MEDICATION AIDE MACE EXAM
MEDICATION AIDE MACE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
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 ANS >> 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 resident’s roommate ANS >> A. The resident
The MA may appropriately complete which of the following actions?
A. Administering Medication
B. Ordering Medications
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C. Assessment of the resident's condition
D. Evaluating the effectiveness of medications ANS >> 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 ANS >> 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 ANS >> 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 ANS >> 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
MEDICATION AIDE MACE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
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 ANS >> 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 resident’s roommate ANS >> A. The resident
The MA may appropriately complete which of the following actions?
A. Administering Medication
B. Ordering Medications
, MEDICATION AIDE MACE EXAM
C. Assessment of the resident's condition
D. Evaluating the effectiveness of medications ANS >> 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 ANS >> 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 ANS >> 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 ANS >> 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
