Pharmaceutical Mathematics
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 464
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 464
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Too many students feel that they are “bad at math”, and often, educators and experts in the field know the answers but are unable to explain the process of how they arrived at the correct solution.
Pharmaceutical Mathematics was developed with those ideas in mind – to help future pharmacy technicians learn, and to help educators show the steps involved in the process of finding consistent solutions to all pharmacy math questions. This text focuses on building foundational skills, and then surrounding those skills with sound logical processes with minimal memorization so that students can build solutions to any pharmacy math question using critical thinking as their main tool. With a significant focus on math literacy, students can approach pharmacy math with confidence, ease, and the knowledge that they will never again say that they are “bad at math”. Additionally, students will be prepared for the national exam for licensure by covering basic math problems, conversion between various systems of measurement, adult and pediatric dosage calculations and other advanced calculations including: alligations, body surface area, ratio strengths, percentage strengths, dilutions, and IV flow rates.
Unit 1 Basic Mathematics
Lesson 1 Numbering Systems
Lesson 2 Fractions
Lesson 3 Decimals
Lesson 4 Percent’s
Lesson 5 Ratio’s
Lesson 6 Proportions
Lesson 7 Temperature Systems
Lesson 8 Time
Unit 2 Introduction to Units and Problem-Solving Methodology
Lesson 9 Systems of Measurement and the Metric System
Lesson 10 The Household and Apothecary Measuring System
Lesson 11 Understanding Math Word Problems (Math Literacy)
Lesson 12 The Ratio/Proportion Method
Lesson 13 Multistep Ratio/Proportion Problems
Lesson 14 The Dimensional Analysis Method
Lesson 15 Insulin and Other Unit Calculations
Lesson 16 Compare and Contrast Methodology
Unit 3 Retail Pharmacy Math
Lesson 17 Prescription Reading
Lesson 18 Day Supply Calculations
Lesson 19 Quantity Calculations
Lesson 20 Refills and Total Pills
Lesson 21 Measurements in the Lab
Lesson 22 Accuracy and Percent Error
Lesson 23 Nonsterile Compounding
Unit 4 Pharmacy Business Math
Lesson 24 Inventory Management
Lesson 25 Income, Overhead, and Profit
Lesson 26 Mark Up, Discounts, Depreciation
Lesson 27 Patient Insurance Calculations
Lesson 28 Pharmacy Insurance Calculations
Unit 5 Solution Calculations
Lesson 29 Understanding Solutions
Lesson 30 Concentration Expression
Lesson 31 Concentration Expression: Identities and Dilution Factors
Lesson 32 Alligations
Lesson 33 Solving Solution Problems
Lesson 34 Math Literacy: Solution Problems
Unit 6 Hospital Pharmacy Math
Lesson 35 Powder Volume and Reconstitution
Lesson 36 IV Push and Continuous IV Infusions
Lesson 37 Flow Rate Calculations
Lesson 38 Drop Factor Calculations
Lesson 39 Flow Rate Variations
Unit 7 Pediatric Pharmacy Math
Lesson 40 Reference Text Pediatric Dose Calculations
Lesson 41 Formula and BSA Pediatric Dose Calculations
Lesson 42 Pediatric IV Administration
Lesson 43 Daily Maintenance Needs
Appendix A Math Concepts
Appendix B Visual dosage chart for 30 days
Appendix C Visual dosage chart for 4 weeks
Sara Byars is the Lead Faculty and Clinical Liaison for the Pharmacy Technician department of San Jacinto Community College’s North Campus in Houston, TX, and also holds the role of primary advisor of the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Organization’s Alpha Alpha Omega Chapter. She graduated with honors and holds a bachelor’s degree in Analytical Chemistry from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. She has been a certified and registered pharmacy technician for 15 years, and teaching in this discipline for eight. Her specialties lie in retail, long-term care, and compounding pharmacy, and she is very active in the Pharmacy Technician Educators Council (PTEC), an organization that unites, supports, and empowers educators in the training of pharmacy technicians. She is a wife, mother of a 6-year old girl and 4 dogs, ally, self-proclaimed queen of the nerds, and a very passionate educator.