Pharmacology
When a rapid action is desired, what is the preferred route of administration?
Intravenous. (Parenteral)
Digestive juices might break down some medication, and they must be administered through another route. What could the other route be?
Answers may vary, PARENTERAL is the preferred answer.
Name 3 of the 5 patient rights.
Right patient, right time, right route, right drug, right dose.
The act of _______ can be done by the State Board of Pharmacy, The Joint Commission, amongst others, validating the qualifications and the credentials of a facility or person.
credentialing
The year Henry Ford's Model T was introduced to the world.
1908
The drug class for warfarin.
Anticoagulant.
These lipoproteins are considered "good" cholesterol
The abbreviation for REMS, the program used to ensure that the drug benefits outweight the risks.
Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy
Pharmacies have to abide by OSHA if they offer POCT. What is POCT?
Nirvana's lead singer's girlfriend.
Courtney Love.
Pediatric and geriatric patients often require lower doses of drugs than other patients. What is it about their kidney secretion rate that could constitute this?
Their kidney secretion is reduced.
Sorry! Third party question! The PBM is known as the processor of claims. What does PBM stand for?
Pharmacy Benefits Manager.
No known drug allergy.
A patient requests a recommendation for a specific monitoring device to you at a pharmacy. Who may provide the recommendation?
The pharmacist.
Rounding to the nearest million, the population of Phoenix.
2 million. (1.6 million.)
Reduction in rate of gastric emptying.
Antimotility drugs are used to treat what condition?
Diarrhea.
A patient requests a recommendation for a specific monitoring device to you at a pharmacy. Who may provide the recommendation?
The pharmacist.
Refill too soon.
How long is a moment?
90 seconds.
This patient just developed thrush after taking doses of their Advair inhaler over a period of time. What should they have done to avoid thrush?
Rinse their mouth.
This patient is taking a proton pump inhibitor. What are they trying to treat?
GERD. Heartburn.
cash register experience, pharmacy informatics, inventory management, or CPR
After a rejected claim, the insurance has required the prescriber to fill out a letter of medical necessity. What is another phrase for this letter?
Prior authorization.
Before being called a computer mouse, what was the device previously called?
A turtle.