KS—Certified Medication Aide Practice Exam 2024 Questions and Answers (2024 / 2025) (Verified Answers)PDF
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Course
CMA- certified medication aide
Institution
CMA- Certified Medication Aide
1. 3 Factors that affect drug absorption
ANS?Age, Sex, Weight
2. Seven Rights of Drug Administration
ANS 1.) Right Resident 2.) Right Drug3.) Right Dose 4.) Right route 5.) Right time 6.) Right Documentation 7.) Right Tech- nique
3. Which of the following must you have completed to become a CMA...
KS—Certified Medication Aide Practice
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1.3 Factors that affectdrug absorptio n
ANS?Age, Sex, Weight
2.Seven Rights of Drug Administration
ANS 1.) Right Resident 2.) Right Drug3.) Right Dose 4.) Right route 5.) Right time 6.) Right Documentation 7.) Right Tech- nique
3.Which of the following must you have completed to become a CMA
ANS A total of 75 course hours
-50hrs in class
-25hrs in clinical
4.While you are giving medications as CMA, your good friend Pat comes up to the medication cart to talk to you. She is finished with her work and is telling you in detail about her date the evening before. What will you do?
ANS Explain to Pat that you will have to hear about it later, after you give the, medications.
5.When you are giving medications to Mr.Smith you accidently give him two
aspirin tablets instead of the one tablet that is ordered. As soon as he has swallowed the aspirin you realize your mistake what will you do? ANS Immediately tell the nurse/your supervisor
6.You are scheduled to work on Tuesday the 12th from 3pm to 11 pm when you wake up Tuesday morning at 10 you feel sick. When should you call your supervisor to tell him you will not be able to come in to work?
ANS 10 am
7.Normal Blood Pressure
ANS 120/80 = baseline
8.Give Isopto Carpine 2 gtt od TID what will you give?
ANS 2 drops of isopto carpine in the right eye three times a day
9.Delcort 1% ointment BID to Rash what does this mean?
ANS Delcort ointment twice a day applied topically to rash
10.Mr. Washington has orders for a medicine called Lipitor an "
antihyperlipi- demic" This medicine is given to what
ANS Work against high fat(bad cholesterol) in the blood
11.When you take Mr. Wu's blood pressure you hear heartbeats immediatley upon releasing the thumb screw of the cuff what will you do?
ANS Wait three minutes with the cuff off repeat the blood pressure and pump the cuff 30 mmhg higher than you did on the first attempt
12.While working as a CMA the nursing supervisor tells you to report any signs of fluid retention in Mr.Jones what will you look for?
ANS Weight gain and Edema
13.Mrs White has a new heart medication she complains of feeling dizzy, es-
pecially when she stands up suddenly . Which of the following
cardiovascular side effects might she be experiencing?
ANS Decreased Blood Pressure
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