calculations courses, this unique book addresses not only calculations that technicians encounter in retail, but also those necessary for compounding, I.V., industry, and areas where technicians might be called upon more frequently because of the shortage of pharmacy professionals. The text uses a reader-friendly writing style and an easy-to-understand ratio-proportion method of problem solving.

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This text is written in a narrative style with a natural approach to learning pharmacology and information tailored to the needs of pharmacy technicians and students. This book is unique among pharmacology books used in technician training programs because of its intuitive approach, with emphasis on drug classes instead of individual drugs.

Because technicians can easily integrate information on new drugs into their understanding of a drug class, learning pharmacology in this manner provides technicians with a system that will serve them well into the future.

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Standards of Practice for the Pharmacy Technician is a core adoptable text for use in Pharmacy Technician programs. It describes the technician's practice of pharmacy but does not include pharmacology. The text is appropriate for technician students and professionals. Medication errors, ethics, compounding, sterile products, and professional standards are covered in-depth.

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The Pharmacy Technician's Reference Guide is the only pocket guide that gives pharmacy technicians (PhTs) a tool to carry with them through school and into the workforce. It can be used in hospitals and retail settings as a supplement and reference. It will also serve as a quick reference to study for the National Certification or as a review for current PhTs if they need to brush up on material.

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LWW's Foundations in Pharmacology for Pharmacy Technicians is the essential resource for pharmacy technician students and practitioners. The most relevant and focused book on the market, it has been developed specifically for pharmacy technician programs and professionals. Comprehensive yet concise, avoiding fluff or filler, the text is the right depth, the right length, the right choice. Pharmacy technicians who learn their pharmacology with this book will be knowledgeable, confident, and prepared for professional success. The text includes a comprehensive supplement package with an electronic Quiz Bank and Full Text Online. Pharmacy technician program instructors can access PowerPoint Presentations, an Image Bank, and a Brownstone Test Generator.

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Designed to help students, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians become effective counselors and advocates for patients, this text presents communication concepts and skills and provides sample dialogues and practical exercises for applying the material in current pharmaceutical care. This Fifth Edition was developed to meet the needs of pharmacy and pharmacy technician programs. Highlights include a new chapter on medication safety and communication skills, new material on interacting with other healthcare professionals, a new chapter on Internet and e-mail communication in healthcare, and new photographs, illustrations, and tables.

A companion Website includes instructor's manuals for pharmacy technician faculty and pharmacy faculty.

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Featuring detailed patient profiles and over 600 sample prescriptions, this unique book teaches students how to read, fill, and evaluate prescriptions based on patient profiles. Students will learn how to decipher handwritten prescriptions, examine prescriptions for inappropriate doses or instructions, evaluate the prescription relative to the patient's drug and social history, fill prescriptions accurately and promptly, and counsel patients based on their prescriptions and histories.

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This unique guide shows health professions students how to "win at the game of school." Working with content that is fun and easy to learn, you'll gain the skills needed to succeed in your studies and in your career as a health professional.

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