MAPS CERTIFICATION EXAM |
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2024/2025 GUIDE
What to do on medication sheet when administering a med?
- Correct Answer - 1) sign your initials on the medication sheet
documenting that you administered it
MAR - Correct Answer - -medication administration record
information contained on the med sheet
- Correct Answer - -current month and year
-allergies
-generic and brand name meds
-strength or the medication
-amount of medication to administer
-frequency or how often the medication is to be administered
-dose of the med
-route by which to administer med
-start date
,-stop date
-person's name
-address
-list of acceptable codes for use on the med sheet
-signature list
-accuracy checks
start date
- Correct Answer - first day person receives the first dose of medication
what is a start date used for
- Correct Answer - -monitor how long a person has been receiving a
medication without any changes to the HCP order
stop date - Correct Answer - used to identify when the last dose was
administered (like day 7 of an antibiotic)
what to write for stop date if medication administration is ongoing
- Correct Answer - cont.
medication grid
,- Correct Answer - -grid where each box corresponds to one time you
gave medication
-each time given write initials in mediation box
-across top are numbers 1-31 that represent days of month
-column that says time you write hour when med was administered
-under grid is reason and special instructions
signature list
- Correct Answer - -each staff must initial and sign the signature list as a
way to identify full name anytime initials are on a med sheet
accuracy checks
- Correct Answer - -prior to the first med admin of new month
-2 staff check the med sheet for accuracy using HCP order, pharmacy
labels in order to make sure orders were transcribed onto new months med
sheets
-to document completion need signature, date, and time on bottom of sheet
A (as an abbreviation on med sheet)
- Correct Answer - -absent from site
, -medication was not administered due to authorized reasons beyond the
staff's control as the person left the program without agreement or
supervision)
DP - Correct Answer - day program
person's medication responsibilities transferred to a day program
H
- Correct Answer - -hospital, nursing home, rehab center
(person's medication responsibilities transferred to hospital)
LOA
- Correct Answer - leave of absence (medication was transferred to
family/guardian/responsible party for administration)
NSS - Correct Answer - no second staff
-specific medication that requires dose verification prior to administration by
a second staff
- there was no second staff available
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