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a capsule shaped pill that is coated to help with ease
Caplet
of swallowing
Solution that holds the medication suspended until it
aerosol spray
is dispensed in the form of a mist to spray on the skin
Failure to provide the standard of care that a person
neglect trained in the same way would do in a certain
situation-Failing to give meds prescribed
Giving medication to someone other than client but
Diversion
documenting that medication was given to client
Dishonest or cheats the system-charting meds as
Fraud
given but did not actually give medication
Right Client, Right Medication, Right Dose, Right
Six Rights
Route, Right Time, Right Documentation
The medication in a liquid, oil, powder, or gel form is
capsule held inside a gelatin container until it dissolved in the
stomach
Semisolid preparation holding medication so it can be
Cream
applied to skin
A sweet, good smelling, alcohol based solution in
Elixer which medications are dissolved, allowing them to be
taken in liquid form by mouth
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Hard shell coating on a tablet that keeps the
medication from dissolving until it passes through the
Enteric-coated tablets
stomach into the small intestine. Cutting or crushing
these will destroy the protective hard shell
A clear, semisolid, jellylike solution used to hold
Gel
medication so it can be applied to the skin
Medication forcefully pushed into the lungs via
Inhalant compressed air such as a metered dose inhaler or a
disc device
Medication mixed with alcohol, oil, or water which is
liniment
rubbed on the skin
Lotion a medication in a liquid suspension applied to the skin
lozenge Medicated tablet or disk that dissolves in the mouth
A semisolid substance for application of medication
Ointment
to the skin or eyes where it's absorbed
semisolid preparation, thicker and stiffer than
Paste ointment; absorbed through skin more slowly than
ointment
Medication encased in a round, square, or oval disc
that is stuck to skin, allowing medication to be
Patch
absorbed slowly and regularly from the disc into the
blood stream through the skin
Mixture of a powdered drug with a cohesive material;
Pill
may be round or oval
A finely ground drug or drugs; some are used
Powder
internally, others externally
Solution Liquid containing dissolved medication
a cone-shaped, solid drug that is inserted into a body
Suppository
opening; it melts at body temperature
liquid mixture in which particles distributed in the
Suspension
liquid settle out over time
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NC Medication Aide COMPLETE EXAM SET 2025
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Save
Terms in this set (127)
a capsule shaped pill that is coated to help with ease
Caplet
of swallowing
Solution that holds the medication suspended until it
aerosol spray
is dispensed in the form of a mist to spray on the skin
Failure to provide the standard of care that a person
neglect trained in the same way would do in a certain
situation-Failing to give meds prescribed
Giving medication to someone other than client but
Diversion
documenting that medication was given to client
Dishonest or cheats the system-charting meds as
Fraud
given but did not actually give medication
Right Client, Right Medication, Right Dose, Right
Six Rights
Route, Right Time, Right Documentation
The medication in a liquid, oil, powder, or gel form is
capsule held inside a gelatin container until it dissolved in the
stomach
Semisolid preparation holding medication so it can be
Cream
applied to skin
A sweet, good smelling, alcohol based solution in
Elixer which medications are dissolved, allowing them to be
taken in liquid form by mouth
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Hard shell coating on a tablet that keeps the
medication from dissolving until it passes through the
Enteric-coated tablets
stomach into the small intestine. Cutting or crushing
these will destroy the protective hard shell
A clear, semisolid, jellylike solution used to hold
Gel
medication so it can be applied to the skin
Medication forcefully pushed into the lungs via
Inhalant compressed air such as a metered dose inhaler or a
disc device
Medication mixed with alcohol, oil, or water which is
liniment
rubbed on the skin
Lotion a medication in a liquid suspension applied to the skin
lozenge Medicated tablet or disk that dissolves in the mouth
A semisolid substance for application of medication
Ointment
to the skin or eyes where it's absorbed
semisolid preparation, thicker and stiffer than
Paste ointment; absorbed through skin more slowly than
ointment
Medication encased in a round, square, or oval disc
that is stuck to skin, allowing medication to be
Patch
absorbed slowly and regularly from the disc into the
blood stream through the skin
Mixture of a powdered drug with a cohesive material;
Pill
may be round or oval
A finely ground drug or drugs; some are used
Powder
internally, others externally
Solution Liquid containing dissolved medication
a cone-shaped, solid drug that is inserted into a body
Suppository
opening; it melts at body temperature
liquid mixture in which particles distributed in the
Suspension
liquid settle out over time
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