CERTIFIED MEDICATION AIDE EXAM 1 2024 ACTUAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS

CERTIFIED MEDICATION AIDE EXAM 1 2024 ACTUAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS What kind of drug reaction is life threatening? Correct Answer What are your responsibilities as a CMA? Correct Answer Assist a license nurse in providing safe and ethical care for clients. What do you do when you suspect abuse? Correct Answer To give an account of something that has been seem, heard, or considered to be done to the supervising licensed nurse. What are examples of subjective data? Objective data? Correct Answer Subjective data - Symptoms - is what the resident tells you but is not noticed through the senses, such as touch, etc. Opinions are considered subjective data. Objective data - signs- are those things you can see, hear, feel, or smell. What is necessary for good communication? Correct Answer Communication requires a sender, a message, and receiver. What is an idiosyncratic reaction? Correct Answer Where are most drugs metabolized (which body organ)? Correct Answer Know steps to washing hands. Correct Answer Use warm running water, keeping hands lower than elbows allowing water to flow toward fingertips. Firm rubbing motion. Liquid soap. Wash for 15 - 30 seconds. Dry hands, use a dry towel to turn faucet off. Avoid touching sink with clothing. Always use soap and water if hands are visibly dirty. How long are hands washed for? Correct Answer 15 - 30 seconds What is not legal for a CMA to do while working? Correct Answer To give medications by any route that involves puncturing the skin, such as intramuscular or subcutaneous injections, or through intravenous lines. To take phone orders from a physician, demist, pharmacist, and registered nurse practitioner. The law states that all drugs must have a uniform __ and __. Correct Answer List acceptable drug references. Correct Answer Package insert, Physician's Desk Reference (PDR), and Pharmacist. A generic name of a drug always begins with what kind of letter? A brand name with what kind of letter? Correct Answer Generic name always lowercase, Brand name is always capital. Where does an enteric coated tablet dissolve? Correct Answer Dissolves easily in the small intestine. How do you give a sublingual tablet? When in relation to other medications such as oral medications? Correct Answer You give the sublingual tablet last. How should the medication cart be stored? Correct Answer The medication cart should be locked when your not by it, and stored in the med room. List 5 factors that affect drug and medication action (there are more than)? Correct Answer What are the primary routes of excretion? Correct Answer Through the urine or feces, or lungs, sweat, hair, or milk. What could happen if you do something beyond the legal limits of your role? Correct Answer practicing nursing without a license What is a classification of medications that are frequently abused? Correct Answer Narcotics