WGU C467 PA Pharm
What type of study provides the highest level of evidence to guide decisions about drug therapy?
- ✔✔Systematic review
What is the name of the 1820 publication in which physicians first listed drug standards? –
✔✔U.S. Pharmacopia (USP)
How do phase I clinical trials differ from phase II clinical trials in the drug testing process? –
✔✔Phase I trials use small groups of healthy volunteers, and phase II trials use large groups of
people with the disease the drug is intended to treat.
A client tells the nurse about being in a drug study intended to treat diabetes, but the client does
not have diabetes.
Which phase of the FDA drug approval process has the client described? – ✔✔Phase I clinical
trial
An error did not harm the patient but required extra monitoring to avoid harm to the patient.
According to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
(NCC MERP) Index, which error category does this fall under? – ✔✔Category D
According to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
(NCC MERP) Index for categorizing medications errors, what constitutes a category B error? –
✔✔The error did not reach the patient.
Which step in the drug approval process is intended to identify harmful drug effects in a larger
population? – ✔✔Post-marketing surveillance
What restriction does the U.S. Controlled Substance Act of 1970 place on Level II drugs? –
✔✔Refills are not permitted for drugs in this category.
What requirement does the U.S. Controlled Substance Act of 1970 place on hospitals and
pharmacies? – ✔✔To register with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Which prescription drugs are prohibited from being phoned to the pharmacy? – ✔✔Schedule II
Drugs
What is the definition of pharmacokinetics? – ✔✔How the body handles medications
What factor affects the absorption of medications? – ✔✔The degree of ionization of a drug
Which statement is true about polypharmacy? – ✔✔It is the taking of multiple drugs
concurrently.