Institutional Pharmacy Examination

Institutional Pharmacy Examination 1. In the hospital setting, all medications are ordered by the physician through: - prescriptions - medication orders - verbal orders - telephone orders - medication orders 2. The primary disadvantage of wholesaler purchasing is: - higher acquisition costs of the pharmaceuticals - longer delivery times - increased inventory costs - increased personnel commitment to the purchasing process - higher acquisition costs of the pharmaceuticals 3. The primary reason for keeping emergency medications in a crash cart is to supply ___. - medications that are commonly used in a code situation - medications and supplies that are not stored as floor stock - medications that are used to treat chronic cardiac or respiratory conditions - now and stat medications to the nursing staff - medications that are commonly used in a code situation 4. With a 24 -hour medication cart exchange system, the final check is usually done by a: - pharmacist - pharmacy tech - head nurse - charge nurse - pharmacist 5. Which of the following is a quasi -legal organization that has defined a standard of practice for pharmacy departments with certain policies and procedures having a defined content? - American Society of Health -System Pharmacists - American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists - American Pharmacists Association - American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy - American Society of Healthy -System Pharmacists 6. A system in which the physician enters the medication order into the hospital information system is called the ___. - SEDE - KOTA - GYMI - CPOE - CPOE 7. Which system of purchasing medications would a large hospital probably use? - independent purchasing - group purchasing - coalition purchasing - none of the above - independent purchasing 8. The automated processing of medication orders also results in: - generation of patient profiles - medication labels being produced - medication administration records being produced - all of the above - all of the above 9. Failure to understand how the billing process works will cause errors in all of the following, except: - coverage - reimbursements - inventory - payment - inventory 10. The document that outlines the guidelines for operation of a hospital pharmacy is called the ___. - standard precautions - operation guidelines - policy and procedure manual - none of the above - policy and procedure manual 11. Which type of policies and procedures are related to the control of Human Resources and with relationships with other departments and the administration? - professional policies and procedures - administrative policies and procedures - patient care services policies and procedures - dispensing policies and procedures - administrative policies and procedures