Medication Aide quizzes and tests from all units Over 250 Questions and Answers (2023/2024) (Verified Answers)Medication Aide quizzes and tests from all units Over 250 Questions and Answers (2023/2024) (Verified Answers)Medication Aide quizzes and tests from all units Over 250 Questions and Answers...
Medication Aide quizzes and tests from all units Over 250
Questions and Answers (2023/2024) (Verified Answers)
True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse has specifically
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delegated the task for the specific resident and drug? - (correct answer) -True. Med
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aide can't assess the need for a PRN, this must be done by a nurse
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Med aides can't do what? - (correct answer) -Give first doses of new meds
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Factors affecting drug actions include what? - (correct answer) -Weight, age,
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metabolic rate, and tolerance
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What are the six rights of med administration? - (correct answer) -The right drug,
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the right person, the right documentation, the right route, the right dose, and the
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right time
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Before you work as a med aide, you? - (correct answer) -Must pass course exams,
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complete and demonstrate skills
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As a med aide in your facility, you should what? - (correct answer) -Work within the
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legal limits of your role
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You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a what? - (correct answer) -
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A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits of your role. You do
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what? - (correct answer) -Refuse to follow the nurses order and explain why
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You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug, You should do what? -
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(correct answer) -Ask the Nurse
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In order to assess a person, the nurse decides to give the person the oral drugs that
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you usually give. You do what? - (correct answer) -Understand this is the best
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decision for the person at the time.
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The nurse asks you to perform a task that is in your job description. You have not
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done this task before. You do what? - (correct answer) -Tell the nurse you have not
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done the task before and ask for help
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,When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what? - (correct answer) -Must
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complete the task safely
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A nurse asks you to perform a task. You do the following except what? restate or
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clarify what is expected of you, know how to contact the nurse if theres an
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emergency, document the care given, or do the task even though you have not
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been trained? - (correct answer) -Do the task even though you have not been
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trained
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What step can the nurse delegate to you? - (correct answer) -Give certain drugs
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the power to do the following except
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what? Determine the safety and effectiveness of drugs before marketing, ensure
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that manufacturers meet labeling requirements, ensure advertising standards are
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met when manufacturers market drugs, or determine who gives drugs to patients
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or residents? - (correct answer) -Determine who gives drugs to patients or
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residents
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If you fail to do something that a reasonable and careful person would have done,
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you are what? - (correct answer) -Negligent
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Invasion of privacy occurs if you what? - (correct answer) -Violate a persons right
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to have his or her name, photo, or private affairs made public without giving
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consent
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You suspect a persons being abused. You should what? - (correct answer) -Share
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your concerns with your supervisor
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Schedule 11 drugs may lead to what? - (correct answer) -Severe psychological or
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physical dependence
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its called a what? - (correct answer) -Battery
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The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person is what? - (correct answer)
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-Abuse
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Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct is called what? - (correct ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij
answer) -Ethics
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Which statement about an ethical person is true? - (correct answer) -An ethical
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person behaves in the right way
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You display ethical behavior by what? - (correct answer) -Keeping the persons
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property safe
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, To protect yourself from assault and battery, you what? - (correct answer) -Get the
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persons consent before doing a procedure
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A nurse gives the wrong dosage of a drug to a person. This is what? - (correct
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answer) -malpractice
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You gave a drug to the wrong person. This is what? - (correct answer) -Negligence
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You trick a person into taking a drug. This is called what? - (correct answer) -Fraud
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You scold an older person for refusing to take ordered drugs This is what? -
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(correct answer) -Verbal abuse
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Violating or failing to comply with the Controlled Substance Act can result in a
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what? - (correct answer) -Fine and Prison term
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Pain and nausea are examples of what? - (correct answer) -Subjective Data
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What observations should you report at once? - (correct answer) -Complaints of
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sudden severe pain
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Cancer and diabetes are examples of what? - (correct answer) -Medical Diagnosis
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A person is eating. How long should you wait before taking an oral temperature? -
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(correct answer) -15 to 20 minutes
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A person has a blood pressure of 118/78. This is what? - (correct answer) -Within
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normal range
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Good communication occurs when you what? - (correct answer) -Give information
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in a logical and orderly manner
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A drug is ordered for 1700. The time to give the drug is what? - (correct answer) -
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Symptoms are an example of what? - (correct answer) -Subjective Data ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij ij
Which of the following is not objective data? A persons respiratory rate, the color of
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a persons urine, a persons blood pressure, or pain felt by a person? - (correct
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answer) -Pain felt by a person
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When should you record that you gave a person a drug? - (correct answer) -After
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giving the drug
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You are giving a person his drugs. What observation should you report at once? -
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(correct answer) -The person refused to take a drug
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