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Chapter 01: Drug Regulation, Actions, and Responses
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MULTIPLE CHOICE v
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1. Which health care professional has the major responsibility for dispensing v v v v v v
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ANS: D
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responsibility for prescribing drugs, not dispensing them. The licensed nurse v
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under some circumstances a licensed nurse may dispense v v v v
prescribed drugs but this is not hisor her major responsibility in drug
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therapy. The pharmacy technician has themajor
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of dispensing prescribed drugs under the direction v v v
of a licensed pharmacist. v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering v v REF: p. 3
2. Which term describes the v v v v v v effect of a drug v v v v that improves body function? v v
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ANS: B
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also known as atherapeutic response.
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