Mosby's Pharmacy Technician
Principles and Practice
- 6th Edition - November 5, 2021
- Authors: Elsevier Inc, Karen Davis, Anthony Guerra
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 3 4 0 7 - 3
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Request a sales quoteGet everything you need to prepare for a successful career as a pharmacy technician in one easy-to-read textbook! Useful from day one through graduation, Mosby's Pharmacy Technician: Principles and Practice, 6th Edition includes comprehensive information on pharmacy practice, anatomy and physiology, math calculation, and pharmacology. Built from the ground up to map directly to American Society for Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accreditation competencies and to the accepted certification exams, this approachable text covers everything from processing and handling of medications and medication orders to patient safety, quality assurance, and regulation and compliance. It also features a rich art program with equipment close-ups, clinical procedures and processes, and body system illustrations that bring the content to life and visually reinforce your understanding of key concepts. With its clear writing, expert insight, and engaging study tools, this text will help you develop a solid foundation in the pharmacy content you need to pass the board examination and launch a successful and rewarding career.
- Comprehensive coverage of pharmacy practice, A&P, and pharmacology supports classroom success and board exam preparation.
- Step-by-step, illustrated procedures provide rationales for key skills and competencies.
- Study practice includes review questions at the end of each chapter, an exam-review appendix with sample questions, and online review questions.
- Scenario boxes help you develop real-world problem-solving skills.
- Mini drug monographs provide drug information summaries and photos for commonly prescribed medications.
- Tech Notes and Tech Alerts offer practical tips for on-the-job accuracy and efficiency.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Reviewers
- Preface
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- Section One. Pharmacy Practice
- 1. History of medicine and pharmacy
- Scenario
- History of medicine
- Scenario checkup 1.1
- Advances in drug therapy and vaccinations
- History of pharmacy
- Scenario checkup 1.2
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 2. Pharmacy law, ethics, and regulatory agencies
- Scenario
- US food and drug administration history
- Description of laws
- Scenario checkup 2.1
- Scenario checkup 2.2
- Controlled substances
- Scenario checkup 2.3
- Drug monographs
- Prescription regulation
- Special prescribing programs
- Pharmacy sites
- Occupational safety and health administration
- The joint commission
- Legal standards
- Scenario checkup 2.4
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 3. Competencies, associations, and settings for technicians
- Scenario
- Historical data
- Competencies
- Scenario checkup 3.1
- Nondiscretionary duties
- Scenario checkup 3.2
- Scenario checkup 3.3
- National certification for technicians
- Professionalism in the workplace
- The future of pharmacy technicians is bright!
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 4. Communication and role of the technician with the customer/patient
- Scenario
- Communication
- Scenario checkup 4.1
- Scenario checkup 4.2
- Conclusion
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 5. Dosage forms and routes of administration
- Scenario
- Where did pharmacy abbreviations originate?
- “Do not use” list
- Dosing instructions
- Scenario checkup 5.1
- Classifications of medications
- Classifications of drug sales
- Dosage forms
- Scenario checkup 5.2
- Routes of administration
- Scenario checkup 5.3
- Other considerations: Form and function
- Scenario checkup 5.4
- The use of excipients
- Manufactured products
- Packaging and storage requirements
- Medical terminology
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 6. Conversions and calculations
- Scenario
- History of pharmacy calculations
- Roman numerals
- International time (military time)
- Temperature conversion between fahrenheit and celsius
- Basic math skills
- Measurement systems
- Calculations with liquid medication
- Scenario checkup 6.1
- Scenario checkup 6.2
- Business calculations
- Scenario checkup 6.3
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 7. Drug information references
- Scenario
- Researching a drug
- References used in pharmacy
- Scenario checkup 7.1
- Pocket-sized reference books
- Scenario checkup 7.2
- Electronic referencing
- The internet
- Journals and newsmagazines
- Scenario checkup 7.3
- Additional types of information
- Considerations when choosing a reference
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 8. Community pharmacy practice
- Scenario
- Scenario checkup 8.1
- Role of the pharmacy technician
- Prescription
- Scenario checkup 8.2
- Prescription processing
- Scenario checkup 8.3
- Prescription preparation
- Scenario checkup 8.4
- Other pharmacy technician duties
- Scenario checkup 8.5
- Pharmacy layout
- Scenario checkup 8.6
- Communication
- Elderly patients
- Scenario checkup 8.7
- Other pharmacy services
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 9. Institutional pharmacy practice
- Scenario
- Types of hospitals
- Hospital pharmacy standards and procedures
- Pharmacy and nursing staff relationship
- Scenario checkup 9.1
- Hospital orders
- Institutional pharmacy technicians
- Scenario checkup 9.2
- Scenario checkup 9.3
- Scenario checkup 9.4
- Scenario checkup 9.5
- The future for institutional pharmacy technicians
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 10. Additional pharmacy practice settings and advanced roles for technicians
- Scenario
- Advanced or specialized pharmacy technician opportunities
- Scenario checkup 10.1
- Scenario checkup 10.2
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 11. Bulk repackaging and nonsterile compounding
- Scenario
- Bulk repackaging
- Scenario checkup 11.1
- Scenario checkup 11.2
- Nonsterile compounding
- Scenario checkup 11.3
- Packaging
- Documentation
- Scenario checkup 11.4
- Safety
- Compounding professionalism
- Regulatory and quality control
- Veterinary medications
- Personnel training
- Compounding calculations
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 12. Aseptic technique and sterile compounding
- Scenario
- Terminology used in pharmacy
- Standard precautions for a health care worker
- Scenario checkup 12.1
- Supplies
- Routes of administration
- Medication delivery systems
- United States Pharmacopeia <797>
- Aseptic technique
- Scenario checkup 12.2
- Scenario checkup 12.3
- Scenario checkup 12.4
- Scenario checkup 12.5
- Education and training
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 13. Pharmacy billing and inventory management
- Scenario
- Formulary and drug utilization
- Generic versus trade name drugs
- Types of private and group medical insurance plans
- Scenario checkup 13.1
- Government-managed insurance programs
- Current use of Medicare and Medicaid insurance
- Scenario checkup 13.2
- Third-party billing
- Scenario checkup 13.3
- Scenario checkup 13.4
- Other methods of payment
- Inventory management
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 14. Medication safety and error prevention
- Scenario
- Overview
- Five rights of medication safety
- What constitutes an error?
- Types of medication errors
- Responsibility for errors
- Where errors are made
- Why errors occur
- Scenario checkup 14.1
- Risk evaluation and mitigation strategies
- Drug interactions as a source of error
- Errors in the pharmacy
- Errors related to patient care
- Age-related errors
- Scenario checkup 14.2
- Necessity of reporting errors
- Common pharmacy technology
- Scenario checkup 14.3
- Patient dose-specific orders
- United states pharmacopeia <797> regulations
- Medication reconciliation
- Quality assurance practices and risk management
- Other considerations
- Training and education
- Conclusion
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- References
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- 15. Pharmacy operations management and workflow
- Scenario
- Overview
- Community pharmacy
- Institutional pharmacy
- Improving efficiency techniques
- Getting started
- Do you remember these key points?
- Scenario follow-up
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Websites referenced
- Section Two. Pharmacology and Medications
- 16. Drug classifications
- Classifying drugs
- Brand versus generic versus chemical names
- Tall man lettering in brand and generic medications versus the use of generic prefixes, suffixes, and infixes
- Medication characteristics
- Drug trials
- Four phases of drug testing
- Anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacokinetics: ADME
- Pharmacodynamics
- Drugs and receptors
- Agonists and antagonists
- Therapeutic index
- Drug interactions
- Other drug effects
- Drug classifications by drug enforcement administration schedules I, II, III, IV, and V
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 17. Therapeutic agents for the nervous system
- Nervous system introduction
- Central nervous system
- Peripheral nervous system
- Conditions of the nervous system and their treatments
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 18. Therapeutic agents for the endocrine system
- Anatomy of the endocrine system
- Description of hormones and glands
- Functions of the endocrine glands
- Conditions of the endocrine system and their treatments
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 19. Therapeutic agents for the musculoskeletal system
- Anatomy and physiology of the skeletal system
- Anatomy and physiology of skeletal muscle
- Common conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system
- Other select medication classes that affect the musculoskeletal system
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 20. Therapeutic agents for the cardiovascular system
- Anatomy of the heart and vasculature system
- Regulation of the heart and vasculature
- Common medication classes used to treat cardiac conditions
- Conditions affecting the cardiovascular system
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 21. Therapeutic agents for the respiratory system
- Structure and function of the respiratory system
- Disorders and conditions of the respiratory system
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 22. Therapeutic agents for the gastrointestinal system
- Form and role of the gastrointestinal system
- Anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal system
- Conditions affecting the gastrointestinal system
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 23. Therapeutic agents for the renal system
- Anatomy and physiology of the renal and urological systems
- Conditions affecting the renal and urological systems
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 24. Therapeutic agents for the reproductive system
- Female reproductive system
- Conditions affecting the female reproductive system
- Male reproductive system
- Conditions affecting the male reproductive system
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Hepatitis C
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 25. Therapeutic agents for the immune system
- Anatomy and physiology of the immune system
- Autoimmune disorders
- Transplant rejection
- Immunizations
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 26. Therapeutic agents for eyes, ears, nose, and throat
- The eyes (ophthalmic system)
- Conditions that affect the eye
- The ears (auditory system)
- Nose and sinuses
- The throat
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 27. Therapeutic agents for the dermatological system
- Anatomy and physiology of the dermatological system
- Common conditions affecting the dermatological system
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 28. Therapeutic agents for the hematologic system
- Anatomy and physiology of the hematologic system
- Conditions affecting the hematologic system
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 29. Over-the-counter medications
- US food and drug administration regulations
- How a prescription drug becomes an over-the-counter drug
- Common routes of administration for over-the-counter drugs
- Considerations for special populations
- Restricted over-the-counter products
- Urinary incontinence (overactive bladder)
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- 30. Complementary and alternative medicine
- What is complementary and alternative medicine?
- Types of complementary and alternative medicine
- Do you remember these key points?
- Review questions
- Technician’s corner
- Bibliography
- Appendix A: Top 200 Prescription drugs
- Appendix B: Top herbal remedies
- Glossary
- Index
- No. of pages: 752
- Language: English
- Edition: 6
- Published: November 5, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323734073
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Karen Davis
Karen Davis is a Pharmacy Technician Education Consultant, Society for the Education of Pharmacy Technicians (SEPhT) Lyons, Georgia; Pharmacy Technician Program Instructor, Florence Darlington Community College, Florence, South Carolina, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Pharmacy Technician Education Consultant, Society for the Education of Pharmacy Technicians (SEPhT), Lyons, Georgia; Pharmacy Technician Program Instructor, Florence Darlington Community College, Florence, South CarolinaAG
Anthony Guerra
Professor Anthony Guerra works at Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny, Iowa, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny, Iowa