DDS MEDICATION CERTIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
re-certification - ✔✔is done every two years with a exam and a pass and pour
medication therapy - ✔✔ the use of substance to cure like antibiotics for infection
analgesics. for pain prevent disease are vaccines or diagnosis a disease
medication comes from 4 source - ✔✔plants -made from flowers leaves Barks
animals - made from secretions of animals
minerals- mined out of the ground and ocean
synthetics- made in laboratory
name of medications - ✔✔ chemical ,generic and brand
Chemical name - ✔✔the actual chemical composition of the medication
Generic names - ✔✔a shortened more simple name of the chemical name
Trade name - ✔✔known as the brand name
Control drug - ✔✔they must be kept in a locked cabinet separate from non control
medications and a non-removable lockbox (should have 2 locks with different keys)
Receipt disposition sheet - ✔✔record for controlled drugs give by pharmacy
Documentation of controlled drug count - ✔✔shift to shift Med count sheet
,Factors medication effects - ✔✔age ,weight ,gender , diseases nutrition, routes (RAW
GUN)
Effect of medication - ✔✔ THERAPEUTICS EFFECT -the desired effect.
NO APPARENT EFFECT -the drug doses not treat the health problem.
SIDE EFFECTS- any effects of a drug other than the one for which it is administered (
mild but predictable)
ADVERSE EFFECT- severe ,side effects or toxicity caused by the administration of
medication.
ALLERGIC REACTION- hypersensitivity to particular allergens that usually involve skin
mucous membranes and bronchial tube.
ANAPHYLAXIS (anaphylactic)- acute systemic allergic reaction (life threatening).
Antagonistic Reaction - ✔✔decrease the action of another medication.
Synergistic Reaction - ✔✔ increase the action of another medication.
Food to Medication - ✔✔ 1 hour before or 2 hours after
qd - ✔✔every day or once a day
qid - ✔✔4 times a day
q2h - ✔✔every 2 hours
ac - ✔✔before meals
prn - ✔✔as needed
, bid - ✔✔twice a day
q - ✔✔every
q4h - ✔✔every 4 hours
pc - ✔✔after meals
stat - ✔✔immediately
tid - ✔✔3 times a day
qh - ✔✔every hour
qod - ✔✔every other day
hs - ✔✔hour of sleep
ad - ✔✔right ear
od - ✔✔right eye
po - ✔✔by mouth
sl - ✔✔sublingual
QUESTIONS 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
re-certification - ✔✔is done every two years with a exam and a pass and pour
medication therapy - ✔✔ the use of substance to cure like antibiotics for infection
analgesics. for pain prevent disease are vaccines or diagnosis a disease
medication comes from 4 source - ✔✔plants -made from flowers leaves Barks
animals - made from secretions of animals
minerals- mined out of the ground and ocean
synthetics- made in laboratory
name of medications - ✔✔ chemical ,generic and brand
Chemical name - ✔✔the actual chemical composition of the medication
Generic names - ✔✔a shortened more simple name of the chemical name
Trade name - ✔✔known as the brand name
Control drug - ✔✔they must be kept in a locked cabinet separate from non control
medications and a non-removable lockbox (should have 2 locks with different keys)
Receipt disposition sheet - ✔✔record for controlled drugs give by pharmacy
Documentation of controlled drug count - ✔✔shift to shift Med count sheet
,Factors medication effects - ✔✔age ,weight ,gender , diseases nutrition, routes (RAW
GUN)
Effect of medication - ✔✔ THERAPEUTICS EFFECT -the desired effect.
NO APPARENT EFFECT -the drug doses not treat the health problem.
SIDE EFFECTS- any effects of a drug other than the one for which it is administered (
mild but predictable)
ADVERSE EFFECT- severe ,side effects or toxicity caused by the administration of
medication.
ALLERGIC REACTION- hypersensitivity to particular allergens that usually involve skin
mucous membranes and bronchial tube.
ANAPHYLAXIS (anaphylactic)- acute systemic allergic reaction (life threatening).
Antagonistic Reaction - ✔✔decrease the action of another medication.
Synergistic Reaction - ✔✔ increase the action of another medication.
Food to Medication - ✔✔ 1 hour before or 2 hours after
qd - ✔✔every day or once a day
qid - ✔✔4 times a day
q2h - ✔✔every 2 hours
ac - ✔✔before meals
prn - ✔✔as needed
, bid - ✔✔twice a day
q - ✔✔every
q4h - ✔✔every 4 hours
pc - ✔✔after meals
stat - ✔✔immediately
tid - ✔✔3 times a day
qh - ✔✔every hour
qod - ✔✔every other day
hs - ✔✔hour of sleep
ad - ✔✔right ear
od - ✔✔right eye
po - ✔✔by mouth
sl - ✔✔sublingual
