MACE Medication Aide

Medication Aide MACE

Why is it important for you as a Medication Aide to introduce yourself to the residents?
A. For residents to know who is in charge
B. To build relationships with the residents
C. For the residents to be able to call you if needed
D. To adhere to proper etiquette - B. To build relationships with the residents

You are asked by the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to give a resident his pain
medication. You know your responsibility as the Medication Aide is to see that this
request is followed up by asking for further clarification from whom?
A. The resident
B. Anther CNA
C. The manager
D. The residents roommate - A. The resident

The MA may appropriately complete which of the following actions?
A. Administering Medication
B. Ordering Medications
C. Assessment of the resident's condition
D. Evaluating the effectiveness of medications - A. Administering Medication

The Medication Aide is responsible for administering what?
A. Only the medications learned in school
B. Medications under the direct supervision of a nurse
C. Medications by all routes
D. Expired Medications - B. Medications under the direct supervision of a nurse

Before giving a medication, the label is checked for all the following except what?
A. Dosage
B. Expiration Date
C. Name
D. Cost - D. Cost

There are six "rights" of medication administration. They include all of the following
except for what?
A. Right Dose
B. Right Medication
C. Right Patient
D. Right Place
E. Right Time - D. Right Place

, A fellow Medication Aide going on break hands you a crushed pill and asks you to
administer it to a resident. What of the following responses is required from you as a
MA?
A. To give the medication right away
B. To ask your fellow medication Aide what the medication is and to administer it if it is
the correct medication
C. To politely refuse to do the other Medication Aides work and to let him or her give the
medication when he or she returns from break
D. To refuse to give the medication because it cannot be properly identified. - D. To
refuse to give the medication because it cannot be properly identified.

All medication orders must be complete and written in a specific format. This format
includes all the following except for what?
A. Patients name
B. Name of the drug
C. Pharmacists signature
D. Dose
E. Route of administration
F. Time frequency for the medication to be given
G. Signature of the healthcare provider who wrote the medication prescription - C.
Pharmacist signature

"Give ibuprofen for pain every 6 hours as needed." What component of this physician
order is missing?
A. The route
B. The dose
C. The frequency
D. The condition - B. The dose

Place the preparation steps for medication administration in correct order.
A. Wash hands
B. Read order on Medication Administration Record
C. Check label on prepackaged medication as it is removed from the drawer
D. Gather Medication Administration Record
E. Check the label again and compare to Medication Administration Record.
F. Gather equipment
G. Detach correct repacked dose from cart or bottle and place in a medicine cup
H. Check the label a third time after remaining prepackaged medication is returned to
the drawer - A, F, D, B, C, E, H, G

The medication Aide is preparing to administer morning medications to residents. What
is one important safety rule?
A. Never leave an unattended cart unlocked
B. Always make sure that all medications are out of sight of other residents
C. Provide liquid to swallow medications