Questions With Complete Solutions
A 25-year-old male comes to the pharmacy to ask
for a recommendation to self-treat nasal
congestion caused by seasonal allergies. Which
resource can the pharmacist use to find the
recommended treatment for his symptoms?
Correct Answers The handbook of nonprescription
drugs
A female patient has recently received a diagnosis
of multiple sclerosis. She wants to do everything
possible to slow down disease progression and the
learn how to effectively self-manage the condition.
The pharmacist can refer her to this website to
learn more about her disease: Correct Answers
MedlinePlus
A female patient requests information on a
sexually transmitted infection. The pharmacist can
refer her to this website: Correct Answers CDC
A hospital pharmacist verifies an order for
amiodarone 200mg BID for a patient being
admitted to the hospital. The patient develops
bradycardia and it is later realized that the
prescriber meant to select amantadine at the same
dose as a continuation of the patient's home
Parkinson disease regimen. The pharmacist can
, report this mistake to: Correct Answers ISMP's
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
A medical resident is writing a prescription for
olopatadine for a patient with allergic
conjunctivitis. He recently heard that some of the
branded formulations for this drug were switched
to OTC and he asks the pharmacist for assistance.
Where can the pharmacist find information in the
OTC status of olopatadine? Correct Answers
Clinical Pharmacology
A medical resident stops by the pharmacy satellite
to inquire if he can use a copy of the "Briggs"
reference guide. He needs to answer a question for
his attending physician before morning rounds. The
medical resident is researching which type of
information? Correct Answers Drugs use in
pregnancy
A new hospital pharmacist is being trained to
evaluate and verify orders for the pediatric
medicine units. Which drug information resource/s
will be most useful to the pharmacist? (Select all
that apply) Correct Answers AHFS Drug
Information
The Harriet Lane Handbook
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Lexicomp