MED AIDE CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
2026 FULL SOLUTIONS PASSED
⩥ Before giving a beta blocker, you what? Answer: Measure BP, heart
rate, and rhythm
⩥ Benzodiapines can cause drowsiness, hangover, sedation, and what?
Answer: Lethargy
⩥ Zolpidem (Ambien) should be taken when? Answer: Before bed
⩥ The most common side effects for benziodiapines are what? Answer:
Drowsiness and loss of coordination
⩥ You're giving a person fluoxetine (Prozac). You should what? Answer:
Remind the person to use caution when performing tasks that require
alertness
⩥ A person with a bipolar disorder has what? Answer: Has emotional
lows and emotional highs
⩥ A person has been started on selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor.
You expect to see drug effects in what? Answer: 2 to 4 weeks
,⩥ Many of the drugs used to treat mental health disorders affect the
what? Answer: Central Nervous System
⩥ Anti-psychotic drugs often cause what? Answer: Involuntary body
movements
⩥ Phenytoin (Dilantin) is given with what? Answer: Food or milk
⩥ A person with an allergic reaction to a drug develops what? Answer:
Rash and itching
⩥ Anti-convulsant therapy is the main treatment for what? Answer:
seizures
⩥ A person is taking gabapentin (Neurontin) and an antacid. When will
you give gabapentin (Neurontin)? Answer: 2 hours after the antacid
⩥ Which is a benzodiapine? check Answer: Clorazepate (Tranxene)
⩥ Opiate agonists are used to what? Answer: Relieve acute or chronic
moderate to severe pain
, ⩥ A person taking oxycodone (Percodan) has a respiratory rate of 8 per
minute. You what? Answer: Report this to the nurse at once and record it
int he medical record
⩥ A person taking a salicylate should take it with what? Answer: Food
or milk
⩥ Who decides whether a person is having pain? Answer: The person
⩥ A person taking an opiate agonist has constipation. You do the
following except what? Answer: Measure vital signs
⩥ Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is used for all the following except what?
Fever, headache, muscle pain, and inflamation? Answer: Inflamation
⩥ Opiate agonists can cause euphoria. Euphoria is what? Answer: An
exaggerated feeling of well-being
⩥ Gemfibrozil (Lopid) is given when? Answer: 30 minutes before the
morning and evening meals
⩥ LDL is called what? Answer: The bad cholesterol
⩥ The daily dose of atorvastatin (Lipitor) is what? Answer: 10 to 40 mg
2026 FULL SOLUTIONS PASSED
⩥ Before giving a beta blocker, you what? Answer: Measure BP, heart
rate, and rhythm
⩥ Benzodiapines can cause drowsiness, hangover, sedation, and what?
Answer: Lethargy
⩥ Zolpidem (Ambien) should be taken when? Answer: Before bed
⩥ The most common side effects for benziodiapines are what? Answer:
Drowsiness and loss of coordination
⩥ You're giving a person fluoxetine (Prozac). You should what? Answer:
Remind the person to use caution when performing tasks that require
alertness
⩥ A person with a bipolar disorder has what? Answer: Has emotional
lows and emotional highs
⩥ A person has been started on selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor.
You expect to see drug effects in what? Answer: 2 to 4 weeks
,⩥ Many of the drugs used to treat mental health disorders affect the
what? Answer: Central Nervous System
⩥ Anti-psychotic drugs often cause what? Answer: Involuntary body
movements
⩥ Phenytoin (Dilantin) is given with what? Answer: Food or milk
⩥ A person with an allergic reaction to a drug develops what? Answer:
Rash and itching
⩥ Anti-convulsant therapy is the main treatment for what? Answer:
seizures
⩥ A person is taking gabapentin (Neurontin) and an antacid. When will
you give gabapentin (Neurontin)? Answer: 2 hours after the antacid
⩥ Which is a benzodiapine? check Answer: Clorazepate (Tranxene)
⩥ Opiate agonists are used to what? Answer: Relieve acute or chronic
moderate to severe pain
, ⩥ A person taking oxycodone (Percodan) has a respiratory rate of 8 per
minute. You what? Answer: Report this to the nurse at once and record it
int he medical record
⩥ A person taking a salicylate should take it with what? Answer: Food
or milk
⩥ Who decides whether a person is having pain? Answer: The person
⩥ A person taking an opiate agonist has constipation. You do the
following except what? Answer: Measure vital signs
⩥ Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is used for all the following except what?
Fever, headache, muscle pain, and inflamation? Answer: Inflamation
⩥ Opiate agonists can cause euphoria. Euphoria is what? Answer: An
exaggerated feeling of well-being
⩥ Gemfibrozil (Lopid) is given when? Answer: 30 minutes before the
morning and evening meals
⩥ LDL is called what? Answer: The bad cholesterol
⩥ The daily dose of atorvastatin (Lipitor) is what? Answer: 10 to 40 mg
