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2024 MEDICATION AIDE FINAL STUDY GUIDE EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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2024 MEDICATION AIDE FINALSTUDY GUIDE EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Mr. Jones has had diarrhea for the past 8 hours, but has no doctor's order for
anti-diarrhea medicine. The correct action for the medication aide to take
would be:
a) give mr jones some Kaopectate without a doctors order since it is an OTC
medicine
b) give him an anti-diarrhea med the doctor has ordered for Mr.Brown
c) ask his daughter to bring anti-diarrhea meds from home
d) give anti-diarrhea medicine only after a doctor has written an order for it
for Mr. Jones - CORRECT-ANSWERSD) give antidiarhea medicine only after a
doctor has written an order for it for Mr.Jones
Increased effectiveness which may result from combining drugs with similar
actions is termed - CORRECT-ANSWERSa synergistic or additive effect
the drug of choice for manic-depressive disorders is
a) librium
b) lithane
c) lomotil
d) lindane - CORRECT-ANSWERSb) lithane
an example of antidepressant drugs are
a) antivert and titan
b) percodan and talwin
c) tofranil and elavil
d) zomax and vistaril - CORRECT-ANSWERSc) tofranil and elavil
fluid retention, interference with healing and infection resistance are side
effects of the long term use of:
a) adrenocorticosteriods
b) antibiotics
c) antiparkinsanism drugs
d) anticonvulsant drug - CORRECT-ANSWERSa) adrenocorticosteriods
a toxic effect of a medicine is the result of
a) an allergic reaction
b) an excess amount of the medicine
, c) its interaction with another medicine
d) an adverse reaction - CORRECT-ANSWERSb) an excess amount of
medicine
a medication that increases respiratory secretions is;
a) an antitussive
b) a antiemetic
c) a bronchodilator
d) an expectorant - CORRECT-ANSWERSd) an expectorant
overgrowth of the gums is found in the patients taking
a) donnatal
b) diurnal
c) dilantin
d) decadron - CORRECT-ANSWERSc) dilantin
which statement is true
a) numerous micro-organisms produce disease
b) all micro-organisms
c) some micro-organisms do not produce disease
d) only healthy people have defenses in their body to fight infections cause
by micro-organism - CORRECT-ANSWERSc) some micro-organisms produce
disease
which statement is not correct when pouring liquid medications
a) use a small opaque calibrated glass
b) pour away from the label
c) pour liquids at eye level
d) read level of medication from bottom of meniscus (curve) of liquid surface
- CORRECT-ANSWERSa) use a small opaque calibrated glass
if a resident becomes semi-unconscious after insulin administration, the
medication aide would first
a) give orange juice with sugar added
b) observe patient closely for 5 to 10 minutes, then talk with supervisor
c) notify the CNA working on same unit so she will not get resident out of bed
d) notify supervisor immediately - CORRECT-ANSWERSd) notify supervisor
immediately
sublingual tablets:
a) should be held under the tongue to dissolve
b)should be taken with plenty of liquid
c)should be crushed and given with food
d) provide medication which passes through the stomach wall - CORRECT-
ANSWERSa) should be held under the tongue to dissolve
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