MEDICATION AIDE REVIEW EXAMS UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Elixer - ✔✔a sweet, good smelling, alcohol based solution in which medications are
dissolved, allowing them to be taken in liquid form by mouth.
✔✔Enteric coated tablet - ✔✔a hard shell coating on a tablet that keeps the medication
from dissolving until it passes through the stomach into the small intestines. Cutting or
crushing these tablets will destroy the protective hard shell coating.
✔✔Gel - ✔✔a clear, semi-solid, jelly-like solution used to hold medication so it can be
applied to the skin. becomes a liquid at body temperature and can be rubbed into the
skin.
✔✔Inhalant - ✔✔medication forcefully pushed into the lungs via compressed air such as
a metered dose inhaler or a disc device.
✔✔liniment - ✔✔a medication mixed with oil, alcohol, or water and used on the skin.
✔✔Lotion - ✔✔A medication dissolved in liquid for applying to the skin.
✔✔Lozenge - ✔✔small, solid, round or oval, flavored, and/or sweet base that holds
medication and releases it s the base melts in the mouth.
, ✔✔ointment - ✔✔a semisolid substance for application of medication to the skin or eye
where it is absorbed.
✔✔Paste - ✔✔a semisolid substance thicker and stiffer than an ointment, containing
medications. it is not absorbed as readily as an ointment. The medication may be
absorbed from the paste while a portion of the paste remains on the skin.
✔✔Patch - ✔✔medication encased in a round, square, or oval disc hat is stuck t the
skin, allowing the medication to be absorbed slowly and regularly from the disc into the
blood stream through the skin.
✔✔Pill - ✔✔medication in a powder form that is mixed in a bonding material and forced
into round, oval, and/or flat shapes for ease of swallowing.
✔✔Powder - ✔✔A fine ground form of the medication that may be used for medications
to ve swallowed.
✔✔Solution - ✔✔liquid containing dissolved medication
✔✔Suppository - ✔✔medication mixed in a gelatin or other soft material and shaped like
a cone for ease of insertion into the rectum, vagina, or urethra. The gelatin slowly
dissolves due to body heat and the medication is released.
✔✔Suspension - ✔✔a liquid holding un-dissolved particles of the medication, The liquid
must be shaken before giving, which allows the particles to be evenly distributed
throughout the liquid. Shaking allows for accurate dosing.
✔✔Syrup - ✔✔liquid medications are dissolved in a sugar water to disguise the taste.
✔✔Tablet - ✔✔Medication that is a solid and molded into a round or oval shape. can be
swallowed whole, chewed, crushed, cut in half (if scored), placed under the tongue or
inside the cheek or in the vagina depending on the medication and its action.
✔✔List the 6 rights - ✔✔resident, medication, dose, route, time, documentation
✔✔MAR - ✔✔medication administration record
✔✔who is the last individual to double check a medication before it is administered to
the patient - ✔✔medication aide
✔✔ms. nelson wants to know what the dosage is on her heart medication. What would
be the best response? - ✔✔Notify the RN and have them discuss the medication
dosage.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Elixer - ✔✔a sweet, good smelling, alcohol based solution in which medications are
dissolved, allowing them to be taken in liquid form by mouth.
✔✔Enteric coated tablet - ✔✔a hard shell coating on a tablet that keeps the medication
from dissolving until it passes through the stomach into the small intestines. Cutting or
crushing these tablets will destroy the protective hard shell coating.
✔✔Gel - ✔✔a clear, semi-solid, jelly-like solution used to hold medication so it can be
applied to the skin. becomes a liquid at body temperature and can be rubbed into the
skin.
✔✔Inhalant - ✔✔medication forcefully pushed into the lungs via compressed air such as
a metered dose inhaler or a disc device.
✔✔liniment - ✔✔a medication mixed with oil, alcohol, or water and used on the skin.
✔✔Lotion - ✔✔A medication dissolved in liquid for applying to the skin.
✔✔Lozenge - ✔✔small, solid, round or oval, flavored, and/or sweet base that holds
medication and releases it s the base melts in the mouth.
, ✔✔ointment - ✔✔a semisolid substance for application of medication to the skin or eye
where it is absorbed.
✔✔Paste - ✔✔a semisolid substance thicker and stiffer than an ointment, containing
medications. it is not absorbed as readily as an ointment. The medication may be
absorbed from the paste while a portion of the paste remains on the skin.
✔✔Patch - ✔✔medication encased in a round, square, or oval disc hat is stuck t the
skin, allowing the medication to be absorbed slowly and regularly from the disc into the
blood stream through the skin.
✔✔Pill - ✔✔medication in a powder form that is mixed in a bonding material and forced
into round, oval, and/or flat shapes for ease of swallowing.
✔✔Powder - ✔✔A fine ground form of the medication that may be used for medications
to ve swallowed.
✔✔Solution - ✔✔liquid containing dissolved medication
✔✔Suppository - ✔✔medication mixed in a gelatin or other soft material and shaped like
a cone for ease of insertion into the rectum, vagina, or urethra. The gelatin slowly
dissolves due to body heat and the medication is released.
✔✔Suspension - ✔✔a liquid holding un-dissolved particles of the medication, The liquid
must be shaken before giving, which allows the particles to be evenly distributed
throughout the liquid. Shaking allows for accurate dosing.
✔✔Syrup - ✔✔liquid medications are dissolved in a sugar water to disguise the taste.
✔✔Tablet - ✔✔Medication that is a solid and molded into a round or oval shape. can be
swallowed whole, chewed, crushed, cut in half (if scored), placed under the tongue or
inside the cheek or in the vagina depending on the medication and its action.
✔✔List the 6 rights - ✔✔resident, medication, dose, route, time, documentation
✔✔MAR - ✔✔medication administration record
✔✔who is the last individual to double check a medication before it is administered to
the patient - ✔✔medication aide
✔✔ms. nelson wants to know what the dosage is on her heart medication. What would
be the best response? - ✔✔Notify the RN and have them discuss the medication
dosage.
