Community Pharmacy Handbook

A survival guide for community pharmacists providing information in easily digestible form.

Pharmacy is the nation's third largest health profession, with nearly 200,000 licensed pharmacists in the United States and 125,000 practicing in community pharmacies. It is in community settings where pharmaceutical care will be judged, accepted, and ultimately paid for. Pharmaceutical Care: Insights from Community Pharmacists introduces the conce

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This handbook is the definitive quick reference guide to clinical pharmacy, providing practising and student pharmacists with a wealth of practical information.

Get up to speed on everything there is to know about community pharmacy! This unmatched resource provides the tools you need to operate, manage, and advance community pharmacy. The authors have gathered information from practicing community pharmacists to deliver the most salient information you need to know. Community Pharmacy Practice Guidebook covers everything from operations and financial aspects to hiring/managing staff and important quality metrics within the community pharmacy practice setting. Delivering real-world content and practical applications for building the specific skills you need to succeed; it helps you create innovative solutions to optimize business and patient-related outcomes through clinical and value-added services specific to the community. Features Practice questions at the beginning and end of each chapter to test your knowledge. Each chapter includes practical application cases to build problem-solving skills related to community pharmacy. Real-life anecdotes, not just fictional situations, that provide a clear picture of how community pharmacy actually works. Coverage of community pharmacy models, legal considerations, pharmacy ownership and entrepreneurship, workflow optimization, human resources management, inventory, the role of technology, payment models and methods, clinical and value-added services, risk management, quality metrics, and more.

Completely revised and updated throughout, this new edition of the best-selling title in community pharmacy continues to provide an essential reference for undergraduate and pre-registration pharmacy trainees. Features: New sections on menstrual bleeding and weight loss. Clearly structured by basic anatomy, history-taking and body system. Fully illustrated throughout. Boxes throughout: trigger points indicative of referral; hints and tips. Tables throughout: differential diagnosis (key questions for each condition); evidence-based OTC medication; practical prescribing; product selection. Self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter. Expanded case studies at the end of each chapter Covers all the most common conditions and gives evidence to back up over-the-counter (OTC) recommendations. Puts the presenting symptoms into the primary-care context. Suggests which questions to ask to narrow down the possible diagnoses. Gives schematic summaries of how to arrive at a diagnosis. Evidence-based boxes as a guide for OTC medication. Practical prescribing summary tables. Hints and tips boxes for product use. Self-assessment sections. Case studies at the end of chapters. Colour images of important conditions. Chapter on specific product requests. Useful websites.

Community Pharmacy: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment 4e continues to be the trusted guide to differential diagnosis of symptoms commonly seen by Australian and New Zealand community pharmacists. The fourth edition has been carefully and thoroughly revised and reflects changes to over-the-counter drug scheduling and new over-the-counter drugs. In addition, the text highlights trends in pharmacy education and practice, with an emphasis on counselling, communication skills, evidence-based practice and customer requests specific to Australia and New Zealand. 'Practice points' - tips on how to counsel patients about medications Image library to help diagnose common presentations Legal and ethical considerations for medication supply Referral protocols for pharmacist-only medicines Tips on managing specific product requests An eBook included in all print purchases Additional resources on Evolve eBook on VitalSource Student and instructor resources Additional images for ophthalmology, dermatology, stings and bites and musculoskeletal conditions eChapters - 'Evidence-based pharmacy practice' and 'Wound management' Case studies Instructor resources Image collection Additional online content about wound care, stings and bites, ophthalmology, dermatology and musculoskeletal presentations to assist with accurate diagnosis Introduction updated with legal and ethical considerations surrounding medication supply/non-supply Chapter 10 Special Product Requests now incorporates naloxone injection An eBook included in all print purchases