| Certification Exam Review: The Pharmacy Technician Series |
Prentice Hall Health |
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| Mike Johnston, Straden-Schaden/National Pharmacy Technician Association / NPTA |
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A comprehensive review for the PTCB national certification exam. Part of the Prentice Hall Pharmacy Technician Series.
- Comprehensive review for the PTCB national certification.
- Weighted content according to the national certification exam.
- Covers exam information, study techniques, and specific information needed for the exam.
- Includes multiple practice exams for preparation.
- Rationales for answers to further explain concepts.
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Summary
Part of the Prentice Hall Pharmacy Technician Series, Certification Exam Review is a comprehensive exam preparation guide for PTCB national certification. It covers exam information, study techniques, specific information needed for the exam, and it will also include multiple practice exams for preparation.
The key difference about this book is that the text content is weighted according to the national certification exam. PTCB, the certifying board, clearly defines the percentage of content covered by the exam, yet other review books cover the content equally making them, in essence, training manuals. This book has one fundamental purpose to aide users in successfully passing the PTCB national certification exam on the first attempt.
3 complete certification practice exams each with 125 multiple choice questions, weighted according to PTCB content guidelines are included. When completed within three hours, it provides a true replica of the certification exam process.
The answers have been provided at the back of the manual for each practice exam along with the rational for each answer for the first practice exam.
Over 180,000 individuals are nationally certified pharmacy technicians in the US. Many states require national certification to practice and due to increase involvement and patient interaction more states are adopting such regulations. Achieving recognized credentials will bring about an increase in both salary and career opportunities.
Author(s) Expertise
Mike Johnston is the Founder and President of the National Pharmacy Technician Association.
Audience
Pharmacy Technician students and professionals.
Book Product Model
The Prentice Hall Pharmacy Technician Series is a uniquely comprehensive approach to the Pharmacy Technician profession. The goal of it's author is for this series to be the standard curriculum for the profession.
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| Certification Exam Review: The Pharmacy Technician Series |
Prentice Hall Health |
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| Mike Johnston, Straden-Schaden/National Pharmacy Technician Association / NPTA |
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1. Getting Certified:
What is a Pharmacy Technician? What is Certification? What is the PTCB? The Exam Criteria. Why Get Certified? Recertification.
2. Assisting the Pharmacist in Serving Patients:
Duties of a Pharmacy Technician. Policies, Procedures and Technicians. Quality Assurance. Defining the Prescription. Scope of Practice. How to Identify Potential Forged/Altered Prescriptions. Reviewing Medication Orders. Patent Profiles and Changes. Reactions and Interactions. Processing the Medication Order. Transferring Prescriptions. Compounding Medications. Compounding Equipment. Intravenous Admixtures. Major Pharmacy Laws. Refilling Prescriptions. The Controlled Substances Act. Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Question Patient/Busy Pharmacist: The Dispensing of Information. Reference Materials. Pharmaceutical Billing. Collecting From a Third Party. Inventory Control. Inventory Management Systems.
3. Maintaining Medication / Inventory Control:
Ordering Systems. Special Ordering and Receiving Circumstances. Medication Storage. Safe Handling of Cytotoxic and Hazardous Materials/Chemicals. Medication Distribution. Automated Dispensing Systems. Crash/Code Carts and Emergency Boxes. Controlled Substances. Investigational Drugs. Removing Stock From Inventory. Bulk Compounding and Repackaging of Pharmaceuticals.
4. Participating in the Administration and Management of Pharmacy:
Knowledge. Skills. Pharmacy Practice. The Business of Pharmacy. Policies and Procedures.
5. Review of Pharmacy Calculations:
Systems of Measurement. Ratios and Proportions. Dosage Calculations. Concentrations. Dilutions. Milliequivalents. Flow Rates. Alligations. Business Math.
6. Pharmacy Law and Ethics:
Frederick II. Federal Food And Drug Act of 1906. International Opium Convention of 1912. Federal Narcotic Drug Act of 1914. Food, Drug And Cosmetic Act of 1938. Durham-Humphrey Amendment of 1951. Kefauver-Harris Amendment of 1962. Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. OBRA '90. HIPPA. Ethics. Consequentialism. Non-Consequentialism. Social Contracts. Ethics of Care. Code of Ethics.
7. Top 200 Drugs
8. Practice Exam I
9. Practice Exam II
10. Practice Exam III
Appendix A: Review of Abbreviations and Terminology
Appendix B: Professional Resources
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