Pharmacy Practice end of course Exam Review || Questions and 100% Accurate Answers.
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During the drug utilization review, an alert for a potential allergy and a drug-drug interaction occurs, what should the technician do? correct answers Alert the pharmacist for guidance
Your pharmacy is being audited by the PBM and is asked to prove Mr. Wilson received a specific medication that...
Pharmacy Practice end of course Exam Review || Questions
and 100% Accurate Answers.
During the drug utilization review, an alert for a potential allergy and a drug-drug interaction
occurs, what should the technician do? correct answers Alert the pharmacist for guidance
Your pharmacy is being audited by the PBM and is asked to prove Mr. Wilson received a
specific medication that has been claimed. What should you do? correct answers Give the auditor
copies of the signature log.
Which of the following herbals should not be taken with warfarin (Coumadin and Jantoven)?
correct answers Gingko
Mrs. Solanus uses Lantus Solostar Pens that are supplied in boxes of 5 pens. Each pen has 3mL
of 100 unit/mL insulin glargine. If her prescription directions are "Inject 45 units subcut at
bedtime," how many boxes will she need for a 90-day supply? correct answers 3
Regular insulin is available as 100 units/mL. You need to make a solution for a continuous
insulin drip with a concentration of 1 unit/mL for a final volume of 50 mL. How much insulin
will need to be added to the normal saline solution? correct answers 0.5 mL
When is a drug with the same active therapeutic ingredient as the brand name product NOT
considered a generic equivalent? correct answers If the drug is in a different salt form.
Blood plasma is slightly alkaline with a pH value of correct answers 7.4
What marking on a prescription drug bottle label means that an official prescription from a legal
prescriber is necessary for dispensing it to a patient? correct answers Rx only
A pharmacist must give the final approval for _______ before the drugs leave the pharmacy.
correct answers Medication Special packaging, unit dose cart fill, and ADC fill lists.
After an INDA has been approved by the FDA, in which stage of the clinical drug studies are
patients with the disease first put on the drug therapy to test effectiveness? correct answers Phase
2
National Drug Codes are unique to every drug: what do the 10 or 11 digits represent? correct
answers Manufacturer, formulation, and packaging.
A pharmacy technician is constantly making errors in preparing medications to fill the automatic
dispensing machine. You try to tell her that she needs to pay attention to details on the filling
lists, but she says you are just criticizing her because you do not like her. What should you do?
correct answers Bring it to the attention of the supervisor to help resolve the issues.
, Timolol ophthalmic solution is available in 5 mL, 10 mL and 15 mL bottles. Mr. Schmidt is
supposed to place 1 drop OS every night at bedtime. His insurance will only pay for a month
supply at a time. Which size bottle should be dispensed? (16 drops = 1 mL is the standard
conversion used by this insurance company.) correct answers 5 mL
Which of these items is a federally exempt non-taxable item? correct answers Walker
A pharmacy check out that utilizes a bar code scanner to pull the price of an item is called a
correct answers a Point of sale cash register
To blend two powders together, you might use the process called correct answers sifting and/or
tumbling.
If a patient uses more than one pharmacy, which component of the profile will not be 100%
complete? correct answers Medication history
Calculate the molecular weight of MgSO4. (atomic weight of Magnesium = 24.31 g, Sulfur =
32.1 g, Oxygen = 16 g) correct answers 120.41 g
A patient has a prescription for the antibiotic doxycycline; yet the patient is taking calcium
supplements for osteoporosis prevention. If taken with calcium, the doxycycline absorption may
be decreased. What type of unintended reaction is this? correct answers Drug interaction
What is the primary advantage of a prime vendor purchasing contract instead of purchasing from
multiple wholesalers and suppliers? correct answers Lower acquisition cost
A 2-year-old child with a body surface area of 0.45 m2 is prescribed methotrexate maintenance
therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The dose is 20 mg/m2 by mouth once a week. What is
the weekly dose for this patient? correct answers 9 mg
According to the CDC, what is the single most important practice for minimizing touch
contamination and reducing transmission of infectious agents? correct answers Hand washing
Which drug is a non-benzodiazepine sedative/hypnotic? correct answers Zolpidem
What is the reason(s) the cost of prescription drugs are outpacing the rate of inflation? correct
answers Manufacturers increase AWP for both brand and generic drugs. Increase in expensive
innovative drugs, and fewer drug patent expiration.
A SVP of penicillin 2 mUnits in 50 mL of D5W will be administered over 20 minutes. What rate
of infusion should be printed on the label? correct answers 150 mL/hr
In 1820, 11 physicians convened to list the standard compounding recipes for common drugs
used in the United States. What was this document called? correct answers US pharmacopoeia
(USP)
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