MED CERT - PRACTICE QUIZ/TEST EXAM
QUESTIONS 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
BID means - ✔✔twice a day
A successful completion of your final exam means - ✔✔That you have passed baseline
competency
A source of medication can be - ✔✔Plants, animals, and minerals
The trade name is - ✔✔ The name given for marketing purposes
When are you required to count "controlled" medications? - ✔✔At the beginning and
end of your shift
What can influence the effect of medication? - ✔✔Your age
When a medication does what it is supposed to do it is known as - ✔✔Therapeutic effect
The abbreviation for "sublingual" is - ✔✔Sl
What kind of measurement is most accurate to dose medications? - ✔✔Metric
One tablespoon is equal to - ✔✔15 mls
The doctor ordered Depakote 750mg PO but you have 250mgs on hand. How many tabs
do you give? - ✔✔3
, If a medication has a "synergistic" effect, that means - ✔✔One medication increases the
action of another medication
Meds to be taken on an empty stomach are given - ✔✔1 hour before or 2 hours after a
meal
How many times are the 5 rights checked? - ✔✔ 3 times before the medications are
administered
If a medication is ordered OS where would you place it? - ✔✔Left eye
How do you best identify the correct person to give medication to? - ✔✔Use a photo Id
What is an "unlabeled use"? - ✔✔The med is being used for a reason not listed in drug
reference
Where can you get information about a medication? - ✔✔The nurse, the pharmacy, the
drug reference book.
What do you do if you can't read the med label? - ✔✔Don't give, call the nurse or call the
pharmacist
Besides the primary care physician who can sign the medication orders? - ✔✔The APRN,
the PA, the psychiatrist,
Systemic affect of medication involves - ✔✔The whole body
PRN means - ✔✔When needed
QUESTIONS 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
BID means - ✔✔twice a day
A successful completion of your final exam means - ✔✔That you have passed baseline
competency
A source of medication can be - ✔✔Plants, animals, and minerals
The trade name is - ✔✔ The name given for marketing purposes
When are you required to count "controlled" medications? - ✔✔At the beginning and
end of your shift
What can influence the effect of medication? - ✔✔Your age
When a medication does what it is supposed to do it is known as - ✔✔Therapeutic effect
The abbreviation for "sublingual" is - ✔✔Sl
What kind of measurement is most accurate to dose medications? - ✔✔Metric
One tablespoon is equal to - ✔✔15 mls
The doctor ordered Depakote 750mg PO but you have 250mgs on hand. How many tabs
do you give? - ✔✔3
, If a medication has a "synergistic" effect, that means - ✔✔One medication increases the
action of another medication
Meds to be taken on an empty stomach are given - ✔✔1 hour before or 2 hours after a
meal
How many times are the 5 rights checked? - ✔✔ 3 times before the medications are
administered
If a medication is ordered OS where would you place it? - ✔✔Left eye
How do you best identify the correct person to give medication to? - ✔✔Use a photo Id
What is an "unlabeled use"? - ✔✔The med is being used for a reason not listed in drug
reference
Where can you get information about a medication? - ✔✔The nurse, the pharmacy, the
drug reference book.
What do you do if you can't read the med label? - ✔✔Don't give, call the nurse or call the
pharmacist
Besides the primary care physician who can sign the medication orders? - ✔✔The APRN,
the PA, the psychiatrist,
Systemic affect of medication involves - ✔✔The whole body
PRN means - ✔✔When needed
