SUCCESS! Kinn's Chapter 30
Administering Medications
Test Bank questions &
verified answers
A medical assistant must apply a topical medication to a patient's
skin. What is an error in administration technique? - answer
✅✅Wear gloves.
Use a new sterile tongue blade or swab to remove the medication
from the container.
Gently pat creams, lotions, and liniments into the skin. Correct
For aerosol topical sprays, hold the bottle 3 to 6 inches from the skin
and spray.
,Use a new sterile tongue blade or swab to remove the medication
from the container and gently pat creams, lotions, and liniments
into the skin.
A medical assistant needs to give a medication via the nasal route. -
answer ✅✅What is an error in administration technique or
documentation?
Wear gloves.
Have patients blow their nose after receiving the medication.
Correct
The patient should sit in an upright position.
Have the patient sniff when the medication is given.
Chart the route as "intranasal" or "NAS."
A medication designed to breakdown over time. - answer
✅✅Effervescent
Fast dissolving
Pessary
Extended-release Correct
Troche
A medication form that is also called oral disintegrating tablet and is
placed on the tongue or by the cheek to break down. - answer
✅✅Effervescent
Fast dissolving Correct
, Pessary
Buccal
Troche
A notched tablet which can be split into half with a pill cutter. -
answer ✅✅Caplet
Scored tablet Correct
Enteric coated tablet
Buffered tablet
Extended-release tablet
A solid medication containing the active medication and an antacid.
- answer ✅✅Effervescent
Fast dissolving
Pessary
Buffered Correct
Troche
After receiving a TST, the patient returns within 48 to 72 hours to
have the test read. If present, the wheal is measured. - answer
✅✅True
Correct False
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