The Ultimate Pharmacy Math Book is primarily designed to assist students to reinforce and strengthen their skills in pharmacy math in order to pass the nationally Certified Pharmacy Technician Board exam, but this may also serve as an excellent refresher guide for new or experience pharmacists. Comprised of sixteen, short chapters, covering all different areas of pharmacy math, this textbook provides instruction and information for all the possible pharmacy math questions found on the Certified Pharmacy Technician Board exam.
The material in this textbook provides a comprehensive review that instructs and covers all aspects of pharmaceutical related mathematical calculations and formulas, such as the conversion of medications from adult to children’s dosages, understanding and utilizing the alligation method to determine ratio and percentage strength for prescriptions, determining the IV flow rate calculations for solutions administered over a period of time, and appropriate temperature conversion for both Fahrenheit and Celsius.
In addition to the more direct aspects, this comprehensive guide also includes other practical pharmacy related information such as how to recognize a valid DEA number and calculate a health care provider’s DEA check digit, or calculating the percentage for markup when selling a prescription drug and monitoring profit for a pharmacy business.
To supplement their study opportunity, students buying this textbook should also plan on attending the corresponding Certified Pharmacy Technician Board preparation classes sponsored by the author (see class schedules through our web site at www.ptcbprep.com). In these classes, our certified instructor(s) will thoroughly review all material in this textbook, as well as providing one-on-one interaction and answering any questions.
Про автора
Anne Nguyen is a pharmacist in the state of Texas with over twenty years of experience in retail, hospital, and mail order combined. She graduated as cum laude with a bachelor of science in pharmacy from the College of Pharmacy at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma, in 1992 and a doctor of pharmacy from Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, in 2010.
Ms. Nguyen held positions as a clinical pharmacist at the Dallas Medical Center and a remote order entry pharmacist for most of North Texas hospitals and retail pharmacies. She received a Distinguished Service Award in the North Texas Region of Eckerd Pharmacy in 1999. Her Eckerd Drugstore was a training store for all newly hired pharmacists and student interns.
Ms. Nguyen serves as a pharmacist preceptor for the state of Texas since 1993. She is a certified immunizer from Aph A, ACLS, and BLS. She is a certified instructor of IV certification classes through University of Houston College of Pharmacy.
When she is not teaching one-on-one, she is a coauthor of several books including PTCB Comprehensive Review Manual and 1, 001 PTCB Exam Review Questions.
She is currently one of a few pioneer pharmacists working as remote order entry from home. Ms. Nguyen also works as a clinical coordinator pharmacist at the Dallas Medical Center hospital, PRN floater for Costco Drugstore, and PRN staff at Super Value Drugstore. With her well-rounded experience in this pharmaceutical industry, she has established a well network of connections with most retail drugstores and hospitals in the Dallas and Fort Worth area.