Med Tech Practice Course Examination Questions And Correct Answers| Graded A+

1. What are the five conditions that must be met for nurse delegation? - correct answers 1. A licensed Registered Nurse transfers the performance of the task. 2. There are three specific tasks that may not be delegated. 3. Delegation covers a specific task for one client. 4. Only qualified Nursing Assistants can accept a delegation 5. Delegation can only happen in four community settings. 2. List the three specific tasks that cannot be delegated to you. - correct answers 1. Injections, other than insulin 2. Sterile procedures 3. Central line maintenance 3. What are the four requirements to become qualified to receive a delegation - correct answers 1. Be a NA-R or a NA-C in the state of Washington. 2. Have completed the education requirements for delegation. 3. Be willing to perform the specific task to be delegated. 4. Demonstrate to the delegating RN your competence to correctly perform the specific task without direct supervision. 4. There are four settings in which delegation can occur. What are they? (Page 14) - correct answers 1. Certified community residential programs for the developmentally disabled. 2. Licensed adult family homes. 3. Licensed boarding homes. 4. In home. 5. Central line maintenance can be delegated to a nursing assistant (Page 10) - correct answers False 6. A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) can delegate tasks to a nursing assistant. (Page 10) - correct answers False 7. List one of the things a delegating RN is responsible for in the delegating process. (Page 15) - correct answers Obtaining written consent from the client or authorized representative for the delegation. Delegating the task Supervising the delegation Rescinding or canceling the delegation 8. When you receive a delegation what are two of the things you are responsible for? (Page 17) - correct answers · Performing the delegated task according to the instructions. • Observing the client for medication side effects, reactions to treatments, or complications from diseases. • Reporting changes in the client's condition promptly. • Reporting to the delegating RN, or your supervisor, new or changed medications, or treatments which may require a change in the delegation instructions. 9. The nursing assistant should report changes in the client's condition promptly to the delegating RN. (Page 17) - correct answers True 10. If you are unable to perform a delegated task for any reason, what should you do? (Page 18) - correct answers Notify the delegating RN and your employer as soon as possible when you are unable to complete a delegated task. 11. What are two examples of a developmental disability? (Page 30) - correct answers • Mental retardation. Autism • Cerebral Palsy Down's Syndrome · Epilepsy 12 List four of the nine body systems described in the workbook. (Page 32) - correct answers • Cardiovascular . Endocrine · Respiratory . Nervous • Integumentary or skin • Musculoskeletal · Urinary or genitourinary • Sensory 14. Diabetes Mellitus affects which body system? (Page 48) - correct answers Endocrine 15. What is a medication? (Page 66) - correct answers Any compound that changes the chemical activity within the human body, 16. What are the two types of medications? List and provide a definition for each. (Page 66) - correct answers Non-legend drugs are drugs that can be purchased without a prescription. Legend drugs are drugs that can only be sold or given out with a prescription. 17. Scheduled medications are called controlled substances. They could be dangerous or have a high potential for abuse. Examples of this type of medication are: (Page 66) depressants, stimulants, psychotropic medications. - correct answers narcotics, depressants, stimulants, or psychotropic medications. 18: What are three of the factors that can affect a medication's action? (Page 68) - correct answers Any three of these is correct: age, sex, size, genetic inheritance, physical condition, and emotional condition. 19. are unintended effects of medications on the body that are not part of the goal of medication therapy. (Page 68) - correct answers Side effects s when the administration of one medication given before, at the effect of one or both medications. The effect of one or both medications may be either same time, or after another medication alters the increased or decreased. (Page 70) - correct answers medication interaction in the client's mouth. (Page 73) 21. When you have been delegated oral medication administration, you are allowed to put the pill - correct answers True 22. A route of medication administration is the way the medication is given. (Page 70 and 71) - correct answers True Inserted into the rectum - correct answers Rectal Placed under the tongue - correct answers Sublingual Piercing the skin with a needle and putting medication into a muscle, under the skin, or into a vein - correct answers Injection Taken by mouth and swallowed - correct answers Oral Sprayed or inhaled into the nose, throat, and lungs - correct answers Inhalation Inserted into the vagina - correct answers Vaginal Applied directly to skin or mucous membrane - correct answers Topical 24. List two of the things that should always be on a medication label, (Page 72) - correct answers Client name, medication name, dose, route, schedule, and expiration date. 25. List the five rights of medication administration. (Page 74) - correct answers 1. Right client 2. Right medication 3. Right dose 4. Right route 5. Right time 26. List these five steps in the medication administration process in the right order using the numbered spaces below. (Page 75) - correct answers 1. Evaluate the client 2. Set up the medication 3. Administer the medication 4. Document the medication administration 5. Observe the client for the effects of the medication. 27. There are two important rights that clients have regarding medication administration. (Page 78) - correct answers Clients have the right to refuse medications or treatments. Clients have the right to privacy when medications are administered 28. Refrigerated medication storage should be separated from (Page 80) - correct answers food storage. 29. Glucometer testing measures the ___________in a person's blood. (Page 104) - correct answers sugar or glucose