CT DDS MED CERT EXAM SCRIPT 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔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
✔✔Sprinkled drugs - ✔✔May be opened and placed on food but CAN NOT be crushed
or chewed
✔✔G-Tubes and J-Tubes - ✔✔Requires additional training from your nurse
✔✔When pouring liquid medication the cup must be - ✔✔- On a flat surface
- At eye level
- The label towards your palm
✔✔Buccal - ✔✔Medication is placed between the cheek and the gum
✔✔Both sublingual and buccal are - ✔✔Absorbed directly into the bloodstream and are
good on emergencies
✔✔Nebulizer - ✔✔Takes about 10 minutes
, ✔✔____ insert cotton tipped swabs into the ears - ✔✔Never
✔✔Have the person remain positioned with treated was up for _____ minutes so the
drops will remain in the ear canal - ✔✔3-5
✔✔How would you apply lotions to the body? - ✔✔Apply by patting on (has a local
effect)
✔✔How would you apply powders? - ✔✔- Put powder on glove or gauze to apply
* Too much powder causes caking and irrational
* Caution that none of the particles are inhaled
✔✔Never insert nasal drops more than ____ into the nostril - ✔✔3/8"
✔✔For nasal drops keep head tilted for ____ minutes to prevent loss of medication -
✔✔3-5
✔✔Suppositories melts at - ✔✔Body temperature (98.6 degrees F)
✔✔Suppositories act within _____ minutes - ✔✔15-30
✔✔Suppositories requires person to be in the _____ position - ✔✔Sims
✔✔How far should the suppositories be inserted into the anus? - ✔✔3-4 inches
✔✔Enemas act within 15-30 minutes - ✔✔True
✔✔Enemas requires person to be in the ______ position - ✔✔Sims
✔✔Vaginal medication are administered in the ______ ________ position - ✔✔Dorsal
Recumbent position
✔✔What is CNS? - ✔✔Central Nervous System
✔✔CNS work on the - ✔✔Brain and spinal cord
✔✔What are the 3 categories of analgesics? - ✔✔- Narcotics
- Non-Narcotics
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID)
✔✔Parkinsonism - ✔✔Tremors, shuffling gait, rigidity, resembles Parkinson's disease
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔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
✔✔Sprinkled drugs - ✔✔May be opened and placed on food but CAN NOT be crushed
or chewed
✔✔G-Tubes and J-Tubes - ✔✔Requires additional training from your nurse
✔✔When pouring liquid medication the cup must be - ✔✔- On a flat surface
- At eye level
- The label towards your palm
✔✔Buccal - ✔✔Medication is placed between the cheek and the gum
✔✔Both sublingual and buccal are - ✔✔Absorbed directly into the bloodstream and are
good on emergencies
✔✔Nebulizer - ✔✔Takes about 10 minutes
, ✔✔____ insert cotton tipped swabs into the ears - ✔✔Never
✔✔Have the person remain positioned with treated was up for _____ minutes so the
drops will remain in the ear canal - ✔✔3-5
✔✔How would you apply lotions to the body? - ✔✔Apply by patting on (has a local
effect)
✔✔How would you apply powders? - ✔✔- Put powder on glove or gauze to apply
* Too much powder causes caking and irrational
* Caution that none of the particles are inhaled
✔✔Never insert nasal drops more than ____ into the nostril - ✔✔3/8"
✔✔For nasal drops keep head tilted for ____ minutes to prevent loss of medication -
✔✔3-5
✔✔Suppositories melts at - ✔✔Body temperature (98.6 degrees F)
✔✔Suppositories act within _____ minutes - ✔✔15-30
✔✔Suppositories requires person to be in the _____ position - ✔✔Sims
✔✔How far should the suppositories be inserted into the anus? - ✔✔3-4 inches
✔✔Enemas act within 15-30 minutes - ✔✔True
✔✔Enemas requires person to be in the ______ position - ✔✔Sims
✔✔Vaginal medication are administered in the ______ ________ position - ✔✔Dorsal
Recumbent position
✔✔What is CNS? - ✔✔Central Nervous System
✔✔CNS work on the - ✔✔Brain and spinal cord
✔✔What are the 3 categories of analgesics? - ✔✔- Narcotics
- Non-Narcotics
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID)
✔✔Parkinsonism - ✔✔Tremors, shuffling gait, rigidity, resembles Parkinson's disease
