MA Scope of Practice State of California Questions with complete solution
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MA Scope of Practice State of California Questions with complete solution MA Scope of Practice State of California
How may medical assistants legally "administer medications"? - correct answer The phrase intends to mean the direct application of medication in several ways including simple i...
MA Scope of Practice State of California
How may medical assistants legally "administer medications"? - correct
answer ✔The phrase intends to mean the direct application of medication in
several ways including simple injections, ingestion and inhalation or pre-
measured medications. For our purposes, the phrase "administer
medications" when used regarding medical assistants, means to inject,
handle, or provide medications to a patient after verification by a physician,
podiatrist or another appropriate licensed person
Are medical assistants allowed to administer injections of scheduled drugs? -
correct answer ✔If after receiving the appropriate training as indicated in
Item 1, medical assistants are allowed to administer injections of scheduled
drugs only if the dosage is verified and the injection is intramuscular,
intradermal or subcutaneous. The supervising physician or podiatrist must be
on the premises as required in section 2069 of the Business and Professions
Code, except as provided in subdivision (a) of that section. However, this
does not include the administration of any anesthetic agent
Are medical assistants allowed to start or disconnect IV's or administer
injections or medication into IV's? - correct answer ✔No. Medical assistants
may not place the needle or start and disconnect the infusion tube of an IV.
These procedures are considered invasive, and therefore, not within the
medical assistant's scope of practice. Medical assistants are not allowed to
administer medications or injections into the IV line. (Title 16 CCR 1366(b)(1))
Are medical assistants allowed to perform nasal smears? - correct answer
✔Yes. Only if the procedure is limited to the opening of the nasal cavity.
Are medical assistants permitted to perform "finger sticks"? - correct answer
✔Yes. Medical assistants are trained and allowed to draw blood as long as
they have received the proper training. The procedure of finger stick is the
, pricking of the finger in order to collect a sample of blood. This procedure is
within the "scope of practice" of a medical assistant
Are medical assistants allowed to swab the throat in order to preserve the
specimen in a throat culture? - correct answer ✔Yes. Medical assistants are
allowed to swab throats as long as the medical assistant has received the
proper training and a physician or podiatrist is on the premises.
Are medical assistants allowed to take a patient's blood pressure? - correct
answer ✔Yes. Medical assistants are allowed to take the necessary
information to prepare a patient for the physician's or podiatrist's visit. This
information may include taking the patient's height, weight, temperature, blood
pressure and noting the information on the patient's chart
Are medical assistants allowed to give narcotic injections? - correct answer
✔Yes. At this time there are no restrictions as to what type of medications a
medical assistant may inject, EXCEPT anesthetic agents, as long as the
medication has been pre-verified and the injection is either intradermal,
intramuscular, or subcutaneous. (16 CCR 1366 (b)(1)). Both 1366 and
Business and Professions Code section 2069 provide that they shall not be
construed as authorizing the administration of any anesthetic agent by a
medical assistant
Are medical assistants allowed to have access to the keys of the narcotic
medication cabinet? - correct answer ✔This question should be directed to
the supervising physician or podiatrist as it is an "in-house" procedure and the
decision must be made by the supervising physician or podiatrist.
Are medical assistants allowed to chart pupillary responses? - correct answer
✔No. The charting of pupillary responses is considered an assessment, which
is a form of interpretation. Medical assistants are not allowed to read, interpret
or diagnose symptoms or test results
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