Med Aide State Exam Review
MA
medication aide
Common MA duties
1. Preparing ordered medications and distrubuting then to residents below supervision of a
licensed healthcare expert
2. Observing citizens as they take medicines, assisting as needed
3. Documenting medication management
4. Watching and reporting changes in citizens
5. Reporting to the nurse anything that would by a risk for resident safety
documenting
Keeping a cautious document of the medicinal drugs residents take, together with time and
amount of drugs.
Document right now after the drugs is adminstered
Tasks MA can NOT perform
1. Giving medication to citizens whose scientific situation is changing or unstable
2. Deciding whtn to present PRN remedy
three. Giving medicine by means of injection
4. Deciding what quantity of medicine to present a resident
five. Giving a medicine for the FIRST time
Medication Aide distinctive names/titles
Medication Aide
Medication assistant
Certified Medication Aide or licensed medication assistant
Medication technician
Certified Medication technician
,professional
having to do with paintings or a process
non-public
Relating to lifestyles out of doors one's task, along with family, pals, and domestic lifestyles.
Professionalism
behaving properly when on the task
Includes:
being on time
dressing correctly
completing duties
man or woman-targeted care
care that is touchy to each resident's unique wishes
private
retaining all resident information private
Delegating
For MA this means, that the nurse is transfering responsibility to the medicine aide for that
specific assignment
MA should NOT accept tasks in those conditions
1. She has not been skilled to perform the undertaking
2. The nurse will not be to be had to offer approriapate supervision
3. The situation isn't approppraite for delegation
4. Giving a medication for the FIRST time
chain of command
,For MA, a remedy aide carries out commands given by the nurse. The nurse is performing at
the commands of a doctor
liability
a prison term meaning someone may be held accountable for harming a person else
scope of practice
defines the responsibilities that healthcare companies are legally allowed to do as authorized by
way of the nation or federal law
verbal conversation
use of words, spoken or written
nonverbal communique
conversation the use of frame moves, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech
policy
a path of motion that should be taken each time a certain scenario happens
system
a technique or manner of doing some thing
Ethics
the standards of right and incorrect that manual an character in making decisions
regulation
tells people what they should do
controlled materials
drugs that produce tolerance and dependence and feature capability for abuse or dependancy
Resident rights
Rights every resident has in any facility including privacy, admire, and the right to refuse
treatment etc...
, HIPPA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Ex: Can handiest percentage statistics approximately the resident with other healthcare group
participants
PHI
Protected Health Information
abuse
practical mistreatment that reasons physical, mental, or emotional pain or harm to someone
Neglect/negligence
the failure to provide needed care that results in bodily, intellectual, or emotional damage to a
person
For instance: not shaking a medicinal drug that calls for shaking
obligatory journalists
people legally required to file suspected or found abuse or forget about
Malpractice
takes place while a person is injured because of expert misconduct through negligence,
carelessness, or lack of ability
diversion
whilst citizens remedy is stolen
fraud
growing false statistics or by asking healthcare people to lie about citizens care
Controlled Substance Act (CSA)
Legislation within the US that defines unlawful capsules and classifies them with the aid of
Schedules
MA
medication aide
Common MA duties
1. Preparing ordered medications and distrubuting then to residents below supervision of a
licensed healthcare expert
2. Observing citizens as they take medicines, assisting as needed
3. Documenting medication management
4. Watching and reporting changes in citizens
5. Reporting to the nurse anything that would by a risk for resident safety
documenting
Keeping a cautious document of the medicinal drugs residents take, together with time and
amount of drugs.
Document right now after the drugs is adminstered
Tasks MA can NOT perform
1. Giving medication to citizens whose scientific situation is changing or unstable
2. Deciding whtn to present PRN remedy
three. Giving medicine by means of injection
4. Deciding what quantity of medicine to present a resident
five. Giving a medicine for the FIRST time
Medication Aide distinctive names/titles
Medication Aide
Medication assistant
Certified Medication Aide or licensed medication assistant
Medication technician
Certified Medication technician
,professional
having to do with paintings or a process
non-public
Relating to lifestyles out of doors one's task, along with family, pals, and domestic lifestyles.
Professionalism
behaving properly when on the task
Includes:
being on time
dressing correctly
completing duties
man or woman-targeted care
care that is touchy to each resident's unique wishes
private
retaining all resident information private
Delegating
For MA this means, that the nurse is transfering responsibility to the medicine aide for that
specific assignment
MA should NOT accept tasks in those conditions
1. She has not been skilled to perform the undertaking
2. The nurse will not be to be had to offer approriapate supervision
3. The situation isn't approppraite for delegation
4. Giving a medication for the FIRST time
chain of command
,For MA, a remedy aide carries out commands given by the nurse. The nurse is performing at
the commands of a doctor
liability
a prison term meaning someone may be held accountable for harming a person else
scope of practice
defines the responsibilities that healthcare companies are legally allowed to do as authorized by
way of the nation or federal law
verbal conversation
use of words, spoken or written
nonverbal communique
conversation the use of frame moves, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech
policy
a path of motion that should be taken each time a certain scenario happens
system
a technique or manner of doing some thing
Ethics
the standards of right and incorrect that manual an character in making decisions
regulation
tells people what they should do
controlled materials
drugs that produce tolerance and dependence and feature capability for abuse or dependancy
Resident rights
Rights every resident has in any facility including privacy, admire, and the right to refuse
treatment etc...
, HIPPA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Ex: Can handiest percentage statistics approximately the resident with other healthcare group
participants
PHI
Protected Health Information
abuse
practical mistreatment that reasons physical, mental, or emotional pain or harm to someone
Neglect/negligence
the failure to provide needed care that results in bodily, intellectual, or emotional damage to a
person
For instance: not shaking a medicinal drug that calls for shaking
obligatory journalists
people legally required to file suspected or found abuse or forget about
Malpractice
takes place while a person is injured because of expert misconduct through negligence,
carelessness, or lack of ability
diversion
whilst citizens remedy is stolen
fraud
growing false statistics or by asking healthcare people to lie about citizens care
Controlled Substance Act (CSA)
Legislation within the US that defines unlawful capsules and classifies them with the aid of
Schedules
