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What are the hours required for the program? (Indiana)
Ans: 100 hours total 60 hours in classroom instruction and 40
hours in praticum
Can a QMA assess a resident?
Ans: No a licensed nurse must
Can a QMA contact a provider?
Ans: No
Can a QMA take a written, verbal, or telephone order?
Ans: No a licensed nurse must
Can a QMA administer medication via injection?
Ans: No (unless authorized such as insulin)
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Can a QMA administer medicine of inhalation other than a metered
dose inhaler?
Ans: No
Can a QMA administer medication via a nasogastric tube?
Ans: No they are not permitted mess with NG tubes under any
circumstances
Can a QMA administer medications through a G-tube and J-tube?
Ans: Yes
can qma administrator oxygen in an emergency
Ans: yes then notify nurse
Name an example of the QMAs scope of practice
Ans: - observe reactions to medications and report to nurse
- measure and document vital signs prior to giving medications
- administer medications
- initiate O2 in emergency
-alter medications
- count, administer, & count controlled substances
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- administer medications via G-Tube or J- Tube
- administer PRN medications
- apply a topical medications to minor skin injury
- administer medications via metered dose inhaler
- conduct hemoccult testing
- conduct finger stick glucose test
-apply a dressing to a minor skin tear
- apply site ordered dressing to a healed g-tube/j-tube
- instill a commercially prepared disposable ennema
- collect urine or fecal specimens
- document (facts not thoughts)
What must a QMA do before administering a PRM medication?
Ans: Document residents symptoms and time symptoms
occurred. Contact the nurse and report residents symptoms and
request for medication. You must receive permission to give a
PRN medication each time it's needed. The nurse who gave
permission must co-sign the documentation by the end of shift.
What are health care professionals required to respect?
Ans: Residents rights
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assess
Ans: evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of
controlled substance
Ans: A drug that has the potential for addiction and abuse
nasal cannula
Ans: disposable, plastic device that delivers oxygen via two
protruding prongs for insertion into the nostrils
nasogastric tube
Ans: tube inserted through the nose into the stomach
Observation
Ans: the action or process of observing something or someone
carefully or in order to gain information.
oximeter
Ans: instrument used to measure oxygen (saturation in th e
blood)
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QMA practice test questions Questions
and Correct Answers/ Latest Update /
Already Graded
What are the hours required for the program? (Indiana)
Ans: 100 hours total 60 hours in classroom instruction and 40
hours in praticum
Can a QMA assess a resident?
Ans: No a licensed nurse must
Can a QMA contact a provider?
Ans: No
Can a QMA take a written, verbal, or telephone order?
Ans: No a licensed nurse must
Can a QMA administer medication via injection?
Ans: No (unless authorized such as insulin)
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Can a QMA administer medicine of inhalation other than a metered
dose inhaler?
Ans: No
Can a QMA administer medication via a nasogastric tube?
Ans: No they are not permitted mess with NG tubes under any
circumstances
Can a QMA administer medications through a G-tube and J-tube?
Ans: Yes
can qma administrator oxygen in an emergency
Ans: yes then notify nurse
Name an example of the QMAs scope of practice
Ans: - observe reactions to medications and report to nurse
- measure and document vital signs prior to giving medications
- administer medications
- initiate O2 in emergency
-alter medications
- count, administer, & count controlled substances
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- administer medications via G-Tube or J- Tube
- administer PRN medications
- apply a topical medications to minor skin injury
- administer medications via metered dose inhaler
- conduct hemoccult testing
- conduct finger stick glucose test
-apply a dressing to a minor skin tear
- apply site ordered dressing to a healed g-tube/j-tube
- instill a commercially prepared disposable ennema
- collect urine or fecal specimens
- document (facts not thoughts)
What must a QMA do before administering a PRM medication?
Ans: Document residents symptoms and time symptoms
occurred. Contact the nurse and report residents symptoms and
request for medication. You must receive permission to give a
PRN medication each time it's needed. The nurse who gave
permission must co-sign the documentation by the end of shift.
What are health care professionals required to respect?
Ans: Residents rights
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assess
Ans: evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of
controlled substance
Ans: A drug that has the potential for addiction and abuse
nasal cannula
Ans: disposable, plastic device that delivers oxygen via two
protruding prongs for insertion into the nostrils
nasogastric tube
Ans: tube inserted through the nose into the stomach
Observation
Ans: the action or process of observing something or someone
carefully or in order to gain information.
oximeter
Ans: instrument used to measure oxygen (saturation in th e
blood)
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