Comprehensive Hospital Pharmacy Practice
and Medication Safety UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the components of the Prescribing, order verification/transcribing,
medication use process? dispensing, administering, monitoring
What activities are undertaken Evaluate indication for treatment, consider
during the prescribing step of the treatment options, determine form/route,
medication use process? determine dose, write prescription, consider
patient access
What activities are undertaken Enter order into pharmacy system, evaluate
during the order clinical appropriateness, select product/location,
transcription/verification step? generate product label
, What activities are undertaken Obtain product, perform verification, collect
during the dispensing step? measuring devices, prepare product, affix label,
dispense to proper location
What activities are undertaken Identify need for administration, procure product,
during the administration step? complete additional prep, prepare patient,
administer drug, document administration
What activities are undertaken Identify monitoring parameters, obtain baseline
during the monitoring step? levels, set therapy goals, place monitoring
orders, execute monitoring, communicate results,
interpret results, modify therapy if needed
What health information Clinical Decision Support, order sets, order
technology tools are used in defaults
prescribing?
What health information Automated product selection, linking lab info to
technology tools are used in order order verification
transcription/verification?
What health information Bar Code Assisted Medication Preparation,
technology tools are used in camera tech for dose confirmation, gravimetric
dispensing? tech for QA
What health information Medication Administration Record, Bar Code
technology tools are used in Medication Administration, dose administration
administration? interface
What health information Medication orders linked to monitoring
technology tools are used in parameters, labs displayed within ordering
monitoring? screens, automated messages for monitoring
thresholds
and Medication Safety UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the components of the Prescribing, order verification/transcribing,
medication use process? dispensing, administering, monitoring
What activities are undertaken Evaluate indication for treatment, consider
during the prescribing step of the treatment options, determine form/route,
medication use process? determine dose, write prescription, consider
patient access
What activities are undertaken Enter order into pharmacy system, evaluate
during the order clinical appropriateness, select product/location,
transcription/verification step? generate product label
, What activities are undertaken Obtain product, perform verification, collect
during the dispensing step? measuring devices, prepare product, affix label,
dispense to proper location
What activities are undertaken Identify need for administration, procure product,
during the administration step? complete additional prep, prepare patient,
administer drug, document administration
What activities are undertaken Identify monitoring parameters, obtain baseline
during the monitoring step? levels, set therapy goals, place monitoring
orders, execute monitoring, communicate results,
interpret results, modify therapy if needed
What health information Clinical Decision Support, order sets, order
technology tools are used in defaults
prescribing?
What health information Automated product selection, linking lab info to
technology tools are used in order order verification
transcription/verification?
What health information Bar Code Assisted Medication Preparation,
technology tools are used in camera tech for dose confirmation, gravimetric
dispensing? tech for QA
What health information Medication Administration Record, Bar Code
technology tools are used in Medication Administration, dose administration
administration? interface
What health information Medication orders linked to monitoring
technology tools are used in parameters, labs displayed within ordering
monitoring? screens, automated messages for monitoring
thresholds
