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1.A total daily dosage is 100 mg tablets, given bid with two tablets each dose. How many milligrams must each tablet be if the tablets are given whole (not divided)?
25 mg 50 mg 75 mg 100 mg 200 mg
2. Order Phenobarbital 30 mg. Available: Phenobarbital gr 1/4. Dose to be given: _____
3. Most nonparenteral medications are prescribed in the __________ system.
apothecary
household metric milliequivalent unit 4. A physician orders azithromycin 5 mL. How many tsp should be administered? ______
5. Which of the following is not a unit of measure in the apothecary system?
dram grain gram ounce minim
6.Which of the following measurements is most likely not used for the measurement of medications? minim dram ounce grain gallon
7. The following is placed on medications, so if a medication is recalled the patient can be notified and the medication either discarded or returned to the manufacturer.
National Drug Code Lot Number Expiration Date Patient Name
8. Which of the following is not true?
Written orders are preferable to verbal orders. Verbal orders should always be repeated for accuracy. A verbal order may be documented at a later date, as long as the medication has been given when ordered. Legally speaking, any order not documented has not been given.
9.When the patient sees more than one physician for medical conditions, the system of checks and balances becomes even more important because of the chance of
polypharmacy decreased patient safety increased drug interactions all of the above none of the above
10. Factors that affect the doses of medication in the geriatric patient include all of the following EXCEPT
state of hydration electrolyte balance organ function ability to comply with orders socially and economically all of the above affect dosages in geriatrics
11. Absorption rates of oral medications from slowest to fastest are
liquids, capsules, coated tablets, tablets capsules, tablets, suspensions, liquids tablets, capsules, suspensions, liquids suspensions, liquids, capsules, tablets 12.Adverse reactions should be charted in
red ink black ink an obvious place on the patient record a and c b and c 13.The amount of drug circulating in the body is called the drug's
half-life distribution rate blood level accumulation point 14.In the United States, who initiates the process of medical care?
patient pharmacist physician medical assistant 15.The agency responsible for ensuring the efficacy and safety of drugs before they are put on the market is the
DEA FDA BNDD none of the above
16.Consumer safety became an important issue during the latter part of the 20th century because of the
public has become more knowledgeable about medications need to be sure that drugs have the expected therapeutic properties increased numbers of OTC medications all of the above a and c