Medication Aide quizzes and tests from
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QUESTION 1-295
True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse has specifically
delegated the task for the specific resident and drug?
- correct answer - True. Med aide can't assess the need for a PRN, this must be
done by a nurse
Med aides can't do what?
- correct answer - Give first doses of new meds
Factors affecting drug actions include what?
- correct answer - Weight, age, metabolic rate, and tolerance
What are the six rights of med administration?
- correct answer - The right drug, the right person, the right documentation, the
, right route, the right dose, and the right time
Before you work as a med aide, you?
- correct answer - Must pass course exams, complete and demonstrate skills
As a med aide in your facility, you should what?
- correct answer - Work within the legal limits of your role
You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a what?
- correct answer - boundary violation
A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits of your role. You do
what?
- correct answer - Refuse to follow the nurses order and explain why
You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug, You should do what?
- correct answer - Ask the Nurse
In order to assess a person, the nurse decides to give the person the oral drugs
that you usually give. You do what?
- correct answer - Understand this is the best decision for the person at the time.
The nurse asks you to perform a task that is in your job description. You have not
done this task before. You do what?
- correct answer - Tell the nurse you have not done the task before and ask for
help
When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what?
- correct answer - Must complete the task safely
A nurse asks you to perform a task. You do the following except what? restate or
all units updated question and verified
answers
QUESTION 1-295
True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse has specifically
delegated the task for the specific resident and drug?
- correct answer - True. Med aide can't assess the need for a PRN, this must be
done by a nurse
Med aides can't do what?
- correct answer - Give first doses of new meds
Factors affecting drug actions include what?
- correct answer - Weight, age, metabolic rate, and tolerance
What are the six rights of med administration?
- correct answer - The right drug, the right person, the right documentation, the
, right route, the right dose, and the right time
Before you work as a med aide, you?
- correct answer - Must pass course exams, complete and demonstrate skills
As a med aide in your facility, you should what?
- correct answer - Work within the legal limits of your role
You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a what?
- correct answer - boundary violation
A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits of your role. You do
what?
- correct answer - Refuse to follow the nurses order and explain why
You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug, You should do what?
- correct answer - Ask the Nurse
In order to assess a person, the nurse decides to give the person the oral drugs
that you usually give. You do what?
- correct answer - Understand this is the best decision for the person at the time.
The nurse asks you to perform a task that is in your job description. You have not
done this task before. You do what?
- correct answer - Tell the nurse you have not done the task before and ask for
help
When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what?
- correct answer - Must complete the task safely
A nurse asks you to perform a task. You do the following except what? restate or
