The Pharmacy Technician, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

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Product Description
The Pharmacy Technician is a comprehensive survey of pharmacy regulation and practice for technicians. It contains self-paced study aids and over 400 full color illustrations. A companion Workbook and Certification Review containing over 800 exercises with answers is available. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher
The Pharmacy Technician has been extensively class tested and is currently shipping in a corrected second printing. First printing typos and errata have been corrected. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 424 pages
• Publisher: Morton Publishing Company; 2nd edition (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089582650X
• ISBN-13: 978-0895826503
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #191,194 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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68 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars WOULDN'T BE BAD IF THEY COULD GET IT RIGHT, September 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Pharmacy Technician (Paperback)

The information presented is fairly easy to understand, interesting, and seems to be thorough. So what's the problem? I have to say, I would absolutely love the textbook and its corresponding workbook if it wasn't for one truely frustrating aspect - there are way too many errors. It's incredible! Here's an example - a question regarding roman numeral conversions (pg 38 wkbk)- what is 14 in roman numerals? well, anybody who's gone through grade school could tell you it's XIV - the answer key tells you it's CIV (104!!). How about this one (pg 85 txt) - convert 1mg to g: ok, i'm thinking - DUH - .001g - correct answer, according to the answer key is .011g -- Now, this is not quite a big deal when it's very easy to tell the book is wrong (yet, again) - but then, when you get into more difficult calculations and you can't trust the answer key, it becomes very frustrating. When you take into account the fact that you've spent over $60 for the text and workbook and you can't count on the information to be correct it becomes enraging. There are also a plethora of idiotic typos to furthur insult you for sending these people your money. Example (pg 108 txt) convert 120 mcg to mg - answer according to the key: 120 mcg = 0.12 mcg - that's 0.12 MCG not MG. Or, how about his - convert 50% to a decimal. Answer according to the key: 50/100. Now, the last time I checked that was something called a fraction - a decimal looked more like this: .50 - This isn't even the tip of the iceberg. I just have one question for Morton Publishing Co...Do you guys happen to employ anyone there called an EDITOR? I just hope to God you all don't have anything to do with the answer keys the PTCB is holding in their possession. If you do, I quit now.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Textbook for Pharmacy Technician Program, February 28, 2001

By	QuickTestPrep (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Pharmacy Technician (Paperback)

If you have never worked in a pharmacy before and want to pass the pharmacy technnician certification exam, then you need more than just a certification review book. You will also need a textbook that explains comprehensively pharmacy laws and the operating procedures of a typical pharmacy. Because it isn't a certification review, be aware that it doesn't have enough practice problems. Overall, it is an excellent textbook to use with a workbook.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Only Book a Pharmacy Technician Will Ever Need!, July 16, 1999

By	Deanna Judia ([e-mail]) (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Pharmacy Technician (Paperback)

This wonderful book combines text and visuals to provide the most complete Pharmacy Technician book ever written. The authors of this book have done an outstanding job in bringing us an easy to read, easy to understand book on this subject. Take it from me a Pharmacy Technician student if you buy only one book BUY THIS ONE !!