CMA Nebraska Review questions with answers

CMA Nebraska Review questions with
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Which of the following is an example of documenting? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔C.The medication aide administers eyedrops to a
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resident and records the event on the resident's chart.
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Medication aides are responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Administering prescription and nonprescription medications to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


residents according to physicians' orders and under a nurse's
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supervision.


Another name for a "medication aide" is - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Medication Tech |\




Providing person-centered care includes - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Treating all residents as individuals |\ |\ |\ |\




For a medication aide, behaving professionally involves -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Doing only assigned tasks that the MA is
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trained to do. |\ |\




What should a medication aide do if she is assigned to perform a
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task she has not been trained to do? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔The MA should refuse the task and explain why she must
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refuse it. |\

,In which of the following cases might the medication aide be held
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liable for harming a resident? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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medication aide crushes a medication that is labeled DO NOT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


CRUSH and sprinkles it on applesauce to make it easier for the
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resident to swallow. The resident's heart rate and blood pressure
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drop to dangerously low levels.
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When communicating with a resident who is difficult to
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understand the MA should - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Take the time |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


to listen to the resident, asking her to repeat herself if necessary.
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How can a medication aide use effective communication skills to
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help promote resident safety? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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medication aide can listen to the resident's concerns and report |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


her questions to the nurse.
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Which of the following is true regarding the scope of practice of a
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medication aide? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Scope of practice may
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not always be defined by law, but it is always defined within a
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facility.


Which of the following is true regarding the difference between
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laws and ethics? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ethics guide a person
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to behave responsibly, and laws enforce that behavior
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If a medication aide realizes he has made a mistake, when is the
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best time to report it? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Immediately
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, The term controlled substance refers to - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔A medication that is considered more likely to be abused.
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Which of the following is the most important thing for a
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medication aide to know prior to performing an assigned task? -|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Whether the task assigned is within her
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scope of practice. |\ |\




A medication aide is never allowed to - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Receive medication orders by phone |\ |\ |\ |\




Which of the following is the most professional and respectful
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way for a medication aide to refuse a task they are not trained or
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allowed to perform? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔"This task is
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outside my scope of practice and I am not legally allowed to
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complete it." |\




The right to privacy and confidentiality ensures what - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔the resident's right to speak privately to anyone.
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In healthcare settings, diversion refers to - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Theft of prescribed medications |\ |\ |\




What is a medication aide's role in preventing diversion? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Practicing careful and accurate |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


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