Part of the APhA Pharmacy Technician Training series, this book addresses the origins of the profession of pharmacy, explores the important role technicians play in pharmacy practice, and covers regulatory issues, ethical and professional standards of practice, career pathways, communication skills, and membership organizations.

UK pharmacy trainees must take the registration exam at the end of the pre-registration year in order to practice pharmacy in Great Britain. Written by a former question writer for the Society Registration exam, this work contains over 400 open and closed-book questions with descriptive answers, giving the reasoning behind the answers.

A revision guide for students giving bullet points of basic information on physical pharmacy followed by questions and answers. It provides the physicochemical background to the design and use of pharmaceutical dosage forms.

Helps students to take an integral approach to pharmacy via a series of pharmacy cases. This book tests knowledge gained within the individual areas of law and ethics, pharmaceutics, pharmacology and pathology by examples, bringing together various areas taught on the degree course.

Helps pharmacy and pharmacy technician students learn the principles, skills, and practices that are the foundation for clear communication. This title includes sample dialogues that show students how to effectively communicate and practical exercises fine tune their communication skills in dealing with a variety of sensitive situations.

Contains 29 core reference materials on lab coat pocket-sized, durable laminated cards.

This concise four-color reference is both a thorough primer on the many specific activities that pharmacy technicians actually perform and a detailed review of all the knowledge that test candidates must master to pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam. The first review organized to correspond directly to the national Pharmacy Technician Certification Exams new content outline 100 full-co

Offers information on drugs and medicines used throughout the world. This book reviews more than 5,800 substances. It is suitable for health professionals.

Addresses major issues of the profession of pharmacy, including association organisation and management, education, industry, governance and practice through an examination of the lives and careers of the pharmacy professionals who dealt with them. It is intended for student pharmacists, faculty and residents.

Shows the progress in pharmacy education and practice. This title organizes a range of topics central to the study of pharmacy - chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, pharmacy practice, drug therapy - to parallel the pharmacy curriculum. It is suitable for matriculation pharmacy students, instructors and preceptors, and professional pharmacists.

Combining six years worth of pharmacy school knowledge into a cohesive resource, the book offers everything a prospective pharmacist needs to do well on the NAPLEX: a targeted review of the drugs and topics covered on the exam, extra practice available online, and Kaplan's proven study tips and strategies.

In pharmacy, technicians are taking on the dispensing functions previously performed by pharmacists. This book prepares technicians for such responsibilities by helping them understand how drugs affect human function. It applies focus on the classes of drugs, rather than individual drugs.

Nurse prescribing has been a political and professional hot potato for years. This book consists of the arguments and the vibrant debates, which surround this controversial topic, and an evaluation of the experiences of nurse prescribing in practice, and the lessons, learned from the pilot sites.

Filled with practical laboratory exercises, this book is a suitable laboratory manual for pharmacy technician education programs. It covers the laboratory skills technicians need to dispense retail prescriptions, inpatient medication orders, IV admixtures, and extemporaneous compounds and measure, mix, mold, package, and label medications.

This work, which features a detailed, easy-to-access Quick Guide to Psychiatric Drugs , gives parents the tools they need to regain faith in their own judgement about whether or not to give medication to a child with psychological problems.