WCU PHARM 180 EXAM 1 VERIFIED ACCURATE
STUDY GUIDE | 2026
sentinel event - Answers -unexpected occurrances involving death or serious risk of
physical or psychosocial injury
Med errors are tracked by - Answers -FDA, ISMP, MEDMARX
Controlled drugs are tracked by - Answers -DEA
Schedule V - Answers -Lowest. Used therapeutically without prescription. OTC cough
medicines with codeine.
Schedule IV - Answers -Lower. used therapeutically with prescription. Diazepam,
alprazolam, meprobamate
Schedule III - Answers -Moderate. used therapeutically with prescription. Anabolic
steroids, codeine some barbiturates
Schedule II - Answers -High. used therapeutically with prescription. Morphine, cocaine,
methadone. Doc. needs to fill in new order.
Schedule 1 - Answers -Highest. hardly used. Limited/no therapeutic use. heroin, LSD
Prototype - Answers -Most studied drug, not always the most used. Know.
Know therapeutic and pharmacologic classes
Therapeutic - Answers -what you are treating it for. i.e. antihypertensive / diuretic
Pharmacologic - Answers -how it is going to work. i.e. B- Blocker, Blocks SNS causing
vasodilation
Allergic Reaction - Answers -acquired hyperesponse of body defenses to a foreign
substance (allergen)
7 rights of drug administration - Answers -Patient
Time
Drug
Dosage
Route
Documentation
?
, STAT - Answers -time frame. 5minutes
ASAP - Answers -30 minutes
NOW Order - Answers -60 min.
PRN - Answers -as needed
Routine - Answers -until doctor changes prescription.
Standby - Answers -written in advance. carried out under specific circumstances .
STAT, ASAP, NOW one time doses
Enteral - Answers -primarily oral, sublingual, bucccal
Topical - Answers -onto skin, rectal, cream, eye drops, inhaler
Parenteral - Answers -injections IVs
Oral - Answers -you lose most of your drug in your stomach digestion and first pass. So
you might need a larger dose
Pharmacokinetics - Answers -how drug moves through body
Pharmodynamics - Answers -biochemical and physiological effects of drugs on the bod
Absorption - Answers -most drug is lost in stomach, liver. Higher absorption rate- going
to get absorbed to body quicker.
Metabolism - Answers -once it hits the liver, drug is active then changes in liver
becomes inactive. Check PT liver for liver function.
Excretion - Answers -drug getting rid off; kidney. Check Kidney function.
Onset when drug begins to work
Why is it important to check Albumin levels? - Answers -Drugs bind to albumin. While
they are combined, drug is inactive, has to be released to cells, as long as it is hooked
up with Albumin , it cannot be released in the blood. Low albumin levels= more like a
flood getting in there.
phosphate tests for liver function - Answers -ALT, AST, ALP. If liver not functioning
properly, can have problem with toxicity
First pass effect - Answers -Liver deactivates some of the drug.
Renal tests - Answers -BUN & creatinine clearance
STUDY GUIDE | 2026
sentinel event - Answers -unexpected occurrances involving death or serious risk of
physical or psychosocial injury
Med errors are tracked by - Answers -FDA, ISMP, MEDMARX
Controlled drugs are tracked by - Answers -DEA
Schedule V - Answers -Lowest. Used therapeutically without prescription. OTC cough
medicines with codeine.
Schedule IV - Answers -Lower. used therapeutically with prescription. Diazepam,
alprazolam, meprobamate
Schedule III - Answers -Moderate. used therapeutically with prescription. Anabolic
steroids, codeine some barbiturates
Schedule II - Answers -High. used therapeutically with prescription. Morphine, cocaine,
methadone. Doc. needs to fill in new order.
Schedule 1 - Answers -Highest. hardly used. Limited/no therapeutic use. heroin, LSD
Prototype - Answers -Most studied drug, not always the most used. Know.
Know therapeutic and pharmacologic classes
Therapeutic - Answers -what you are treating it for. i.e. antihypertensive / diuretic
Pharmacologic - Answers -how it is going to work. i.e. B- Blocker, Blocks SNS causing
vasodilation
Allergic Reaction - Answers -acquired hyperesponse of body defenses to a foreign
substance (allergen)
7 rights of drug administration - Answers -Patient
Time
Drug
Dosage
Route
Documentation
?
, STAT - Answers -time frame. 5minutes
ASAP - Answers -30 minutes
NOW Order - Answers -60 min.
PRN - Answers -as needed
Routine - Answers -until doctor changes prescription.
Standby - Answers -written in advance. carried out under specific circumstances .
STAT, ASAP, NOW one time doses
Enteral - Answers -primarily oral, sublingual, bucccal
Topical - Answers -onto skin, rectal, cream, eye drops, inhaler
Parenteral - Answers -injections IVs
Oral - Answers -you lose most of your drug in your stomach digestion and first pass. So
you might need a larger dose
Pharmacokinetics - Answers -how drug moves through body
Pharmodynamics - Answers -biochemical and physiological effects of drugs on the bod
Absorption - Answers -most drug is lost in stomach, liver. Higher absorption rate- going
to get absorbed to body quicker.
Metabolism - Answers -once it hits the liver, drug is active then changes in liver
becomes inactive. Check PT liver for liver function.
Excretion - Answers -drug getting rid off; kidney. Check Kidney function.
Onset when drug begins to work
Why is it important to check Albumin levels? - Answers -Drugs bind to albumin. While
they are combined, drug is inactive, has to be released to cells, as long as it is hooked
up with Albumin , it cannot be released in the blood. Low albumin levels= more like a
flood getting in there.
phosphate tests for liver function - Answers -ALT, AST, ALP. If liver not functioning
properly, can have problem with toxicity
First pass effect - Answers -Liver deactivates some of the drug.
Renal tests - Answers -BUN & creatinine clearance
