PRACTICE FOR PROXY CAREGIVER MEDICATION
ASSISTANT TRAINING
MAR stands for - Answers - Medication Administration Record
Oral - Answers - taken by mouth and swallowed
Buccal - Answers - placed between cheek and gum
Sublingual - Answers - placed under the tongue
Eye - Answers - placed in the pocket of the eye created when the lower eyelid is gently
pulled down
Ear - Answers - placed in the ear canal created when the external ear is pulled up and
back
Nasal - Answers - placed in the nostril
Inhalant - Answers - inhaled into the lungs
Transdermal - Answers - placed and affixed to the skin
Topical - Answers - applied to the skin or hair
vaginal - Answers - inserted into the vagina
Rectal - Answers - inserted into the rectum
subcutaneous - Answers - injected into the fat with a syringe
6 rights of medication administration - Answers - right resident, right medication, right
dose, right route, right time, right documentation
Respect - Answers - Do not interrupt a resident when he/she is eating, do not awaken
a resident, inform resident the procedures that will occur, and answer residents
questions abut the medication(s).
Refusal - Answers - Never force a resident to take a medication, follow the facility's
policy when a resident refuses.
Privacy - Answers - being away from the public
Knock on closed doors before entering
Do not administer medications when resident is receiving personal care or in the
bathroom.
ASSISTANT TRAINING
MAR stands for - Answers - Medication Administration Record
Oral - Answers - taken by mouth and swallowed
Buccal - Answers - placed between cheek and gum
Sublingual - Answers - placed under the tongue
Eye - Answers - placed in the pocket of the eye created when the lower eyelid is gently
pulled down
Ear - Answers - placed in the ear canal created when the external ear is pulled up and
back
Nasal - Answers - placed in the nostril
Inhalant - Answers - inhaled into the lungs
Transdermal - Answers - placed and affixed to the skin
Topical - Answers - applied to the skin or hair
vaginal - Answers - inserted into the vagina
Rectal - Answers - inserted into the rectum
subcutaneous - Answers - injected into the fat with a syringe
6 rights of medication administration - Answers - right resident, right medication, right
dose, right route, right time, right documentation
Respect - Answers - Do not interrupt a resident when he/she is eating, do not awaken
a resident, inform resident the procedures that will occur, and answer residents
questions abut the medication(s).
Refusal - Answers - Never force a resident to take a medication, follow the facility's
policy when a resident refuses.
Privacy - Answers - being away from the public
Knock on closed doors before entering
Do not administer medications when resident is receiving personal care or in the
bathroom.
