WGU D441 PHARMACOLOGY OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT END OF COURSE STUDY
GUIDE LATEST UPDATED ACTUAL TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act.
Answer: Prohibits the sale and transport of adulterated or mislabeled
food, drinks and drugs.
Prohibits the mislabeling and misbranding of products.
⩥ 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Answer: created to enforce rules such as labeling, drug approval before
release, and warning labels (such as "may cause drowsiness")
⩥ 1970 Controlled Substances Act.
Answer: established the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). This act set
strict standards for abused drugs and required prescribers to register with
the DEA. , who enforces the laws included in this act.
⩥ controlled substance.
Answer: A drug that has the potential for addiction and abuse
,⩥ the five schedules.
Answer: Schedule I includes substances like heroin that have the highest
risk of abuse and are not approved for medical use in the United States.
Schedule II includes psychostimulants (e.g., amphetamine) and opioid-
based medications (e.g., morphine) that have a high risk of abuse and
dependence but have accepted medical uses.
Schedule III includes certain barbiturate sedatives and anabolic steroids
with moderate to low abuse and dependence risk.
Schedule IV includes sedative agents like diazepam and phenobarbital,
which have a low risk of abuse and dependence.
Schedule V includes drugs used for epilepsy, cough suppressants, and
antidiarrheal medications and has the lowest risk for abuse and
dependence.
⩥ What is one of the functions of the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) in ensuring consumer safety?.
Answer: Investigating and removing unsafe drugs from the market
⩥ drug classes.
Answer: help with identification and safe prescribing of drugs by
classifying them into specific categories based on how they act
⩥ three drug identifiers.
Answer: a chemical name
,a generic name
a trade name (brand name)
⩥ Parenteral.
Answer: injected with needles or syringes, the fastest way to administer
drugs into the body because they bypass the absorption step and begin
acting immediately
⩥ topical.
Answer: absorbed into the body through a certain barrier or membrane,
such as the skin, eyes, lungs, or nasal passages
⩥ Po or Per os.
Answer: by mouth
⩥ Bid or Bis in die.
Answer: Twice daily
⩥ C or Cum.
Answer: With
⩥ Rx or Recipere.
Answer: Take
, ⩥ factor-label method.
Answer: used to change the unit of measurement for a given drug dose,
which allows a professional to convert a drug dose from one system to
another. This method uses equivalent fractions, where the denominator is
always one.
⩥ rights of drug administration.
Answer: Right drug or drug form
Right client
Right time
Right documentation
Right route
Right technique
Right dosage
⩥ sentinel events.
Answer: the most severe errors that result in death or significant harm to
a client
⩥ The five steps of medication reconciliation.
Answer: 1. develop a list of current medications
2. develop a list of medications to be prescribed
ASSESSMENT END OF COURSE STUDY
GUIDE LATEST UPDATED ACTUAL TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act.
Answer: Prohibits the sale and transport of adulterated or mislabeled
food, drinks and drugs.
Prohibits the mislabeling and misbranding of products.
⩥ 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Answer: created to enforce rules such as labeling, drug approval before
release, and warning labels (such as "may cause drowsiness")
⩥ 1970 Controlled Substances Act.
Answer: established the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). This act set
strict standards for abused drugs and required prescribers to register with
the DEA. , who enforces the laws included in this act.
⩥ controlled substance.
Answer: A drug that has the potential for addiction and abuse
,⩥ the five schedules.
Answer: Schedule I includes substances like heroin that have the highest
risk of abuse and are not approved for medical use in the United States.
Schedule II includes psychostimulants (e.g., amphetamine) and opioid-
based medications (e.g., morphine) that have a high risk of abuse and
dependence but have accepted medical uses.
Schedule III includes certain barbiturate sedatives and anabolic steroids
with moderate to low abuse and dependence risk.
Schedule IV includes sedative agents like diazepam and phenobarbital,
which have a low risk of abuse and dependence.
Schedule V includes drugs used for epilepsy, cough suppressants, and
antidiarrheal medications and has the lowest risk for abuse and
dependence.
⩥ What is one of the functions of the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) in ensuring consumer safety?.
Answer: Investigating and removing unsafe drugs from the market
⩥ drug classes.
Answer: help with identification and safe prescribing of drugs by
classifying them into specific categories based on how they act
⩥ three drug identifiers.
Answer: a chemical name
,a generic name
a trade name (brand name)
⩥ Parenteral.
Answer: injected with needles or syringes, the fastest way to administer
drugs into the body because they bypass the absorption step and begin
acting immediately
⩥ topical.
Answer: absorbed into the body through a certain barrier or membrane,
such as the skin, eyes, lungs, or nasal passages
⩥ Po or Per os.
Answer: by mouth
⩥ Bid or Bis in die.
Answer: Twice daily
⩥ C or Cum.
Answer: With
⩥ Rx or Recipere.
Answer: Take
, ⩥ factor-label method.
Answer: used to change the unit of measurement for a given drug dose,
which allows a professional to convert a drug dose from one system to
another. This method uses equivalent fractions, where the denominator is
always one.
⩥ rights of drug administration.
Answer: Right drug or drug form
Right client
Right time
Right documentation
Right route
Right technique
Right dosage
⩥ sentinel events.
Answer: the most severe errors that result in death or significant harm to
a client
⩥ The five steps of medication reconciliation.
Answer: 1. develop a list of current medications
2. develop a list of medications to be prescribed
