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Medication Safety & Quality Improvement: pharmacology practice questions

Medication Safety & Quality Improvement is a high-yield area on the PEBC, NAPLEX, OPRA and FPGEE exams. Phartoonz has 45 exam-style Medication Safety & Quality Improvement questions, each written to test the clinical decisions these licensing exams actually reward — mechanism of action, dosing, monitoring parameters, adverse effects, contraindications and patient counseling.

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Sample questions

Sample 1
What is the definition of high-alert medications, according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)?
  • 1Drugs that are administered intravenously and can extravasate.
  • 2Drugs that are associated with a ≥ 2% mortality rate nationally due to medication errors.
  • 3Drugs that cause sedation.
  • 4Drugs that have a heightened risk of causing significant harm when they are used incorrectly.
  • 5Drugs that have an increased risk of anaphylaxis.
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Sample 2
Which of the following categories are considered high-alert medications? (Select ALL that apply.)
  • 1Anticoagulants
  • 2Loop diuretics
  • 3Insulin
  • 4Sedatives
  • 5Opioids
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Sample 3
What is the name of the accreditation body for more than 17,000 health care organizations and programs in the U.S. including hospitals, health care networks, long term care facilities, home care organizations, office-based surgery centers and independent laboratories?
  • 1Institute of Medicine
  • 2The Joint Commission
  • 3Institute for Safe Medication Practices
  • 4National Institutes of Health
  • 5Food and Drug Administration
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