Drugs obtained from plant sources include:

1.   ?    Morphine, atropine, digitalis
2.   ?    Aspirin, epinephrine, alcohol
3.   ?    Calcium, magnesium, iodine
4.   ?    None of these

The term "proprietary name" is synonymous with:

1.   ?    Generic name
2.   ?    Drug name
3.   ?    Never important
4.   ?     Trade name

Safety considerations to remember when administering drugs include:

1. Assuring the orders received from medical control are clearly
understood.
2. Using aseptic technique throughout the drug administration
procedure.
3. Checking the medication expiration date and clarity of the
medication.
4. Carefully recapping needles after medication administration.
5. Monitoring the patient for possible adverse effects.

1.   ?    1, 2, 3 only
2.   ?    1, 2, 3, 5 only
3.   ?    1 only
4.   ?    1 and 2 only

Diazepam is supplied as 10 mg in 2 mL pre-filled syringes. You have been instructed to administer 2 mg of diazepam. The volume (in milliliters) that you must deliver to administer the correct dose is:

1.   ?    0.4 mL
2.   ?    3.5 mL
3.   ?    1.0 mcg
4.   ?    1.5 mL

Naloxone (Narcan) is classified as a narcotic antagonist. The term "antagonist" means:

1.   ?    A drug that is an alpha-beta drug
2.   ?    The action of one drug upon another making it twice as powerful
3.   ?    A drug or substance that stimulates action
4.   ?    A drug or substance that exerts an opposite action to another

You have been instructed to infuse 150 milliliters per hour of normal saline. Your administration set delivers 10 gtts/mL. How many drops per minute must be delivered to infuse the solution as instructed?

1.   ?    80
2.   ?    75
3.   ?    5
4.   ?    25

A drug mixed in a firm base that melts at body temperature is a(an):

1.   ?    Solution
2.   ?    Capsule
3.   ?    Suppository
4.   ?    Unstable drug

You have been instructed to infuse 45 milliliters per hour of 5% dextrose in water. Your administration set delivers 60 gtts/mL. How many drops per minute must be delivered to infuse the solution as instructed?

1.   ?     1
2.   ?    60
3.   ?    45
4.   ?    25

The name under which a drug is listed in the United States Pharmacopeia is known as that drug`s:

1.   ?    Trade name
2.   ?    Official name
3.   ?    Unofficial name
4.   ?    Important name

You have been instructed to infuse one-half liter of normal saline over 30 minutes. Your administration set delivers 10 gtts/mL. How many drops per minute will need to be delivered to infuse the solution as instructed?

1.   ?     Wide open
2.   ?    15
3.   ?    167
4.   ?    35