INDIANA Qma Practice Exam Questions and
Answers
1. Qma's are prohibited from:: Calling a physician, assessing a resident,
administering a stage II treatment, administering meds through a nasgastric tube
2. The Qma scope of practice includes:: Observe and report to a nurse reactions and
side effects of meds, take vital signs prior to some medications, personally set up and give medications
that you were trained on, not document what another person gave a resident
3. When giving a PRN medication, the nurse must cosign the clinical
record: True
4. The Qma is allowed to treat a second degree burn if you follow
the order exactly: False
5. The Qma must document in the clinical record any and all
observations and what is reported by the resident: True
6. What is assault and battery?: A verbal threat that is carried out
7. Leaving a resident alone in the shower room, failing to report an
observation or occurrence to the nurse, causing injury by using
broken equipment would be an example of:: Negligence
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, 8. What describes "painless killing of a patient suffering from an
incurable disease"?: Euthanasia
9. Medication errors can be caused by:: Lack of concentration, lack of knowledge, poor
communica-tion, performing outside your scope of practice
10. If you have a medication error, you report it to the doctor
immediately: False
11. Undesirable medication effects could be: Vomiting, dizziness,
hives/drowsiness, diflcult breathing
12. Report all
suspected abuse to the nurse .: Immediately
13. The Qma is exempt from performing the initial and final
steps created for Cna's: False
14. What is verbal communication?: Written or spoken words
15. What can cause permanent cognitive impairment?:
Severe head trauma Stroke
Brain disease
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Answers
1. Qma's are prohibited from:: Calling a physician, assessing a resident,
administering a stage II treatment, administering meds through a nasgastric tube
2. The Qma scope of practice includes:: Observe and report to a nurse reactions and
side effects of meds, take vital signs prior to some medications, personally set up and give medications
that you were trained on, not document what another person gave a resident
3. When giving a PRN medication, the nurse must cosign the clinical
record: True
4. The Qma is allowed to treat a second degree burn if you follow
the order exactly: False
5. The Qma must document in the clinical record any and all
observations and what is reported by the resident: True
6. What is assault and battery?: A verbal threat that is carried out
7. Leaving a resident alone in the shower room, failing to report an
observation or occurrence to the nurse, causing injury by using
broken equipment would be an example of:: Negligence
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, 8. What describes "painless killing of a patient suffering from an
incurable disease"?: Euthanasia
9. Medication errors can be caused by:: Lack of concentration, lack of knowledge, poor
communica-tion, performing outside your scope of practice
10. If you have a medication error, you report it to the doctor
immediately: False
11. Undesirable medication effects could be: Vomiting, dizziness,
hives/drowsiness, diflcult breathing
12. Report all
suspected abuse to the nurse .: Immediately
13. The Qma is exempt from performing the initial and final
steps created for Cna's: False
14. What is verbal communication?: Written or spoken words
15. What can cause permanent cognitive impairment?:
Severe head trauma Stroke
Brain disease
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