CT Med Cert Study Guide Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (Verified A+ Pass)
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CT Med Cert Study Guide Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (Verified A+ Pass)
What does Q stand for? - Answers - Every
What does QD stand for? - Answers - Every Day or once daily
What does BID stand for? - Answers - Twice a day
What does TID stand for? - Answers - Three times a d...
CT Med Cert Study Guide Exam
Questions Correct Answers New
Update (Verified A+ Pass)
What does Q stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Every
What does QD stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Every Day or once daily
What does BID stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Twice a day
What does TID stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Three times a day
What does QID stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Four times a day
What does QOD stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Every other day
What does Q2h/Q4h stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Every 2 hours/every 4 hours
What does QH stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Every Hour
What does AC stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Before meals
What does PC stand for? - Answers -✔✔ After meals
What does STAT stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Immediately
What does HS stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Hour of sleep, bedtime
What does AS stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Left ear
What does SL stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Sublingual
What does AU stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Both ears
What does NPO stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Nothing by mouth
What does OD stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Right eye
What does OS stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Left eye
,What does OU stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Both eyes
What does Optic stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Eye
What does Otic stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Ear
What does PR stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Per rectum, rectal
What does cc stand for? - Answers -✔✔ cubic centimeter
What does mcg stand for? - Answers -✔✔ microgram
What does oz stand for? - Answers -✔✔ ounce
What does i stand for? - Answers -✔✔ one
What does gtt stand for? - Answers -✔✔ drop
What does NKA stand for? - Answers -✔✔ No known allergies
What does NKDA stand for? - Answers -✔✔ No known drug allergies
What does Tab stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Tablet
What does Cap stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Capsule
What does Liq stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Liquid
What does NTE stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Not to exceed
What does gm stand for? - Answers -✔✔ gram
What does mg stand for? - Answers -✔✔ milligram
What does tsp stand for? - Answers -✔✔ teaspoon
What does tbsp stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Tablespoon
What does ml stand for? - Answers -✔✔ milliliter
What does MAR stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Medication administration record
What does Supp stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Suppository
,What does D/C stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Discontinue
What does Rx stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Prescription
What does OTC stand for? - Answers -✔✔ Over-the-counter
What are the 5-Rights of Medication Administration? - Answers -✔✔ Right Individual,
Right Time, Right Drug, Right Dose, Right Route
What is an active ingredient? - Answers -✔✔ Component of a drug that produces
desired effect.
What is an inactive ingredient? - Answers -✔✔ Component of a drug other than the
active ingredient.
What is the purpose of right documentation? - Answers -✔✔ To ensure proper
medication administration and record keeping.
What is the chemical name of a medication? - Answers -✔✔ Describes the molecular
structure of the drug.
What is the generic name of a medication? - Answers -✔✔ Short-hand version of the
chemical name.
What is the brand name of a medication? - Answers -✔✔ Developed by the company
requesting approval for the drug.
What is the difference between generic and brand name medications? - Answers -✔✔
Generic names are lowercase, brand names start with uppercase.
Which name is given first, generic or brand? - Answers -✔✔ Generic name is given
before brand name.
What happens when a drug is no longer protected under patent? - Answers -✔✔ It can
be marketed using generic or brand name.
Give an example of a brand name medication. - Answers -✔✔ Tylenol
Give an example of a generic name medication. - Answers -✔✔ Acetaminophen
What are active and inactive ingredients in a medication? - Answers -✔✔ Active
produces desired effect, inactive are other components.
, What is the difference between labeled and off-label use of a drug? - Answers -✔✔
Labeled use is approved by FDA for specific diseases, off-label use is when a licensed
practitioner determines it's appropriate for a different condition.
What does FDA evaluate for a medication's labeled use? - Answers -✔✔ Benefits,
risks, scientific data, safe and effective usage.
What does off-label use of a medication mean? - Answers -✔✔ Using a medication for
a condition other than its approved use.
When is off-label use of a medication considered? - Answers -✔✔ When other
medications have not been successful in treating a specific medical condition.
What is an example of labeled use of a medication? - Answers -✔✔ Treating Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Binge Eating Disorder (BED).
What is an example of off-label use of a medication? - Answers -✔✔ Treating
Depression.
What is the generic name for Zoloft? - Answers -✔✔ Sertraline
What are the labeled uses of Zoloft? - Answers -✔✔ Depression and Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)? - Answers -✔✔ A condition
characterized by excessive and uncontrollable worry.
What are the three documents necessary for safe medication administration? - Answers
-✔✔ Licensed Practitioner's/Prescriber's Order, Medication Administration Record
(MAR), Pharmacy Label.
What is a Licensed Practitioner's/Prescriber's Order? - Answers -✔✔ A written order by
a licensed medical professional to prescribe medication.
What is a Medication Administration Record (MAR)? - Answers -✔✔ A legal record of
the medication(s) ordered for an individual.
What is a Pharmacy Label? - Answers -✔✔ The printed information on a medication
package from a pharmacy.
What information is included on a Pharmacy Label? - Answers -✔✔ The right
individual, time medication is to be administered, drug name, dosage, and route/site.
What is a PRN order? - Answers -✔✔ A medication order that is administered as
needed.
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