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Med Aide quizzes and tests from all units
Med Aide quizzes and tests from all units
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Med Aide quizzes and tests from all unitsTrue or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse has specifically delegated the
task for the specific resident and drug? - correct answer-True. Med aide can't assess the
need for a PRN, this must be done by a nurse
Med aides can't do what? - correct answer-Give first doses of new meds
Factors affecting drug actions include what? - correct answer-Weight, age, metabolic rate,
and tolerance
What are the six rights of med administration? - correct answer-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? - correct answer-Must pass course exams, complete
and demonstrate skills
As a med aide in your facility, you should what? - correct answer-Work within the legal limits
of your role
You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a what? - correct answer-boundary
violation
A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits of your role. You do what? - correct
answer-Refuse to follow the nurses order and explain why
You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug, You should do what? - correct
answer-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? - correct answer-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? - correct answer-Tell the nurse you have not done the task before
and ask for help
When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what? - correct answer-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? - correct answer-Do the
task even though you have not been trained
What step can the nurse delegate to you? - correct answer-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? -
correct answer-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? - correct answer-Negligent
Invasion of privacy occurs if you what? - correct answer-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? - correct answer-Share your
concerns with your supervisor
Schedule 11 drugs may lead to what? - correct answer-Severe psychological or physical
dependence
According to the text, when you touch a persons body without his or her consent its called a
what? - correct answer-Battery
The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person is what? - correct answer-Abuse
Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct is called what? - correct
answer-Ethics
Which statement about an ethical person is true? - correct answer-An ethical person
behaves in the right way
You display ethical behavior by what? - correct answer-Keeping the persons property safe
To protect yourself from assault and battery, you what? - correct answer-Get the persons
consent before doing a procedure
A nurse gives the wrong dosage of a drug to a person. This is what? - correct
answer-malpractice
You gave a drug to the wrong person. This is what? - correct answer-Negligence
You trick a person into taking a drug. This is called what? - correct answer-Fraud
You scold an older person for refusing to take ordered drugs This is what? - correct
answer-Verbal abuse
Violating or failing to comply with the Controlled Substance Act can result in a what? -
correct answer-Fine and Prison term
, Pain and nausea are examples of what? - correct answer-Subjective Data
What observations should you report at once? - correct answer-Complaints of sudden
severe pain
Cancer and diabetes are examples of what? - correct answer-Medical Diagnosis
A person is eating. How long should you wait before taking an oral temperature? - correct
answer-15 to 20 minutes
A person has a blood pressure of 118/78. This is what? - correct answer-Within normal
range
Good communication occurs when you what? - correct answer-Give information in a logical
and orderly manner
A drug is ordered for 1700. The time to give the drug is what? - correct answer-5:00 PM
Symptoms are an example of what? - correct answer-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? - correct answer-Pain felt
by a person
When should you record that you gave a person a drug? - correct answer-After giving the
drug
You are giving a person his drugs. What observation should you report at once? - correct
answer-The person refused to take a drug
The basic unit of body structure is what? - correct answer-A cell
The integumentary system ? - correct answer-Covers the body
The white of the eye is the what? - correct answer-Sclera
The external or (outer part) is called the what? - correct answer-pinna or auricle
Digestion begins where? - correct answer-In the oral cavity
The master gland is the what? - correct answer-Pituitary
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart is what? - correct answer-Artery
A person feels the need to urinate when the bladder contains how much? - correct
answer-About 250 mL of urine
The thyroid hormone regulates what? - correct answer-Metabolism
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