Med Aide - Chapter 1 Exam verified
questions and answers
1. Another name for "medication aide" is:
A) Pharmacology technician.
B) Medication assistant.
C) Medication coordinator.
D) Pharmacist's assistant. - ANS-B) Medication assistant.
2. For a medication aide, behaving professionally involves:
A) Arriving on time and leaving early.
B) Delegating tasks to other members of the care team.
C) Doing only assigned tasks that the MA is trained to do.
D) Choosing which facility policies to follow. - ANS-C) Doing only assigned tasks that
the MA is trained to do.
3. How can a medication aide use effective communication skills to help promote resident
safety?
A) The medication aide can listen to the resident's concerns and report her questions to
the nurse.
B) The medication aide can advise the physician about whether the resident's family
members.
C) The medication aide can pass along the resident's diagnoses to the resident's family
members.
D) The medication aide can inform the resident which side effects can be safely ignored.
- ANS-A) The medication aide can listen to the resident's concerns and report her
questions to the nurse.
4. In which of the following cases might the medication aide be held liable for harming a
resident?
A) The resident experiences pain during the night after the MA would not provide a
nonprescription painkiller requested by the resident. The medication was not ordered by
a licensed practitioner.
B) A resident's condition worsens after he refuses his evening medications. The MA had
documented the refusal and reported it to the supervisor.
C) The medication aide administers an established medication - ANS-D) The
medication aide crushes a medication that is labeled DO NOT CRUSH and
sprinkles it on applesauce to make it easier for the resident to swallow. The
resident's heart rate and blood pressure drop to dangerously low levels.
5. Medication aides are responsible for:
A) Administering prescription and nonprescription medications to residents according to
physicians' orders and under a nurse's supervision.
B) Administering only nonprescription medications to residents according to physicians'
orders and under a nurse's supervision.
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