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Understanding Pharmacy Calculations Teresa A. O'Sullivan

Understanding Pharmacy Calculations By Teresa A. O'Sullivan

Understanding Pharmacy Calculations by Teresa A. O'Sullivan


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Develops proficiency in working out calculations commonly encountered in pharmacy practice. This book is structured around a five-lesson design that provides practical examples and problems, enabling instructors to extract complementary classroom material. It illuminates the relevance of calculation to pharmacy practice.

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Understanding Pharmacy Calculations Summary

Understanding Pharmacy Calculations by Teresa A. O'Sullivan

This book develops proficiency in working out calculations commonly encountered in pharmacy practice. This book is structured around a five-lesson design that provides numerous practical examples and problems, enabling instructors to extract complementary classroom material and student to use the book at their own pace in preparing for the national pharmacy licensure examination. Practice problems (with the answers provided) are included at the end of each lesson, and knowledge is tested with 100 practice problems and explanations at the end of the book. Written by a clinician in easy-to-understand and humorous language, this book illuminates the relevance of calculation to pharmacy practice.

Understanding Pharmacy Calculations Reviews

This book may help to change the conception that pharmaceutical calculations are difficult. The book is reasonably prices, and I would recommend Understanding Pharmacy Calculations to students for a beneficial learning experience. The Journal of Pharmacy Technology 20030701

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Things You'll Use Every Day Measurement System Converting between Measurement Systems Thermometry Setting Up Calculations Abbreviations Used on Prescriptions Interpreting the Directions Composing the Label Instructions Other Abbreviations You Will See in Practice Practice Answers Understanding Expressions of Drug Amounts /Units /Parts /Concentration /Percent Ionization /Recognizing Acids and Bases /Practice /Answers Calculations Used When Compounding Medications /Common Words Used in the IV Room /Osmolarity /Isotonicity /Diluting and Concentrating /The Algebraic Method /The Alligation Method /Aliquot Measurement Calculations /Buffer Systems /Going Further: More about Your Body's Buffer System /Practice /Answers Calculations to Determine Patient-Specific Doses /The Right Dose /Dosing /Body Weight Considerations /Body Surface Area /Infusion Rate Dosing Calculations /Easing Patients into and out of Doses: Tapering and Desensitization /Pharmacokinetic Dosing Calculations Beyond Algebra /Practice /Answers Parenteral Nutrition Calculations /Components of a TPN /Two Ways to Mix TPNs /TPN Calculations /Mixing TPNs Using the Pump Method /Mixing TPNs Using the Preset Volume Method (Traditional) /TPN Worksheet /Practice /Answers Practice Practice Practice /Alpha Practice/Answers /Beta Practice/Answers /Gamma Practice/Answers /Delta Practice/Answers /Epsilon Practice/Answers /Zeta Practice/Answers /Theta Practice/Answers /Eta Practice/Answers /Iota Practice/Answers /Kappa Practice/Answers

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CIN1582120331G
9781582120331
1582120331
Understanding Pharmacy Calculations by Teresa A. O'Sullivan
Used - Good
Paperback
American Pharmacists Association
20020101
250
N/A
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