Is math a crucial skill to be a successful Pharmacy Technician?
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I have worked in a Pharmacy before, in a large hospital, transporting drugs and refilling supplies. However I am taking a new position which involves actual dispending, packaging and sterile preperation of drugs. My math skills are not very strong. Will I have a problem doing my job?
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I have worked in a Pharmacy before, in a large hospital, transporting drugs and refilling supplies. However I am taking a new position which involves actual dispending, packaging and sterile preperation of drugs. My math skills are not very strong. Will I have a problem doing my job?
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Tags: Drugs, Math Skills, Pharmacy Technician
May 2nd, 2009 at 1:17 am
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If you feel as if you are not great at math, you need to ask for refresher courses or have the person leaving the job tutor you. Even if all of the mathematical calculations are provided for you, you should still be able to do the calculations yourself to double check the labels and ensure the correct packaging/concentration of the drug.
May 2nd, 2009 at 3:44 am
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If your basic math skills aren’t all that strong, then you may want to take some refresher courses or go out and buy actual math books to help you brush up. But if we’re talking about advanced math, then you don’t need it and won’t need it for this career or the real world. All you need in life when it comes to math are just the basics. You’ll need ALL the basics! When it comes to advanced math, you don’t need a lot (or be a genius). You just need enough to get you by!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:04 am
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The skill you will need most while dispending drugs is a sense of proportion. This is the same skill that cooks need when they prepare food
However, as a pharmacist, your job carries a lot of responsibility, since your actions will impact many lives. Instead of studying up the entire Maths syllabus (which may scare you off), you may want to look up those chapters that are relevant to your job.
Do remember that “maths skills are not very strong” neednt be a permanent problem. Get someone to help you with the concepts, and soon you may find that Maths isnt the demon that it is perceived to be.
Good luck with your job.
May 7th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
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Yep, it sure is especially working in a hospital (working in the IV room preparing chemo bags). Yes, you will have problems if you are not swift with math. There will be times that a drug is a STAT and you can’t spend too much time figuring out this and that eventhough a pharmacist will check your work before it goes out.