NC Medication Aide (Med Tech) Exam
Questions and Correct Answers
Hour of sleep or bedtime - ✔️HS or qhs
Twice a day - ✔️bid or BID
Subcutaneous - ✔️sq. or SQ
Every other day - ✔️qod or QOD
Once a day - ✔️qd or QD
gram - ✔️gm
milligram - ✔️mg
after meals - ✔️pc
OTC - ✔️over-the-counter
by mouth - ✔️po
q - ✔️every
ac - ✔️before meals
qid or QID - ✔️four times a day
tsp - ✔️teaspoonful
prn or PRN - ✔️as needed
Tbsp - ✔️Tablespoonful
tid or TID - ✔️Three times a day
ml - ✔️milliliter
oz - ✔️ounce
MAR - ✔️Medication administration record
The following are abbreviations for drug routes, EXCEPT - ✔️PD
, You receive an order for Nitroglycerin to be given sublingually. It would be given -
✔️Under the tongue
The following are abbreviations for dosages or strengths of medications EXCEPT -
✔️PD
If you are not sure of an abbreviation, it is O.K. to gues - ✔️False
It is important to know the policy on approved abbreviations for your facility. -
✔️True
A milliliter is the same as a milligram - ✔️False
Over-the-counter drugs may be kept as floor stock or house stock in an adult care
home. - ✔️True
When administering medications, it is O.K. to leave a resident's medication at the
bedside if the resident is present. - ✔️False
You are legally responsible for any medication or treatment you administer. -
✔️True
Medications should be given within one hour before or one hour after the prescribed
or scheduled time of administration. - ✔️True
Residents have a right to refuse medications. - ✔️True
Oral medications must be stored separately from topical or external medications. -
✔️True
Staff giving medications in adult care homes have to demonstrate certain skills with
administering medications and be checked off or validated by a registered nurse or
registered pharmacist. - ✔️True
Regulations for the accountability or recordkeeping of controlled substances differ
from the regulations for non-controlled medications. - ✔️True
Unlicensed staff in adult care homes may administer intramuscular (IM) injections
and subcutaneous (SQ) injections. - ✔️False
A telephone or verbal order for medications and treatments must be signed by the
person who prescribed the medications within: - ✔️15 days from the date the order
is given.
Information or documentation on the MAR for PRN (as needed) medications that are
administered includes: - ✔️all of the above
Questions and Correct Answers
Hour of sleep or bedtime - ✔️HS or qhs
Twice a day - ✔️bid or BID
Subcutaneous - ✔️sq. or SQ
Every other day - ✔️qod or QOD
Once a day - ✔️qd or QD
gram - ✔️gm
milligram - ✔️mg
after meals - ✔️pc
OTC - ✔️over-the-counter
by mouth - ✔️po
q - ✔️every
ac - ✔️before meals
qid or QID - ✔️four times a day
tsp - ✔️teaspoonful
prn or PRN - ✔️as needed
Tbsp - ✔️Tablespoonful
tid or TID - ✔️Three times a day
ml - ✔️milliliter
oz - ✔️ounce
MAR - ✔️Medication administration record
The following are abbreviations for drug routes, EXCEPT - ✔️PD
, You receive an order for Nitroglycerin to be given sublingually. It would be given -
✔️Under the tongue
The following are abbreviations for dosages or strengths of medications EXCEPT -
✔️PD
If you are not sure of an abbreviation, it is O.K. to gues - ✔️False
It is important to know the policy on approved abbreviations for your facility. -
✔️True
A milliliter is the same as a milligram - ✔️False
Over-the-counter drugs may be kept as floor stock or house stock in an adult care
home. - ✔️True
When administering medications, it is O.K. to leave a resident's medication at the
bedside if the resident is present. - ✔️False
You are legally responsible for any medication or treatment you administer. -
✔️True
Medications should be given within one hour before or one hour after the prescribed
or scheduled time of administration. - ✔️True
Residents have a right to refuse medications. - ✔️True
Oral medications must be stored separately from topical or external medications. -
✔️True
Staff giving medications in adult care homes have to demonstrate certain skills with
administering medications and be checked off or validated by a registered nurse or
registered pharmacist. - ✔️True
Regulations for the accountability or recordkeeping of controlled substances differ
from the regulations for non-controlled medications. - ✔️True
Unlicensed staff in adult care homes may administer intramuscular (IM) injections
and subcutaneous (SQ) injections. - ✔️False
A telephone or verbal order for medications and treatments must be signed by the
person who prescribed the medications within: - ✔️15 days from the date the order
is given.
Information or documentation on the MAR for PRN (as needed) medications that are
administered includes: - ✔️all of the above
