MISC.
Calculations
General Counseling
Reconstitution & OTC
Policy & Practice
100

The Air Force was officially established as a separate, independent branch of the military on this date. State the Air Force's birthday.

What is September 18, 1947?

100

A Combivent inhaler has 200 metered doses per inhaler. The sig reads, "Inhale 2 Puffs PO QID." State the amount of days 2 inhalers will last.

What is 50 days?

100

Name the fruit that a patient on Pravachol should not consume.

What is grapefruit?

100

Once reconstituted, Amoxicillin oral suspension is viable for this many days.

What is 14 days?

100

The maximum number of refills allowed on a MS Contin prescription.

What is zero?

200

Name the common rescue inhaler used for asthma attacks.

What is albuterol? or What is Ventolin? or What is ProAir?

200

State the amount of additonal units to add to calculate a correct day supply for insulin.

What is 2 units?

200

State the most common counseling point and what a patient should avoid when taking Metronidazole.

What is do not drink alcohol?

200

State the generic name for Xyzal.

What is Levocetirizine?

200

Under federal law, a 30 day prescription for a Schedule III or IV controlled substance can be refilled a maximum of this many times within a 6-month period.

What is 5 times?

300

The NDC number for Humulin R 10ml mL vial is 00032-8215-01. The first set of numbers represent...

What is the manufacturer?

300

Provider wrote a prescription for an 8-year old for Amoxicillin 250mg/ml to treat otitis media. The sig reads one-half tbsp Q12H x 10 days. Calculate the dispense quantity. 

What is 150ml?

300

A patient is picking up Lantus and wants to know how many days 1 pen will last once it is taken out of the fridge.

What is 28 days?

300

Reconstituted antibiotic suspension Cefdinir usually requires this specific storage condition.

Double points: What is the beyond use date for Cefdinir once it's reconstituted?

What is room temperature?

What is 10 days?

300

Trainee Snuffy went to Reid Pharmacy to pick up his warrior pack medications. List the 3 medications that he should be expecting.

What is cough drops (Chloraseptic or cepacol), Mucinex-D, and Ibuprofen 200mg?

400

A patient picks up two Advair Diskus 250/50mg inhalers and opens them both on the same day. State how long he has before it needs to be discarded.

What is 30 days or 1 month?

400

A prescriber wrote for the patient to inject testosterone 0.5ml IM once weekly and Wilford Hall pharmacy has 1ml vials in stock. Calculate the amount of vials needed last 56 days.

What is 8 vials?

400

A patient comes to the window to pick up their medication for Jardiance. They do not recognize the brand and would like to know the generic. State the name.

What is Empagliflozin?

400

A laminar flow hood must be turned on and running for at least this many minutes before compounding sterile products.

What is 30 minutes?

400

State the mls of water required to flush the Fillmaster when cleaning it.

What is 500mls or 250mls twice?

500

State the animal historically used to make insulin.

What is a pig?

500

An asthma patient has a prescription for Flovent HFA 110mcg. The directions read: "Inhale 2 puffs PO BID." The doctor authorized a quantity of "3 inhalers" on the transmission. State the total day supply for the entire order.

Double points: State the amount of puffs in  Flovent

What is 90 days?

What is 120 puffs?

500

A patient is taking Symbicort 1 puff PO BID. State the counseling point found on prescriptions, to do after each use.

Double points: State the infection that would be avoided. 

What is rinse your mouth after each use? 

What is thrush?

500

Name a supplement that is also a food found in the produce section that can be used to treat nausea, motion sickness, and lower blood pressure.

What is ginger?

500

Recite the last stanza of the Airman's Creed starting with the last, "I am an American Airman..."

What is "I AM AN AMERICAN AIRMAN.
WINGMAN, LEADER, WARRIOR.
I WILL NEVER LEAVE AN AIRMAN BEHIND,
I WILL NEVER FALTER,
AND I WILL NOT FAIL."