Medication Aide Final Review Hartman's
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medication aide (MA) - Correct Answer-a healthcare
worker, usually first trained as a nursing assistant, whose
main task is administering medications to residents in a
long-term care facility.
long-term care facilities - Correct Answer-a facility in which
residents live and are able to receive 24-hour skilled care.
documenting - Correct Answer-keeping a record of care
provided.
PRN - Correct Answer-abbreviation meaning as needed.
professional - Correct Answer-having to do with work or a
job.
personal - Correct Answer-relating to life outside one's job,
such as family, friends, and home life.
professionalism - Correct Answer-the act of behaving
properly when working.
person-centered care - Correct Answer-a type of care that
places the emphasis on the person needing care and his or
her individuality and capabilities.
confidential - Correct Answer-private.
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,chain-of-command - Correct Answer-the line of authority
within a facility or agency.
conscientious - Correct Answer-guided by a sense of right
and wrong; principled.
delegate - Correct Answer-to transfer responsibility to a
person for a specific task.
liability - Correct Answer-a legal term that means someone
can be held responsible for harming someone else.
scope of practice - Correct Answer-defines the tasks that
healthcare providers are legally allowed to do as permitted
by state or federal law.
nursing process - Correct Answer-an approach to providing
effective care for a resident on an ongoing basis; involves
assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and
evaluation.
verbal communication - Correct Answer-communication
involving the use of spoken or written words or sounds.
nonverbal communication - Correct Answer-communication
without using words.
clichés - Correct Answer-phrases that are used over and
over again and do not really mean anything.
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,policy - Correct Answer-a course of action that should be
taken every time a certain situation occurs.
procedure - Correct Answer-a method or way of doing
something.
ethics - Correct Answer-a knowledge of right and wrong.
law - Correct Answer-a rule set by the government to help people
live peacefully and to ensure safety.
controlled substance - Correct Answer-a drug that is more likely
than others to be abused or to cause addiction.
assessing - Correct Answer-in medication administration, to make
a medical determination about a resident's response to a drug;
this is a nurse's or doctor's role.
glucose - Correct Answer-natural sugar.
subcutaneous - Correct Answer-a type of injection given under the
skin, in the fat layer above the muscle.
insulin - Correct Answer-a hormone that works to move glucose
from the blood and into the cells for energy for the body.
Residents' Rights - Correct Answer-rights related to how residents
must be treated while living in a facility; they provide an ethical
code of conduct for healthcare workers.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) -
Correct Answer-a federal law that requires that health information
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, be kept private and secure and that organizations take special
steps to protect this information.
protected health information (PHI) - Correct Answer-a person's
private health information, which includes name, address,
telephone number, social security number, email address, and
medical record number.
abuse - Correct Answer-purposeful mistreatment that causes
physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone.
neglect - Correct Answer-the failure to provide needed care that
results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person.
mandated reporters - Correct Answer-a person who is legally
required to report suspected or observed abuse or neglect
because they have regular contact with vulnerable populations,
such as the elderly in care facilities.
negligence - Correct Answer-an action, or the failure to act or
provide the proper care, that results in unintended injury to a
person.
malpractice - Correct Answer-injury to a person due to
professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness, or
lack of skill.
diversion - Correct Answer-removing
medications prescribed for a resident for the
purpose of personal use or sale to another
person.
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