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True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse has specifically
delegated the task for the specific resident and drug? - -True. Med aide can't
assess the need for a PRN, this must be done by a nurse
-Med aides can't do what? - -Give first doses of new meds
-Factors affecting drug actions include what? - -Weight, age, metabolic rate,
and tolerance
-What are the six rights of med administration? - -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? - -Must pass course exams, complete
and demonstrate skills
-As a med aide in your facility, you should what? - -Work within the legal
limits of your role
-You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a what? - -
boundary violation
-A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits of your role. You
do what? - -Refuse to follow the nurses order and explain why
-You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug, You should do
what? - -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? - -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? - -Tell the nurse you have not
done the task before and ask for help
-When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what? - -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? - -Do the task even though you have not been
trained
-What step can the nurse delegate to you? - -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? - -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? - -Negligent
-Invasion of privacy occurs if you what? - -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? - -Share your
concerns with your supervisor
-Schedule 11 drugs may lead to what? - -Severe psychological or physical
dependence
-According to the text, when you touch a persons body without his or her
consent its called a what? - -Battery
-The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person is what? - -Abuse
-Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct is called what? - -
Ethics
-Which statement about an ethical person is true? - -An ethical person
behaves in the right way
-You display ethical behavior by what? - -Keeping the persons property safe
-To protect yourself from assault and battery, you what? - -Get the persons
consent before doing a procedure
-A nurse gives the wrong dosage of a drug to a person. This is what? - -
malpractice
-You gave a drug to the wrong person. This is what? - -Negligence
, -You trick a person into taking a drug. This is called what? - -Fraud
-You scold an older person for refusing to take ordered drugs This is what? -
-Verbal abuse
-Violating or failing to comply with the Controlled Substance Act can result in
a what? - -Fine and Prison term
-Pain and nausea are examples of what? - -Subjective Data
-What observations should you report at once? - -Complaints of sudden
severe pain
-Cancer and diabetes are examples of what? - -Medical Diagnosis
-A person is eating. How long should you wait before taking an oral
temperature? - -15 to 20 minutes
-A person has a blood pressure of 118/78. This is what? - -Within normal
range
-Good communication occurs when you what? - -Give information in a
logical and orderly manner
-A drug is ordered for 1700. The time to give the drug is what? - -5:00 PM
-Symptoms are an example of what? - -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? -
-Pain felt by a person
-When should you record that you gave a person a drug? - -After giving the
drug
-You are giving a person his drugs. What observation should you report at
once? - -The person refused to take a drug
-The basic unit of body structure is what? - -A cell
-The integumentary system ? - -Covers the body
-The white of the eye is the what? - -Sclera
-The external or (outer part) is called the what? - -pinna or auricle
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