SCRIPT FULL QUESTION SET APPROVED
◉ Can a QMA assess a resident? Answer: No a licensed nurse must
◉ Can a QMA contact a provider? Answer: No
◉ Can a QMA take a written, verbal, or telephone order? Answer: No
a licensed nurse must
◉ Can a QMA administer medication via injection? Answer: No
(unless authorized such as insulin)
◉ Can a QMA administer medicine of inhalation other than a
metered dose inhaler? Answer: No
◉ Can a QMA administer medication via a nasogastric tube? Answer:
No they are not permitted mess with NG tubes under any
circumstances
◉ Can a QMA administer medications through a G-tube and J-tube?
Answer: Yes
,◉ can qma administrator oxygen in an emergency Answer: yes then
notify nurse
◉ Name an example of the QMAs scope of practice Answer: -
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
- 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?
Answer: 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? Answer:
Residents rights
◉ assess Answer: evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality
of
◉ controlled substance Answer: A drug that has the potential for
addiction and abuse
◉ nasal cannula Answer: disposable, plastic device that delivers
oxygen via two protruding prongs for insertion into the nostrils
◉ nasogastric tube Answer: tube inserted through the nose into the
stomach
◉ Observation Answer: the action or process of observing
something or someone carefully or in order to gain information.
, ◉ oximeter Answer: instrument used to measure oxygen (saturation
in the blood)
◉ prn Answer: when necessary
◉ vital signs Answer: temperature, pulse, respirations, blood
pressure, oxygen saturation
◉ assault and battery Answer: the crime of threatening a person
together with the act of making physical contact with them.
◉ code of ethics Answer: a set of guidelines for maintaining ethics in
the workplace
◉ Duty of Care Answer: Legal obligation to avoid causing harm.
◉ euthanasia Answer: the act of painlessly killing a suffering person
or animal; mercy killing
◉ Libel Answer: A written defamation of a person's character,
reputation, business, or property rights.
◉ living will Answer: a document in which a person states his or her
wishes about life support and other treatments