Nebraska State Medication Aide Exam Practice Test:
Regulation, Law & Ethics
1. Nursing assistive personnel can give drugs only if:
a. the person's condition is stable
b. a licensed nurse is in the agency
c. it is part of the CNA job description
d. allowed by state law: allowed by state law
2. You are an MA-C working in a nursing center. You are supervised by:
a. a licensed nurse
b. a CNA
c. the person needing the drug
d. the doctor who ordered the drug: a licensed nurse
3. The purpose of a nurse practice act is to:
a. protect the public's welfare and safety
b. deny, suspend, or revoke nursing licenses
c. regulate nursing education
d. determine what nursing assistive personnel can do: protect the public's
welfare and safety
4. Medication assistants are certified after:
a. becoming a CNA
b. passing the state-required education and competency evaluation
c. meeting the requirements of the National Council of State Boards of
Nursing
d. working 1 year as a CNA: passing the state-required education and compe-
tency evaluation
5. You are an MA-C.You can have your certification revoked for the following
reasons EXCEPT:
a. taking a person's drugs for your own use
b. assessing a person's need for a drug
c. violating a person's privacy
d. refusing to accept a verbal order from a doctor: refusing to accept a verbal
order from a doctor
6. You are not sure if you should give a certain drug. What should you do?
a. ask the patient or resident
, b. ask the nurse
c. give the drug
d. report the error: ask the nurse
7. You are an MA-C.You can have your certification revoked for the following
reasons EXCEPT:
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Regulation, Law & Ethics
1. Nursing assistive personnel can give drugs only if:
a. the person's condition is stable
b. a licensed nurse is in the agency
c. it is part of the CNA job description
d. allowed by state law: allowed by state law
2. You are an MA-C working in a nursing center. You are supervised by:
a. a licensed nurse
b. a CNA
c. the person needing the drug
d. the doctor who ordered the drug: a licensed nurse
3. The purpose of a nurse practice act is to:
a. protect the public's welfare and safety
b. deny, suspend, or revoke nursing licenses
c. regulate nursing education
d. determine what nursing assistive personnel can do: protect the public's
welfare and safety
4. Medication assistants are certified after:
a. becoming a CNA
b. passing the state-required education and competency evaluation
c. meeting the requirements of the National Council of State Boards of
Nursing
d. working 1 year as a CNA: passing the state-required education and compe-
tency evaluation
5. You are an MA-C.You can have your certification revoked for the following
reasons EXCEPT:
a. taking a person's drugs for your own use
b. assessing a person's need for a drug
c. violating a person's privacy
d. refusing to accept a verbal order from a doctor: refusing to accept a verbal
order from a doctor
6. You are not sure if you should give a certain drug. What should you do?
a. ask the patient or resident
, b. ask the nurse
c. give the drug
d. report the error: ask the nurse
7. You are an MA-C.You can have your certification revoked for the following
reasons EXCEPT:
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