D116 - WGU Unit 5 Transition of Care Questions with complete solution 2026
A person takes
1.What is polypharmacy? multiple medications.
Can be broken down
into its roots: poly
(multiple) and
2. What is referred to as the prescribing cascade? Thepharmacy (med-drug
process whereby
side ef- ications).
fects are misdiagnosed as
symptoms
of another problem, resulting in
fur-ther prescriptions
3. Mrs. T has type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular dis- The patient is taking multiple
med-
ease, and a history positive for MI. The pharma- ications from multiple
providers and
cy calls you to inform you of a clear example of probably needs to discontinue
some
polypharmacy. of them.; The pharmacy and
What is an example of phar-macist are good resources
polypharmacy? to identify duplications in
therapy and overpre-scribing
from multiple providers.
4. he Joint Commission identified which of the fol- Lack of accountability; has
outlined
lowing breakdowns as a contributor to ineffec- the root cause of inettective
transition
tive transitions of care? 6. What is the main
intended benefit of
5. Why is it important to collect medication medica-tion
his-tories as part of the medication reconciliation?
reconciliation process?
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, of care to be lack of
7. accountability.
It ensures a patient's
medications re-main accurate
during transitions of care.
To reduce negative outcomes
result-ing from medication
errors and dis-crepancies;
Reducing negative out-comes
resulting from medication er-
rors and discrepancies is the
crux.
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A person takes
1.What is polypharmacy? multiple medications.
Can be broken down
into its roots: poly
(multiple) and
2. What is referred to as the prescribing cascade? Thepharmacy (med-drug
process whereby
side ef- ications).
fects are misdiagnosed as
symptoms
of another problem, resulting in
fur-ther prescriptions
3. Mrs. T has type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular dis- The patient is taking multiple
med-
ease, and a history positive for MI. The pharma- ications from multiple
providers and
cy calls you to inform you of a clear example of probably needs to discontinue
some
polypharmacy. of them.; The pharmacy and
What is an example of phar-macist are good resources
polypharmacy? to identify duplications in
therapy and overpre-scribing
from multiple providers.
4. he Joint Commission identified which of the fol- Lack of accountability; has
outlined
lowing breakdowns as a contributor to ineffec- the root cause of inettective
transition
tive transitions of care? 6. What is the main
intended benefit of
5. Why is it important to collect medication medica-tion
his-tories as part of the medication reconciliation?
reconciliation process?
1/
8
, of care to be lack of
7. accountability.
It ensures a patient's
medications re-main accurate
during transitions of care.
To reduce negative outcomes
result-ing from medication
errors and dis-crepancies;
Reducing negative out-comes
resulting from medication er-
rors and discrepancies is the
crux.
2/
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