New Releases by Sean Parsons

This book is intended to help individuals prepare for and pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE), as it is the first textbook designed from scratch for the new certification standards being implemented in November of 2013. This book reviews pharmacology, pharmacy laws and regulations, both sterile and nonsterile compounding, medication safety, quality assurance, the medication order entry and fill process, inventory management, pharmacy billing, and pharmacy information system usage and application. This book also provides information explaining how to register for the exam and what to do after you pass the exam. In addition to the material within the book, it also provides information for accessing web-based practice exams to help you review.

This textbook has been developed specifically for pharmacy technicians, but it also provides a good overview of health care mathematics for any health professional. This book teaches the following concepts: basic math review, 24-hour time, exponents, temperature conversion, units of measurement, understanding prescriptions, day's supply, extemporaneous compounding, billing compounds, pharmacy business math, parenteral dosage calculations, insulin, milliMoles, milliEquivalents, millicuries, and international units, powder volume calculations, percentage strength, ratio strength, parts, reducing & enlarging formulas, parts per million, calculations based on body weight, calculations based on body surface area, infusion rates & drip rates, dilutions & alligations, parenteral nutrition, and aliquots. This book also includes an answer key to check your work against. Learn more about this book at http: //pharmaceuticalcalculations.org where you may even download a copy of this textbook for free

"Marvel Boy, A.K.A. Noh-Varr of the Kree Empire, last survivor of a doomed starship. He's seen good friends killed by sheer ignorance and hate, and his welcome to Earth has consisted of imprisonment and torture. Now he's angry--and if necessary, he'll take on our entire planet in the name of love, justice, and the freedom to ride in his spaceship"--Back cover