NC Medication Aide (Med Tech) Exam Questions and Answers with complete solutions

NC Medication Aide (Med Tech) Exam Questions and Answers with complete solutions Hour of sleep or bedtime - ANS- HS or qhs Twice a day - ANS- bid or BID Subcutaneous - ANS- sq. or SQ Every other day - ANS- qod or QOD Once a day - ANS- qd or QD gram - ANS- gm milligram - ANS- mg after meals - ANS- pc OTC - ANS- over-the-counter by mouth - ANS- po q - ANS- every ac - ANS- before meals qid or QID - ANS- four times a day tsp - ANS- teaspoonful prn or PRN - ANS- as needed Tbsp - ANS- Tablespoonful tid or TID - ANS- Three times a day ml - ANS- milliliter oz - ANS- ounce MAR - ANS- Medication administration record The following are abbreviations for drug routes, EXCEPT - ANS- PD You receive an order for Nitroglycerin to be given sublingually. It would be given - ANS- Under the tongue The following are abbreviations for dosages or strengths of medications EXCEPT - ANS- PD If you are not sure of an abbreviation, it is O.K. to gues - ANS- False It is important to know the policy on approved abbreviations for your facility. - ANS- True A milliliter is the same as a milligram - ANS- False Over-the-counter drugs may be kept as floor stock or house stock in an adult care home. - ANS- True When administering medications, it is O.K. to leave a resident's medication at the bedside if the resident is present. - ANS- False You are legally responsible for any medication or treatment you administer. - ANS- True Medications should be given within one hour before or one hour after the prescribed or scheduled time of administration. - ANS- True Residents have a right to refuse medications. - ANS- True Oral medications must be stored separately from topical or external medications. - ANS- True Staff giving medications in adult care homes have to demonstrate certain skills with administering medications and be checked off or validated by a registered nurse or registered pharmacist. - ANS- True Regulations for the accountability or recordkeeping of controlled substances differ from the regulations for non-controlled medications. - ANS- True Unlicensed staff in adult care homes may administer intramuscular (IM) injections and subcutaneous (SQ) injections. - ANS- False A telephone or verbal order for medications and treatments must be signed by the person who prescribed the medications within: - ANS- 15 days from the date the order is given. Information or documentation on the MAR for PRN (as needed) medications that are administered includes: - ANS- all of the above Mr. Jones, a resident of an adult care home, is going to visit his family for the week. The proper way to prepare Mr. Jones' prescription medications to take with him would be to: - ANS- Send the medications in containers that have been filled and labeled by a pharmacist and document the medications sent on the appropriate facility form. The resident's physician or prescribing practitioner is to be contacted about the resident's medication orders: - ANS- all of the above The facility is required to maintain or keep all medication orders for a resident: - ANS- in the resident's record in the facility The following statement about non-prescription (OTC) medications is FALSE - ANS- They may be administered to a resident without a physician's order Which of the following is TRUE when prepouring or preparing medications in advance - ANS- Oral solid medications (tablets and capsules) for routine administration may be prepared within 24 hours of the prescribed time for administration You have to document on MAR when a medication is - ANS- All of the above In order for a medication to be administered you must have - ANS- a physician's order "As needed" (PRN) medications must be administered according to - ANS- The reason and frequency of administration specified in the physician's order When should medications be signed off on the MAR? - ANS- After a resident has been observed to actually take the medication You remove a resident's medications from the packages or containers and the resident refuses to take his 12PM medications, you should - ANS- Dispose of the medications in accordance with the facility's policy and procedures. When medications are stored in a refrigerator that is accessible to residents, the medications are to be: - ANS- Stored in a separate locked container in the refrigerator Three of the four statements below are requirements when residents administer their own medications. Which one is not a requirement for self-administration? - ANS- The resident has to be observed to take each dose of medication