MAP Testing With Verified Answers
1. Who can you contact if you have questions about medication administration?
Answer: A registered nurse, registered pharmacist, or healthcare provider (HCP).
2. When are MAP consultants available?
Answer: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
3. When may you need to contact a MAP consultant?
Answer: If you make or discover a medication occurrence, medication was omitted, refusal, the HCP
order or pharmacy label or medication sheet do not agree, or if you have questions about medication or
how to administer it.
4. What should you do if there is a medication refusal?
Answer: The prescribing HCP must be notified, and you should observe for changes in the person's
physical and behavioral status.
, 5. How do you get to know the person before administering medication?
Answer: By getting to know the person, their family, other staff, reading their health history,
communication log, observing their physical and behavioral habits.
6. What are the principles of medication administration?
Answer: Mindfulness, supporting abilities, and communication.
7. What does mindfulness mean in medication administration?
Answer: Paying attention to what you are doing during medication administration, decreasing
distractions, and never allowing medication administration to become routine.
8. How do you support people with disabilities during medication administration?
Answer: By supporting them to be as independent as possible and encouraging participation.
1. Who can you contact if you have questions about medication administration?
Answer: A registered nurse, registered pharmacist, or healthcare provider (HCP).
2. When are MAP consultants available?
Answer: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
3. When may you need to contact a MAP consultant?
Answer: If you make or discover a medication occurrence, medication was omitted, refusal, the HCP
order or pharmacy label or medication sheet do not agree, or if you have questions about medication or
how to administer it.
4. What should you do if there is a medication refusal?
Answer: The prescribing HCP must be notified, and you should observe for changes in the person's
physical and behavioral status.
, 5. How do you get to know the person before administering medication?
Answer: By getting to know the person, their family, other staff, reading their health history,
communication log, observing their physical and behavioral habits.
6. What are the principles of medication administration?
Answer: Mindfulness, supporting abilities, and communication.
7. What does mindfulness mean in medication administration?
Answer: Paying attention to what you are doing during medication administration, decreasing
distractions, and never allowing medication administration to become routine.
8. How do you support people with disabilities during medication administration?
Answer: By supporting them to be as independent as possible and encouraging participation.
