MEDICATION AIDE EXAM
1. Right Drug
2. Right Resident
What are the 5 rights of medication ad-
3. Right Amount
ministration?
4. Right Time
5. Right Route
How many safety check should you do
before administering a medication/treat- 3
ment to a patient?
Any preventable event that may cause
What is a medication error? inappropriate medication use or resident
harm.
You should follow 1. Physician's order,
What three standards should you follow manufacturer's direction of use, and ac-
in order to prevent medication errors? cepted standards for medication provi-
sion
1. Not shaking a suspension well enough
to disperse the particles
2. Crushing a medication that should not
be crushed, like time release or enteric
What are some examples of failure to coated
follow manufacturer's directions? 3. Not giving a resident adequate fluids
with drug if label specifies to give ade-
quate fluids
4. Not giving a medication with food if
label specifies to give with food
1. Not allowing enough time between
drops put into eyes
2. Swallowing a sublingual tablet
What are some examples of not following
3. Not flushing a feeding tube before and
accepted practice standards of medica-
after giving medication
tion provision?
4. Failure to hold inhale medication in the
lungs long enough to absorb the medica-
tion
Drug action is the expected effect on the
What is the difference between drug ac-
body. A side effect is an unexpected ef-
tion and side effect?
fect of a drug on the body
What are some examples of common
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drug actions?
, MEDICATION AIDE EXAM
Pain relief, control/prevent the growth of
bacteria, virus, or fungus, reduce inflam-
mation, replace missing or low chemicals
in the body, correct an irregular/fast heart
rate, prevent seizures, prevent clotting,
dry mucous production, lower bp, lower
body temp, relax muscles
Nause, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea,
poor appetite, dry mouth, irregular heart-
What are some common drug side ef-
beat, swelling, drowsiness, headache,
fects?
dizziness, unable to sleep, seizures, skin
rash, double vision
What is the term for taking a resident's
misappropriation
belongings without permission?
What is the term for separating a resident
without consent? This is also a form of Involuntary seclusion
emotional abuse
It is your legal responsibility to report
What should you do if you suspect a
the situation according to the employer's
resident has been abused/ neglected?
policies
Failing to provide care that should have
been provided. When good or services
What is neglect? are needed by a vulnerable individual
to prevent injury, emotional pain, mental
distress, or physical illness.
1. Failing to give to a resident a medica-
tion that has been ordered by a physician
2. Giving meds by wrong route, wrong
dose, violating the 5 rights
3. Telling a resident that you will return
What are some examples of neglect? and then not returning
4. Making promises and not keeping
them
5. Removing call light
6. Not providing incontinence care when
needed
What are potential signs of abuse in res-
idents? 2/7
1. Right Drug
2. Right Resident
What are the 5 rights of medication ad-
3. Right Amount
ministration?
4. Right Time
5. Right Route
How many safety check should you do
before administering a medication/treat- 3
ment to a patient?
Any preventable event that may cause
What is a medication error? inappropriate medication use or resident
harm.
You should follow 1. Physician's order,
What three standards should you follow manufacturer's direction of use, and ac-
in order to prevent medication errors? cepted standards for medication provi-
sion
1. Not shaking a suspension well enough
to disperse the particles
2. Crushing a medication that should not
be crushed, like time release or enteric
What are some examples of failure to coated
follow manufacturer's directions? 3. Not giving a resident adequate fluids
with drug if label specifies to give ade-
quate fluids
4. Not giving a medication with food if
label specifies to give with food
1. Not allowing enough time between
drops put into eyes
2. Swallowing a sublingual tablet
What are some examples of not following
3. Not flushing a feeding tube before and
accepted practice standards of medica-
after giving medication
tion provision?
4. Failure to hold inhale medication in the
lungs long enough to absorb the medica-
tion
Drug action is the expected effect on the
What is the difference between drug ac-
body. A side effect is an unexpected ef-
tion and side effect?
fect of a drug on the body
What are some examples of common
1/7
drug actions?
, MEDICATION AIDE EXAM
Pain relief, control/prevent the growth of
bacteria, virus, or fungus, reduce inflam-
mation, replace missing or low chemicals
in the body, correct an irregular/fast heart
rate, prevent seizures, prevent clotting,
dry mucous production, lower bp, lower
body temp, relax muscles
Nause, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea,
poor appetite, dry mouth, irregular heart-
What are some common drug side ef-
beat, swelling, drowsiness, headache,
fects?
dizziness, unable to sleep, seizures, skin
rash, double vision
What is the term for taking a resident's
misappropriation
belongings without permission?
What is the term for separating a resident
without consent? This is also a form of Involuntary seclusion
emotional abuse
It is your legal responsibility to report
What should you do if you suspect a
the situation according to the employer's
resident has been abused/ neglected?
policies
Failing to provide care that should have
been provided. When good or services
What is neglect? are needed by a vulnerable individual
to prevent injury, emotional pain, mental
distress, or physical illness.
1. Failing to give to a resident a medica-
tion that has been ordered by a physician
2. Giving meds by wrong route, wrong
dose, violating the 5 rights
3. Telling a resident that you will return
What are some examples of neglect? and then not returning
4. Making promises and not keeping
them
5. Removing call light
6. Not providing incontinence care when
needed
What are potential signs of abuse in res-
idents? 2/7
