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What is the abbreviation for BID

What is Twice a day

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How many hospitals are in Georgia?
118
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What job involves handling radioactive materials for medical procedures?
Nuclear pharmacist
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What does this abbreviation mean? d.t.d.
give of such doses
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What is the greatest p value needed to determine statistical significance (usually)?
0.05
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What year was the H1N1 virus outbreak?
2009
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What movie featured poor administration of an Epi pen during drug overdose?
Pulp Fuction
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What pharmacist specializes in the preparation of nonsterile (and sometimes sterile) preparations that are not commercially available?
Compounding pharmacist
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u.d.
Use as directed
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What does HIPAA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act
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What decade did hospital pharmacy begin to develop?
1920's (due to prohibition)
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What was the first state that required pharmacists to be licensed?
Louisiana
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Where does a closed door pharmacist usually work?
Long-term care facility
300
M.ft
mix and make
300
What is epidemic influenza?
Influenza within a population
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What is the oldest professional pharmacy organization?
APhA
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What is the nation's most-prescribed drug?
Synthroid (levothyroxine)
400
What type of pharmacist is involved in market research, regulatory affairs, and clinical development?
Industry pharmacist
400
What does this abbreviation mean? a.u.
Both ears
400
What is DASH diet stand for?
Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension
500
1821 (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy)
What year was the first college to train pharmacists in the U.S. founded?
500
Which amino acid in turkey is rumored to be the cause of sleepiness?
Tryptophan
500
What type of pharmacist employs health information and communications technology to develop systemized approaches to patient care using evidence-based medicine and other clinical decision-making tools?
Informatics Pharmacist
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What does this abbreviation mean? o.d.
right eye
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Define primary literature?
The original published research
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