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MEDICATION AIDE STATE TEST,FINAL EXAM,PRACTICE EXAMAND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
Six rights of medication administration? - ANSWER: Right Resident
Right Time and Date
Right Dosage and Amount
Right Route of Administration
Right Documentation
Extra right of medication administration? - ANSWER: Right Form
The C.M.A. is trained to give medications to residents in what kind of facilities? -
ANSWER: Nursing Homes, Residential Care homes, etc.....
The C.M.A. must know how to read and follow what? - ANSWER: Read and follow
Doctors' orders
The C.M.A. must be able to recognize what? - ANSWER: Side effects of medications
The C.M.A. must know when to contact who before giving what? - ANSWER: A
supervisor; medication
To become a C.M.A. you must meet what criteria? - ANSWER: 18 years of age or
older, high school diploma or GED, worked for at least 6 months as a C.N.A.,
successfully complete a C.M.A. course, and pass the state test.
Good qualities to have as a C.M.A.? - ANSWER: Honest, responsible, dependable, and
detail-oriented.
Why must a C.M.A. be honest? - ANSWER: If you make a mistake or error admit it.
Why must a C.M.A. be responsible and dependable? - ANSWER: You will come to
work when your scheduled and be on time.
Why must a C.M.A. be detail-oriented? - ANSWER: Careful about little things and
checking 3 times.
When giving medications it's good to? - ANSWER: Check 3 times to make sure your
accurate.
Four duties of a C.M.A.? - ANSWER: Read and follow doctors orders, recognize side
effects of medications and know when to contact a supervisor before giving a
medication.
, What are the rights of the residents as they apply to medication administration? -
ANSWER: Right to privacy and confidentiality
Right to be treated with respect
Right to be free from chemical restraints
Right to refuse medication and treatments
One aspirin tablet is equivalent to what? - ANSWER: 5 grains
The majority of medications are ordered and dispensed in what form of
measurement? - ANSWER: Metric System
Medicines are ordered by weight or by what? - ANSWER: Volume
Weight is measured in what? - ANSWER: Grams, milligrams, and micro-grams
Dry medication is measured in what? - ANSWER: Grams, milligrams, and micro-grams
Medicines ordered by volume are what? - ANSWER: Liquid medicines
Liquids are measured by what? - ANSWER: Liters and milliliters
Apothecary System - ANSWER: The oldest measurement system for medications
Systemic Effect - ANSWER: Effects the whole body
Local Effect - ANSWER: Effects only the area it's applied to
Most medications are give to do what? - ANSWER: Treat or relieve symptoms
Some medications are given to prevent what? - ANSWER: Illnesses
Replacement Therapy - ANSWER: Medication give to replace a substance the body
can no longer make
Before giving anti-hypertensive medication you should do what? - ANSWER: Check
the blood pressure
Blood pressure is measured in what? - ANSWER: Millimeters of mercury (mm Hg)
Systolic - ANSWER: Top number of blood pressure. The amount of pressure against
the artery when the heart is pumping during a heartbeat.
Diastolic - ANSWER: The bottom number of blood pressure. The amount of pressure
against the artery when the heart is resting between beats.
If you need to retake a blood pressure what should you do? - ANSWER: Wait 3
minuets then take it again.
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