FREE CPJE Formulary and Dispensing Medications Questions and Answers

Question 1

After filling the prescription bottle and putting away the stock bottle, what is the next thing you should do right away?

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Record your work

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Tell the patient it's ready

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Label the bottle

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Check the expiration

Question 2

All of the following can be found in the directions section of a medication label, EXCEPT:

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The active ingredients.

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How much medication is to be taken.

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For how long the medication is to be taken.

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Varying dosages depend on the age of the person taking the medication.

Question 3

Which abbreviation means at bedtime?

Accepted Answer

qhs

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ab

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abt

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qbt

Question 4

What are two reasons why proper medication packaging is important?

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To correctly identify medication and to keep medication from being damaged

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To maintain the quality of the medication and to reimburse insurance costs

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To provide individual doses of medication and to ensure the correct quantity of medication

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To provide easy access to medication and to protect medication from contamination

Question 5

What is an open formulary system?

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A system where the patient, organization, or insurance company will provide coverage for formulary and non-formulary medications

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A system where the organization will cover non-formulary medications if the patient cannot cover the cost

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A system where doctors only prescribe medications that the patient has been taking before so it is covered by the insurance company

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A system where the pharmacy accepts any medication to place in the formulary

Question 6

How should you determine whether to collect quantitative or qualitative data when making a medication use evaluation?

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You should make this determination based on the question you are trying to answer.

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You should make this determination based on what kind of medication you are evaluating.

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You should make this determination based on what kind of data is most popular in your population.

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It does not matter whether you use quantitative or qualitative data in an MUE.

Question 7

What is a drug formulary?

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A list of approved medications that can be prescribed by physicians

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A list of generic medications and what they are used for

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A list of accepted diagnoses that are paired with medications

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A list of medical conditions and what medications are used to treat them

Question 8

One role of the pharmacist in the MUE is ________:

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maintaining patient data.

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prescribing medications.

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publishing articles about the outcome of the MUE in medical journals.

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asking patients to opt out of the evaluation.

Question 9

When a pharmacist is conducting a final check for a new prescription of lithium Carbonate extended-release tablets, from among the list below, which auxiliary labels should the pharmacist affix to the container?

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"May lead  to urine discoloration”

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"Do not put on contact lenses when using this medication”

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"Take medication with either food or milk”

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"Avoid exposing to the sun”

Question 10

A pharmacist receives a prescription of Propecia (Finasteride 1mg) from a patient. The prescription is handwritten by a known physician with all required information on a plain piece of paper-not a prescription blank. What should the pharmacist do?

Accepted Answer

Insist that the patient gets the prescription for a formal prescription blank

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Fill in and file the prescription as written by the physician

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Refuse to fill in the prescription as it may be a case of forgery

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Tell the patient who came with the prescription that is a non-prescription medication