NC Medication Aide Exam Questions With Insightful
Answers
Caplet - accurate answers-a capsule shaped pill that is coated to help with
ease of swallowing
aerosol spray - accurate answers-Solution that holds the medication
suspended until it is dispensed in the form of a mist to spray on the skin
neglect - accurate answers-Failure to provide the standard of care that a
person trained in the same way would do in a certain situation-Failing to give
meds prescribed
Diversion - accurate answers-Giving medication to someone other than client
but documenting that medication was given to client
Fraud - accurate answers-Dishonest or cheats the system-charting meds as
given but did not actually give medication
Six Rights - accurate answers-Right Client, Right Medication, Right Dose, Right
Route, Right Time, Right Documentation
capsule - accurate answers-The medication in a liquid, oil, powder, or gel form
is held inside a gelatin container until it dissolved in the stomach
Cream - accurate answers-Semisolid preparation holding medication so it can
be applied to skin
Elixer - accurate answers-A sweet, good smelling, alcohol based solution in
which medications are dissolved, allowing them to be taken in liquid form by
mouth
Enteric-coated tablets - accurate answers-Hard shell coating on a tablet that
keeps the medication from dissolving until it passes through the stomach into
the small intestine. Cutting or crushing these will destroy the protective hard
shell
Gel - accurate answers-A clear, semisolid, jellylike solution used to hold
medication so it can be applied to the skin
, Inhalant - accurate answers-Medication forcefully pushed into the lungs via
compressed air such as a metered dose inhaler or a disc device
liniment - accurate answers-Medication mixed with alcohol, oil, or water
which is rubbed on the skin
Lotion - accurate answers-a medication in a liquid suspension applied to the
skin
lozenge - accurate answers-Medicated tablet or disk that dissolves in the
mouth
Ointment - accurate answers-A semisolid substance for application of
medication to the skin or eyes where it's absorbed
Paste - accurate answers-semisolid preparation, thicker and stiffer than
ointment; absorbed through skin more slowly than ointment
Patch - accurate answers-Medication encased in a round, square, or oval disc
that is stuck to skin, allowing medication to be absorbed slowly and regularly
from the disc into the blood stream through the skin
Pill - accurate answers-Mixture of a powdered drug with a cohesive material;
may be round or oval
Powder - accurate answers-A finely ground drug or drugs; some are used
internally, others externally
Solution - accurate answers-Liquid containing dissolved medication
Suppository - accurate answers-a cone-shaped, solid drug that is inserted into
a body opening; it melts at body temperature
Suspension - accurate answers-liquid mixture in which particles distributed in
the liquid settle out over time
Syrup - accurate answers-medication dissolved in a concentrated sugar
solution
Answers
Caplet - accurate answers-a capsule shaped pill that is coated to help with
ease of swallowing
aerosol spray - accurate answers-Solution that holds the medication
suspended until it is dispensed in the form of a mist to spray on the skin
neglect - accurate answers-Failure to provide the standard of care that a
person trained in the same way would do in a certain situation-Failing to give
meds prescribed
Diversion - accurate answers-Giving medication to someone other than client
but documenting that medication was given to client
Fraud - accurate answers-Dishonest or cheats the system-charting meds as
given but did not actually give medication
Six Rights - accurate answers-Right Client, Right Medication, Right Dose, Right
Route, Right Time, Right Documentation
capsule - accurate answers-The medication in a liquid, oil, powder, or gel form
is held inside a gelatin container until it dissolved in the stomach
Cream - accurate answers-Semisolid preparation holding medication so it can
be applied to skin
Elixer - accurate answers-A sweet, good smelling, alcohol based solution in
which medications are dissolved, allowing them to be taken in liquid form by
mouth
Enteric-coated tablets - accurate answers-Hard shell coating on a tablet that
keeps the medication from dissolving until it passes through the stomach into
the small intestine. Cutting or crushing these will destroy the protective hard
shell
Gel - accurate answers-A clear, semisolid, jellylike solution used to hold
medication so it can be applied to the skin
, Inhalant - accurate answers-Medication forcefully pushed into the lungs via
compressed air such as a metered dose inhaler or a disc device
liniment - accurate answers-Medication mixed with alcohol, oil, or water
which is rubbed on the skin
Lotion - accurate answers-a medication in a liquid suspension applied to the
skin
lozenge - accurate answers-Medicated tablet or disk that dissolves in the
mouth
Ointment - accurate answers-A semisolid substance for application of
medication to the skin or eyes where it's absorbed
Paste - accurate answers-semisolid preparation, thicker and stiffer than
ointment; absorbed through skin more slowly than ointment
Patch - accurate answers-Medication encased in a round, square, or oval disc
that is stuck to skin, allowing medication to be absorbed slowly and regularly
from the disc into the blood stream through the skin
Pill - accurate answers-Mixture of a powdered drug with a cohesive material;
may be round or oval
Powder - accurate answers-A finely ground drug or drugs; some are used
internally, others externally
Solution - accurate answers-Liquid containing dissolved medication
Suppository - accurate answers-a cone-shaped, solid drug that is inserted into
a body opening; it melts at body temperature
Suspension - accurate answers-liquid mixture in which particles distributed in
the liquid settle out over time
Syrup - accurate answers-medication dissolved in a concentrated sugar
solution
