WGU COURSE D398 INTRO TO PHARMACOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST GUIDE 2024/2025 GRADED A+.
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1. Drug Standards: rules set to assure that consumers get what they pay for, thatall preparations by the same drug
name must be of uniform strength, quality, and purity
2. 1906 Pure Foo...
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WGU COURSE D398 INTRO TO
PHARMACOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST GUIDE 2024/2025
GRADED A+.
,1. Drug Standards: rules set to assure that consumers get what they pay for, thatall preparations by the same drug
name must be of uniform strength, quality, and purity
2. 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act: Prohibits the sale and transport of adulteratedor mislabeled food, drinks and drugs.
Prohibits the mislabeling and misbranding of products.
3. 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: created to enforce rules such as labeling,drug approval before release, and
warning labels (such as "may cause drowsiness")
4. 1970 Controlled Substances Act: established the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). This act set strict standards
for abused drugs and required prescribers toregister with the DEA. , who enforces the laws included in this act.
5. controlled substance: A drug that has the potential for addiction and abuse
6. the five schedules: Schedule I includes substances like heroin that have the highest risk of abuse and are not
approved for medical use in the United States. Schedule II includes psychostimulants (e.g., amphetamine) and opioid-
based med-ications (e.g., morphine) that have a high risk of abuse and dependence but have accepted medical uses.
Schedule III includes certain barbiturate sedatives and anabolic steroids with mod-erate to low abuse and dependence
risk.
Schedule IV includes sedative agents like diazepam and phenobarbital, which havea low risk of abuse and dependence.
Schedule V includes drugs used for epilepsy, cough suppressants, and antidiarrhealmedications and has the lowest risk for
abuse and dependence.
7. What is one of the functions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in ensuring consumer safety?:
Investigating and removing unsafe drugs from themarket
8. drug classes: help with identification and safe prescribing of drugs by classifyingthem into specific categories based
on how they act
9. three drug identifiers: a chemical namea generic name
a trade name (brand name)
10. Parenteral: injected with needles or syringes, the fastest way to administer drugs into the body because they
bypass the absorption step and begin actingimmediately
11. topical: absorbed into the body through a certain barrier or membrane, such asthe skin, eyes, lungs, or nasal passages
, 12. Po or Per os: by mouth
13. Bid or Bis in die: Twice daily
14. C or Cum: With
15. Rx or Recipere: Take
16. factor-label method: used to change the unit of measurement for a given drug dose, which allows a professional to
convert a drug dose from one system to another. This method uses equivalent fractions, where the denominator is always
one.
17. rights of drug administration: Right drug or drug formRight client
Right time
Right documentationRight
route
Right techniqueRight
dosage
18. sentinel events: the most severe errors that result in death or significant harmto a client
19. The five steps of medication reconciliation: 1. develop a list of current med-ications
2. develop a list of medications to be prescribed
3. compare the medications on the two lists
4. make clinical decisions based on the comparison
5. communicate the new list to the appropriate caregivers and patient
20. Poison Control number and email: 1-800-222-1222 and aapcc.org
21. ages at most risk of being poisoned: between the ages 1 and 5
22. absorption: how a drug moves from its site of delivery into the bloodstreambefore it can act in the body
23. NG: nasogastric tube
24. PR: rectally (per rectum)
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