Med Aide Quizzes and Tests from All Units – with Verified Answers
True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse
True. Med aide can't assess the need for a PRN, this must
has specifically delegated the task for the specific resident
be done by a nurse
and drug?
Med aides can't do what? Give first doses of new meds
Factors attecting drug actions include what? Weight, age, metabolic rate, and tolerance
The right drug, the right person, the right documentation,
What are the six rights of med administration?
the right route, the right dose, and the right time
Before you work as a med aide, you? Must pass course exams, complete and demonstrate skills
As a med aide in your facility, you should what? Work within the legal limits of your role
You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a
boundary violation
what?
A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits
Refuse to follow the nurses order and explain why
of your role. You do what?
You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug,
Ask the Nurse
You should do what?
In order to assess a person, the nurse decides to give the Understand this is the best decision for the person at the
person the oral drugs that you usually give. You do what? time.
The nurse asks you to perform a task that is in your job
Tell the nurse you have not done the task before and ask
description. You have not done this task before. You do
for help
what?
When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what? Must complete the task safely
A nurse asks you to perform a task. You do the following
except what? restate or clarify what is expected of you,
know how to contact the nurse if theres an emergency, Do the task even though you have not been trained
document the care given, or do the task even though you
have not been trained?
What step can the nurse delegate to you? Give certain drugs
, Med Aide Quizzes and Tests from All Units – with Verified Answers
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the power
to do the following except what? Determine the safety
and ettectiveness of drugs before marketing, ensure that
manufacturers meet labeling requirements, ensure ad- Determine who gives drugs to patients or residents
vertising standards are met when manufacturers market
drugs, or determine who gives drugs to patients or resi-
dents?
If you fail to do something that a reasonable and careful
Negligent
person would have done, you are what?
Violate a persons right to have his or her name, photo, or
Invasion of privacy occurs if you what?
private attairs made public without giving consent
You suspect a persons being abused. You should what? Share your concerns with your supervisor
Schedule 11 drugs may lead to what? Severe psychological or physical dependence
According to the text, when you touch a persons body
Battery
without his or her consent its called a what?
The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person
Abuse
is what?
Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct is
Ethics
called what?
Which statement about an ethical person is true? An ethical person behaves in the right way
You display ethical behavior by what? Keeping the persons property safe
To protect yourself from assault and battery, you what? Get the persons consent before doing a procedure
A nurse gives the wrong dosage of a drug to a person.
malpractice
This is what?
You gave a drug to the wrong person. This is what? Negligence
You trick a person into taking a drug. This is called what? Fraud
Verbal abuse
, Med Aide Quizzes and Tests from All Units – with Verified Answers
You scold an older person for refusing to take ordered
drugs This is what?
Violating or failing to comply with the Controlled Sub-
Fine and Prison term
stance Act can result in a what?
Pain and nausea are examples of what? Subjective Data
What observations should you report at once? Complaints of sudden severe pain
Cancer and diabetes are examples of what? Medical Diagnosis
A person is eating. How long should you wait before
15 to 20 minutes
taking an oral temperature?
A person has a blood pressure of 118/78. This is what? Within normal range
Good communication occurs when you what? Give information in a logical and orderly manner
A drug is ordered for 1700. The time to give the drug is
5:00 PM
what?
Symptoms are an example of what? Subjective Data
Which of the following is not objective data? A persons
respiratory rate, the color of a persons urine, a persons Pain felt by a person
blood pressure, or pain felt by a person?
When should you record that you gave a person a drug? After giving the drug
You are giving a person his drugs. What observation
The person refused to take a drug
should you report at once?
The basic unit of body structure is what? A cell
The integumentary system ? Covers the body
The white of the eye is the what? Sclera
The external or (outer part) is called the what? pinna or auricle
Digestion begins where? In the oral cavity
The master gland is the what? Pituitary
True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse
True. Med aide can't assess the need for a PRN, this must
has specifically delegated the task for the specific resident
be done by a nurse
and drug?
Med aides can't do what? Give first doses of new meds
Factors attecting drug actions include what? Weight, age, metabolic rate, and tolerance
The right drug, the right person, the right documentation,
What are the six rights of med administration?
the right route, the right dose, and the right time
Before you work as a med aide, you? Must pass course exams, complete and demonstrate skills
As a med aide in your facility, you should what? Work within the legal limits of your role
You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a
boundary violation
what?
A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits
Refuse to follow the nurses order and explain why
of your role. You do what?
You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug,
Ask the Nurse
You should do what?
In order to assess a person, the nurse decides to give the Understand this is the best decision for the person at the
person the oral drugs that you usually give. You do what? time.
The nurse asks you to perform a task that is in your job
Tell the nurse you have not done the task before and ask
description. You have not done this task before. You do
for help
what?
When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what? Must complete the task safely
A nurse asks you to perform a task. You do the following
except what? restate or clarify what is expected of you,
know how to contact the nurse if theres an emergency, Do the task even though you have not been trained
document the care given, or do the task even though you
have not been trained?
What step can the nurse delegate to you? Give certain drugs
, Med Aide Quizzes and Tests from All Units – with Verified Answers
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the power
to do the following except what? Determine the safety
and ettectiveness of drugs before marketing, ensure that
manufacturers meet labeling requirements, ensure ad- Determine who gives drugs to patients or residents
vertising standards are met when manufacturers market
drugs, or determine who gives drugs to patients or resi-
dents?
If you fail to do something that a reasonable and careful
Negligent
person would have done, you are what?
Violate a persons right to have his or her name, photo, or
Invasion of privacy occurs if you what?
private attairs made public without giving consent
You suspect a persons being abused. You should what? Share your concerns with your supervisor
Schedule 11 drugs may lead to what? Severe psychological or physical dependence
According to the text, when you touch a persons body
Battery
without his or her consent its called a what?
The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person
Abuse
is what?
Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct is
Ethics
called what?
Which statement about an ethical person is true? An ethical person behaves in the right way
You display ethical behavior by what? Keeping the persons property safe
To protect yourself from assault and battery, you what? Get the persons consent before doing a procedure
A nurse gives the wrong dosage of a drug to a person.
malpractice
This is what?
You gave a drug to the wrong person. This is what? Negligence
You trick a person into taking a drug. This is called what? Fraud
Verbal abuse
, Med Aide Quizzes and Tests from All Units – with Verified Answers
You scold an older person for refusing to take ordered
drugs This is what?
Violating or failing to comply with the Controlled Sub-
Fine and Prison term
stance Act can result in a what?
Pain and nausea are examples of what? Subjective Data
What observations should you report at once? Complaints of sudden severe pain
Cancer and diabetes are examples of what? Medical Diagnosis
A person is eating. How long should you wait before
15 to 20 minutes
taking an oral temperature?
A person has a blood pressure of 118/78. This is what? Within normal range
Good communication occurs when you what? Give information in a logical and orderly manner
A drug is ordered for 1700. The time to give the drug is
5:00 PM
what?
Symptoms are an example of what? Subjective Data
Which of the following is not objective data? A persons
respiratory rate, the color of a persons urine, a persons Pain felt by a person
blood pressure, or pain felt by a person?
When should you record that you gave a person a drug? After giving the drug
You are giving a person his drugs. What observation
The person refused to take a drug
should you report at once?
The basic unit of body structure is what? A cell
The integumentary system ? Covers the body
The white of the eye is the what? Sclera
The external or (outer part) is called the what? pinna or auricle
Digestion begins where? In the oral cavity
The master gland is the what? Pituitary
