Pharmacy practice manual : a guide to the clinical experience / edited by Larry E. Boh and Lloyd Y. Young

Includes index.

Overview of health care system -- Professional practice experiences : goals, objectives, and activities -- Standards of professional conduct -- Providing drug information -- Physical examination -- Clinical laboratory tests -- Diagnostic procedures -- Home test kits and monitoring devices -- Drug administration -- Fluid and electrolyte therapy -- Enteral nutrition -- Parenteral nutrition -- Common calculations in pharmacy practice -- Clinical pharmacokinetics -- Clinical drug monitoring -- Documentation in pharmacy practice : a pharmacist-lawyer's perspective -- Over-the-counter drug therapy -- Patient consultation in the cycle of patient care -- Public health practices -- Approached to evaluating drug-related problems -- Appendices : Medical abbreviations, terms, and notations -- Common anatomic terms.

Provides pharmacy students with a reference source for their introductory clerkship and is a clinical clerkship manual designed for pharmacy students. This book intends to ease the transition from classroom to experiential training.