CT DDS MED EXAMS TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔gtts - ✔✔Drops
✔✔T - ✔✔1
✔✔TT - ✔✔2
✔✔TTT - ✔✔3
✔✔The 5 Rights - ✔✔CT DDS
✔✔The 5 Rights must be - ✔✔Checked three times before administrating medication
(Rule of Three)
✔✔Who is considered an authorized prescriber that can give orders? - ✔✔Physician
APRN
Dentist
PA
✔✔Who can accept a telephone or verbal order? - ✔✔Nurse and Pharmacist
✔✔Do not give medication - ✔✔If labels cannot be read
*notify nurse and pharmacist
*pour liquids with the label facing the palm of your hand to prevent liquids from
damaging the label
✔✔Meds that need refrigeration need to be kept between - ✔✔36-46 degrees
✔✔Local effect - ✔✔The effect of medication is confined to the site of application
, ✔✔Systemic effect - ✔✔The effect of the medication involves the body as a whole
rather than its parts
✔✔Medication dissolves in the - ✔✔GI contents
✔✔Medication is metabolized by the - ✔✔Liver
✔✔Medication is excreted by the - ✔✔Kidney
✔✔Always call the nurse before a PRN is administered? T or F - ✔✔True
✔✔_________ medications cannot be prescribed as a PRN - ✔✔Psychotropic
✔✔It may take __ to __ minutes for tablet medication to work - ✔✔30,60
✔✔What are the advantages of tablet medication? - ✔✔- Can be pumped out of the
stomach (gastric lavage) if overdoes occur
- Easy to administer, inexpensive
✔✔What are the disadvantages of tablet medication? - ✔✔- Not good in an emergency
- Taste can be unpleasant
- Absorption is unpredictable because we are all different
✔✔What forms of medication cannot be crushed? - ✔✔- Tablets Enteric Coating
- Tablets Time Released
✔✔What are the advantages of enteric coating tablets? - ✔✔Will not cause stomach
upset
✔✔What are the disadvantages of enteric coating tablets? - ✔✔Can not be crushed or
chewed
✔✔What are the advantages of time released tablets? - ✔✔- Decrease the number of
times per day the meds needs to be taken
- Drug is made to dissolve over a period of time
- Effects last longer
✔✔What are the disadvantages of time released tablets? - ✔✔Do not crush- can cause
overdoes by releasing all the medication at one time
✔✔Scored tablets can not be broken exactly in half. T or F - ✔✔False- they can be
broken exactly in half
✔✔Can the unused half of a scored drug be used again? - ✔✔No, it must be destroyed
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔gtts - ✔✔Drops
✔✔T - ✔✔1
✔✔TT - ✔✔2
✔✔TTT - ✔✔3
✔✔The 5 Rights - ✔✔CT DDS
✔✔The 5 Rights must be - ✔✔Checked three times before administrating medication
(Rule of Three)
✔✔Who is considered an authorized prescriber that can give orders? - ✔✔Physician
APRN
Dentist
PA
✔✔Who can accept a telephone or verbal order? - ✔✔Nurse and Pharmacist
✔✔Do not give medication - ✔✔If labels cannot be read
*notify nurse and pharmacist
*pour liquids with the label facing the palm of your hand to prevent liquids from
damaging the label
✔✔Meds that need refrigeration need to be kept between - ✔✔36-46 degrees
✔✔Local effect - ✔✔The effect of medication is confined to the site of application
, ✔✔Systemic effect - ✔✔The effect of the medication involves the body as a whole
rather than its parts
✔✔Medication dissolves in the - ✔✔GI contents
✔✔Medication is metabolized by the - ✔✔Liver
✔✔Medication is excreted by the - ✔✔Kidney
✔✔Always call the nurse before a PRN is administered? T or F - ✔✔True
✔✔_________ medications cannot be prescribed as a PRN - ✔✔Psychotropic
✔✔It may take __ to __ minutes for tablet medication to work - ✔✔30,60
✔✔What are the advantages of tablet medication? - ✔✔- Can be pumped out of the
stomach (gastric lavage) if overdoes occur
- Easy to administer, inexpensive
✔✔What are the disadvantages of tablet medication? - ✔✔- Not good in an emergency
- Taste can be unpleasant
- Absorption is unpredictable because we are all different
✔✔What forms of medication cannot be crushed? - ✔✔- Tablets Enteric Coating
- Tablets Time Released
✔✔What are the advantages of enteric coating tablets? - ✔✔Will not cause stomach
upset
✔✔What are the disadvantages of enteric coating tablets? - ✔✔Can not be crushed or
chewed
✔✔What are the advantages of time released tablets? - ✔✔- Decrease the number of
times per day the meds needs to be taken
- Drug is made to dissolve over a period of time
- Effects last longer
✔✔What are the disadvantages of time released tablets? - ✔✔Do not crush- can cause
overdoes by releasing all the medication at one time
✔✔Scored tablets can not be broken exactly in half. T or F - ✔✔False- they can be
broken exactly in half
✔✔Can the unused half of a scored drug be used again? - ✔✔No, it must be destroyed
