Certified Medication Aide Practice Exam Questions and Answers (2022/2023) (Verified Answers
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Certified Medication Aide Practice Exam Questions and Answers (2022/2023) (Verified Answers)
3 Factors that affect drug absorption?
Age, Sex, Weight
Seven Rights of Drug Administration
1.) Right Resident 2.) Right Medication 3.) Right Dose 4.) Right route 5.) Right time 6.) Right Documentatio...
Certified Medication Aide Practice Exam Questions and Answers (2022/2023) (Verified Answers)
3 Factors that affect drug absorption?
Age, Sex, Weight
Seven Rights of Drug Administration
1.) Right Resident 2.) Right Medication 3.) Right Dose 4.) Right route 5.) Right time 6.) Right Documentation 7.) Right to Refuse
Which of the following must you have completed to become a CMA
All of the above
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?
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?
Immediately tell 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?
10 am
Normal Blood Pressure Range
110-140
Give Isopto Carpine 2 gtt od TID what will you give?
2 drops of isopto carpine in the right eye three times a day
Delcort Ung BID TOP To Rash what does this mean?
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
Work against high fat 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?
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 you look for?
Weight gain and Edema
Mrs White has a new heart medication she complains of feeling dizzy, especially when she stands up suddenly . Which of the following cardiovascular side effects
might she be experiencing?
Decreased Blood Pressure
Mr. Black complained about seeing rings light " halos " around lighted objects what medication might be rising to toxic levels in Mr. Blacks Blood?
Digoxin ( Heart Medicine ) As you give medications you notice that Ms.Chong has antihyperlipidemic ordered. You know that Ms.Chong must have high ?
Cholesterol and Triglycerides
Mr.Black is taking an anticoagulant You know that he should be watched for signs of
Bleeding
MrsWhite is taking a thiazide diuretic a major side effect of this drug could be?
low potassium
Mr.Jones is taking a medication that decreases the amount of acid made by his stomach this medicine is given to treat
ulcer
Antineoplastic Medication is a for waht
Cancer
Mrs.White asks yo how putting a nitroglycerin patch on her arm will help her chest pain what will you tell her?
The medicine in the patch will go through the skin and dialate the blood vessels around her heart
Before you give Mr.Black his anti inflammatory medication what should yo do?
Check to see if he has eaten recently or else give the medicine with food
Antitussives
Controls Coughs
Expectorant
Helps to cough up phlegm
Before you give Mr.Jones his Digoxin ( Lanoxin ) what will you check?
His Pulse
Under what circumstances will you not give the digoxin to Mr.Jones
If his pulse is below 60
Enteric Coated Aspirin
To dissolve in the intestines to prevent stomach irritation
Sediment
Shake the bottle then pour the medicine
For Ophthalmic use? You will apply this medication where
Ophthalmic means " EYE"
The transderm Nitroglycerin patch Mrs White i wearing delivers nitroglycerin to her by?
Slow absorption through the skin into the blood stream
A long term facility is
a place that provides care for people who don't need to be in a hospital but who are not able to return home
An observation that is factual or measurable in some way is a (n)
objective observation
A (n) _______ is an unfavorable or harmful unintended action of a medication
adverse reaction
A drug interaction can occur when
Another substance or medication is is present in the body
Informaton included in the medication order
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