Med Aide quizzes and tests from all units CORRECT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024 LATEST UPDATE
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MEDICATION AIDE
Institution
MEDICATION AIDE
True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse has specifically delegated the task for the specific resident and drug? - ANSWER True. Med aide can't assess the need for a PRN, this must be done by a nurse
Med aides can't do what? - ANSWER Give first doses of new meds
Factors affect...
Med Aide quizzes and tests from all units
CORRECT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024
LATEST UPDATE
True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse has specifically delegated the task for the
specific resident and drug? - ANSWER True. Med aide can't assess the need for a PRN, this must be done
by a nurse
Med aides can't do what? - ANSWER Give first doses of new meds
Factors affecting drug actions include what? - ANSWER Weight, age, metabolic rate, and tolerance
What are the six rights of med administration? - ANSWER The right drug, the right person, the right
documentation, the right route, the right dose, and the right time
Before you work as a med aide, you? - ANSWER Must pass course exams, complete and demonstrate
skills
As a med aide in your facility, you should what? - ANSWER Work within the legal limits of your role
You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a what? - ANSWER boundary violation
A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits of your role. You do what? - ANSWER Refuse to
follow the nurses order and explain why
You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug, You should do what? - ANSWER Ask the Nurse
In order to assess a person, the nurse decides to give the person the oral drugs that you usually give. You
do what? - ANSWER Understand this is the best decision for the person at the time.
,The nurse asks you to perform a task that is in your job description. You have not done this task before.
You do what? - ANSWER Tell the nurse you have not done the task before and ask for help
When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what? - ANSWER Must complete the task safely
A nurse asks you to perform a task. You do the following except what? restate or clarify what is expected
of you, know how to contact the nurse if theres an emergency, document the care given, or do the task
even though you have not been trained? - ANSWER Do the task even though you have not been trained
What step can the nurse delegate to you? - ANSWER Give certain drugs
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the power to do the following except what? Determine the
safety and effectiveness of drugs before marketing, ensure that manufacturers meet labeling
requirements, ensure advertising standards are met when manufacturers market drugs, or determine
who gives drugs to patients or residents? - ANSWER Determine who gives drugs to patients or residents
If you fail to do something that a reasonable and careful person would have done, you are what? -
ANSWER Negligent
Invasion of privacy occurs if you what? - ANSWER Violate a persons right to have his or her name, photo,
or private affairs made public without giving consent
You suspect a persons being abused. You should what? - ANSWER Share your concerns with your
supervisor
Schedule 11 drugs may lead to what? - ANSWER Severe psychological or physical dependence
According to the text, when you touch a persons body without his or her consent its called a what? -
ANSWER Battery
The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person is what? - ANSWER Abuse
, Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct is called what? - ANSWER Ethics
Which statement about an ethical person is true? - ANSWER An ethical person behaves in the right way
You display ethical behavior by what? - ANSWER Keeping the persons property safe
Symptoms are an example of what? - ANSWER Subjective Data
Which of the following is not objective data? A persons respiratory rate, the color of a persons urine, a
persons blood pressure, or pain felt by a person? - ANSWER Pain felt by a person
When should you record that you gave a person a drug? - ANSWER After giving the drug
You are giving a person his drugs. What observation should you report at once? - ANSWER The person
refused to take a drug
The basic unit of body structure is what? - ANSWER A cell
The integumentary system ? - ANSWER Covers the body
The white of the eye is the what? - ANSWER Sclera
The external or (outer part) is called the what? - ANSWER pinna or auricle
Digestion begins where? - ANSWER In the oral cavity
The master gland is the what? - ANSWER Pituitary
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