KS—Certified Medication Aide Practice
Exam
3 Factors that affect drug absorption? -
correct answer Age, Sex, Weight
Seven Rights of Drug Administration -
correct answer 1.) Right Resident 2.)
Right Drug3.) Right Dose 4.) Right route
5.) Right time 6.) Right Documentation
7.) Right Technique
Which of the following must you have
completed to become a CMA - correct
answer A total of 75 course hours
-50hrs in class
-25hrs in clinical
,While you are giving medications as
CMA, your good friend Pat comes up to
the medication cart to talk to you. She is
finished with her work and is telling you
in detail about her date the evening
before. What will you do? - correct
answer Explain to Pat that you will have
to hear about it later, after you give the,
medications.
When you are giving medications to
Mr.Smith you accidently give him two
aspirin tablets instead of the one tablet
that is ordered. As soon as he has
swallowed the aspirin you realize your
mistake what will you do? - correct
answer Immediately tell the nurse/your
supervisor
,You are scheduled to work on Tuesday
the 12th from 3pm to 11 pm when you
wake up Tuesday morning at 10 you feel
sick. When should you call your
supervisor to tell him you will not be
able to come in to work? - correct
answer 10 am
Normal Blood Pressure - correct answer
120/80 = baseline
Give Isopto Carpine 2 gtt od TID what
will you give? - correct answer 2 drops
of isopto carpine in the right eye three
times a day
Delcort 1% ointment BID to Rash what
does this mean? - correct answer
Delcort ointment twice a day applied
topically to rash
, Mr. Washington has orders for a
medicine called Lipitor an "
antihyperlipidemic" This medicine is
given to what - correct answer Work
against high fat(bad cholesterol) in the
blood
When you take Mr. Wu's blood pressure
you hear heartbeats immediatley upon
releasing the thumb screw of the cuff
what will you do? - correct answer Wait
three minutes with the cuff off repeat the
blood pressure and pump the cuff 30
mmhg higher than you did on the first
attempt
While working as a CMA the nursing
supervisor tells you to report any signs
of fluid retention in Mr.Jones what will
Exam
3 Factors that affect drug absorption? -
correct answer Age, Sex, Weight
Seven Rights of Drug Administration -
correct answer 1.) Right Resident 2.)
Right Drug3.) Right Dose 4.) Right route
5.) Right time 6.) Right Documentation
7.) Right Technique
Which of the following must you have
completed to become a CMA - correct
answer A total of 75 course hours
-50hrs in class
-25hrs in clinical
,While you are giving medications as
CMA, your good friend Pat comes up to
the medication cart to talk to you. She is
finished with her work and is telling you
in detail about her date the evening
before. What will you do? - correct
answer Explain to Pat that you will have
to hear about it later, after you give the,
medications.
When you are giving medications to
Mr.Smith you accidently give him two
aspirin tablets instead of the one tablet
that is ordered. As soon as he has
swallowed the aspirin you realize your
mistake what will you do? - correct
answer Immediately tell the nurse/your
supervisor
,You are scheduled to work on Tuesday
the 12th from 3pm to 11 pm when you
wake up Tuesday morning at 10 you feel
sick. When should you call your
supervisor to tell him you will not be
able to come in to work? - correct
answer 10 am
Normal Blood Pressure - correct answer
120/80 = baseline
Give Isopto Carpine 2 gtt od TID what
will you give? - correct answer 2 drops
of isopto carpine in the right eye three
times a day
Delcort 1% ointment BID to Rash what
does this mean? - correct answer
Delcort ointment twice a day applied
topically to rash
, Mr. Washington has orders for a
medicine called Lipitor an "
antihyperlipidemic" This medicine is
given to what - correct answer Work
against high fat(bad cholesterol) in the
blood
When you take Mr. Wu's blood pressure
you hear heartbeats immediatley upon
releasing the thumb screw of the cuff
what will you do? - correct answer Wait
three minutes with the cuff off repeat the
blood pressure and pump the cuff 30
mmhg higher than you did on the first
attempt
While working as a CMA the nursing
supervisor tells you to report any signs
of fluid retention in Mr.Jones what will
