Med Aide questions and tests from all units
1. True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse has
specifically delegated the task for the specific resident and drug?: True. Med
aide can't assess the need for a PRN, this must be done by a nurse
2. Med aides can't do what?: Give first doses of new meds
3. Factors affecting drug actions include what?: Weight, age, metabolic
rate, and tolerance
4. What are the six rights of med administration?: The right drug, the right
person, the right documentation, the right route, the right dose, and the right time
5. As a med aide in your facility, you should what?: Work within the legal
limits of your role
6. You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a what?:
boundary violation
7. A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits of your role.
You do what?: Refuse to follow the nurses order and explain why
8. You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug, You should do
what?: Ask the Nurse
9. In order to assess a person, the nurse decides to give the person the
oral drugs that you usually give. You do what?: Understand this is the best
decision for the person at the time.
10. The nurse asks you to perform a task that is in your job description. You
have not done this task before. You do what?: Tell the nurse you have not
done the task before and ask for help
11. When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what?: Must complete
the task safely
,12. 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, document the care given, or do the task even
though you have not been trained?: Do the task even though you have not
been trained
13. What step can the nurse delegate to you?: Give certain drugs
14. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the power to do the
following except what? Determine the safety and effectiveness of drugs
before marketing, ensure that manufacturers meet labeling
requirements, ensure advertising standards are met when manufacturers
market drugs, or determine who gives drugs to patients or residents?:
Determine who gives drugs to patients or residents
15. If you fail to do something that a reasonable and careful person would
have done, you are what?: Negligent
17 Invasion of privacy occurs if you what?: Violate a persons right to have his
or her name, photo, or private affairs made public without giving consent
18. You suspect a persons being abused. You should what?: Share your
concerns with your supervisor
19. Schedule 11 drugs may lead to what?: Severe psychological or physical
dependence
20. According to the text, when you touch a persons body without his or her
consent its called a what?: Battery
21. The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person is what?: Abuse
22. Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct is called what?:
Ethics
23. Which statement about an ethical person is true?: An ethical person
behaves in the right way
24. You display ethical behavior by what?: Keeping the persons property safe
, 25. To protect yourself from assault and battery, you what?: Get the persons
consent before doing a procedure
26. A nurse gives the wrong dosage of a drug to a person. This is what?:
malpractice
27. You gave a drug to the wrong person. This is what?: Negligence
28. You trick a person into taking a drug. This is called what?: Fraud
29. You scold an older person for refusing to take ordered drugs This is
what?: Verbal abuse
30. Violating or failing to comply with the Controlled Substance Act can
result in a what?: Fine and Prison term
31. Pain and nausea are examples of what?: Subjective Data
32. What observations should you report at once?: Complaints of sudden
severe pain
33. Cancer and diabetes are examples of what?: Medical Diagnosis
34. A person is eating. How long should you wait before taking an oral
temperature?: 15 to 20 minutes
35. A person has a blood pressure of 118/78. This is what?: Within normal
range
36. Good communication occurs when you what?: Give information in a
logical and orderly manner
37. A drug is ordered for 1700. The time to give the drug is what?: 5:00 PM
38. Symptoms are an example of what?: Subjective Data
39. Which of the following is not objective data? A persons respiratory rate,
the color of a persons urine, a persons blood pressure, or pain felt by a
person?: Pain felt by a person
40 When should you record that you gave a person a drug?: After giving the
drug
1. True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse has
specifically delegated the task for the specific resident and drug?: True. Med
aide can't assess the need for a PRN, this must be done by a nurse
2. Med aides can't do what?: Give first doses of new meds
3. Factors affecting drug actions include what?: Weight, age, metabolic
rate, and tolerance
4. What are the six rights of med administration?: The right drug, the right
person, the right documentation, the right route, the right dose, and the right time
5. As a med aide in your facility, you should what?: Work within the legal
limits of your role
6. You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a what?:
boundary violation
7. A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits of your role.
You do what?: Refuse to follow the nurses order and explain why
8. You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug, You should do
what?: Ask the Nurse
9. In order to assess a person, the nurse decides to give the person the
oral drugs that you usually give. You do what?: Understand this is the best
decision for the person at the time.
10. The nurse asks you to perform a task that is in your job description. You
have not done this task before. You do what?: Tell the nurse you have not
done the task before and ask for help
11. When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what?: Must complete
the task safely
,12. 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, document the care given, or do the task even
though you have not been trained?: Do the task even though you have not
been trained
13. What step can the nurse delegate to you?: Give certain drugs
14. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the power to do the
following except what? Determine the safety and effectiveness of drugs
before marketing, ensure that manufacturers meet labeling
requirements, ensure advertising standards are met when manufacturers
market drugs, or determine who gives drugs to patients or residents?:
Determine who gives drugs to patients or residents
15. If you fail to do something that a reasonable and careful person would
have done, you are what?: Negligent
17 Invasion of privacy occurs if you what?: Violate a persons right to have his
or her name, photo, or private affairs made public without giving consent
18. You suspect a persons being abused. You should what?: Share your
concerns with your supervisor
19. Schedule 11 drugs may lead to what?: Severe psychological or physical
dependence
20. According to the text, when you touch a persons body without his or her
consent its called a what?: Battery
21. The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person is what?: Abuse
22. Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct is called what?:
Ethics
23. Which statement about an ethical person is true?: An ethical person
behaves in the right way
24. You display ethical behavior by what?: Keeping the persons property safe
, 25. To protect yourself from assault and battery, you what?: Get the persons
consent before doing a procedure
26. A nurse gives the wrong dosage of a drug to a person. This is what?:
malpractice
27. You gave a drug to the wrong person. This is what?: Negligence
28. You trick a person into taking a drug. This is called what?: Fraud
29. You scold an older person for refusing to take ordered drugs This is
what?: Verbal abuse
30. Violating or failing to comply with the Controlled Substance Act can
result in a what?: Fine and Prison term
31. Pain and nausea are examples of what?: Subjective Data
32. What observations should you report at once?: Complaints of sudden
severe pain
33. Cancer and diabetes are examples of what?: Medical Diagnosis
34. A person is eating. How long should you wait before taking an oral
temperature?: 15 to 20 minutes
35. A person has a blood pressure of 118/78. This is what?: Within normal
range
36. Good communication occurs when you what?: Give information in a
logical and orderly manner
37. A drug is ordered for 1700. The time to give the drug is what?: 5:00 PM
38. Symptoms are an example of what?: Subjective Data
39. Which of the following is not objective data? A persons respiratory rate,
the color of a persons urine, a persons blood pressure, or pain felt by a
person?: Pain felt by a person
40 When should you record that you gave a person a drug?: After giving the
drug
