Pharmacology Elsevier questions with correct answers

Which term is used to describe when a patient abuses cough syrup containing dextromethorphan? 1. Robotripping 2. Reye's syndrome 3. Herbal impairment 4. Cough suppression abuse Answer Robotripping --Dextromethorphan is a sedative used in cough syrups (such as Robitussin). Which response by a nurse indicates effective learning about medication error reporting? 1. "The nurse enters the medication errors found only for inpatients." 2. "All hospital pharmacies must have an adverse drug event monitoring program." 3. "Only severe medication errors must be entered in the US Pharmacopeia database." 4. "MedWatch is a program that provides funds to treat medication errors in the patients." Answer "All hospital pharmacies must have an adverse drug event monitoring program." P. 66