40 Hour Medication Aide Final Exam with
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accurate detailed solutions ||//\\|| ||//\\||
A medication aide (MA) is not usually allowed to administer a drug
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If it is the first time a resident takes it
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If the drug is for a heart condition
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If the drug is for a chronic illness
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If a doctor has not provided written approval for the medication aide to do so - correct
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answer✔✔If it is the first time a resident takes it ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Which of the following is an example of drug- disease interaction?
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A person with hypertension has elevated blood pressure after taking an OTC cold medication.
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A person with depression has a change in mood after starting a new medication.
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A person who has been taking a medication for a long time finds that it is less effective.
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A person who takes medication for hypertension sometimes has a low blood pressure
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measurement. - correct answer✔✔A person with hypertension has elevated blood pressure ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
after taking an OTC cold medication.
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A nebulizer or inhaler does this to a drug so that it may be inhaled and reach the lungs:
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Aerosolizes it ||//\\||
Dissolves it ||//\\||
Concentrates it ||//\\||
, Injects it - correct answer✔✔Aerosolizes it ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Not shaking a liquid medication that requires shaking is an example of
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Diversion
Physical Abuse ||//\\||
Negligence
Fraud - correct answer✔✔Negligence ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Which of these is a topical medication? ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
A powder that is stirred into liquid and swallowed
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A liquid that is emptied into a machine and made into a mist to be inhaled
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A fine spray that is administered through the nostrils
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An ointment that is applied to the skin - correct answer✔✔An ointment that is applied to
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the skin ||//\\||
If a resident's MAR indicates that the pulse rate should be counted before administering a
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medication, how often does the MA need to count and document the resident's pulse rate? ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Every time that medication is administered
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Once a day, when the medication is first administered
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When the resident looks tired or seems unresponsive
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When the resident looks anxious or hyperactive - correct answer✔✔Every time that
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medication is administered ||//\\|| ||//\\||
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accurate detailed solutions ||//\\|| ||//\\||
A medication aide (MA) is not usually allowed to administer a drug
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If it is the first time a resident takes it
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If the drug is for a heart condition
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If the drug is for a chronic illness
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If a doctor has not provided written approval for the medication aide to do so - correct
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answer✔✔If it is the first time a resident takes it ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Which of the following is an example of drug- disease interaction?
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A person with hypertension has elevated blood pressure after taking an OTC cold medication.
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A person with depression has a change in mood after starting a new medication.
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A person who has been taking a medication for a long time finds that it is less effective.
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A person who takes medication for hypertension sometimes has a low blood pressure
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measurement. - correct answer✔✔A person with hypertension has elevated blood pressure ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
after taking an OTC cold medication.
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A nebulizer or inhaler does this to a drug so that it may be inhaled and reach the lungs:
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Aerosolizes it ||//\\||
Dissolves it ||//\\||
Concentrates it ||//\\||
, Injects it - correct answer✔✔Aerosolizes it ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Not shaking a liquid medication that requires shaking is an example of
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Diversion
Physical Abuse ||//\\||
Negligence
Fraud - correct answer✔✔Negligence ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Which of these is a topical medication? ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
A powder that is stirred into liquid and swallowed
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A liquid that is emptied into a machine and made into a mist to be inhaled
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A fine spray that is administered through the nostrils
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An ointment that is applied to the skin - correct answer✔✔An ointment that is applied to
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the skin ||//\\||
If a resident's MAR indicates that the pulse rate should be counted before administering a
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medication, how often does the MA need to count and document the resident's pulse rate? ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Every time that medication is administered
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Once a day, when the medication is first administered
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When the resident looks tired or seems unresponsive
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When the resident looks anxious or hyperactive - correct answer✔✔Every time that
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medication is administered ||//\\|| ||//\\||
