MEDICATION AIDE TEST | COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | GRADED A+ |
PASS GUARANTEED | RECENT VERSION
1. 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 in
the medical record
2. A person taking a salicylate should take it with what? - ANSWER Food
or milk
3. Who decides whether a person is having pain? - ANSWER The person
4. A person taking an opioid agonist has constipation. You do the following
except what? - ANSWER Measure vital signs
5. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is used for all the following except what? Fever,
headache, muscle pain, and inflammation? - ANSWER Inflammation
6. Opiate agonists can cause euphoria. Euphoria is what? - ANSWER An
exaggerated feeling of well-being
,7. Gemfibrozil (Lopid) is given when? - ANSWER 30 minutes before the
morning and evening meals
8. LDL is called what? - ANSWER The bad cholesterol
9. The daily dose of atorvastatin (Lipitor) is what? - ANSWER 10 to 40 mg
10.Which drug is a fibric acid? - ANSWER Gemfibrozil (Lopid)
11.Common side effects from anti-lipemic drugs are what? -
ANSWER Nausea and abdominal discomfort
12.Niacin acts as an anti-lipemic because it does what? - ANSWER Limits
the liver's ability to produce LDL
13.Statins lower LDL and total cholesterol levels because they do what? -
ANSWER Block the enzyme needed to produce cholesterol
14.Before giving most anti-hypertensive agents, you measure what? -
ANSWER Apical pulse
15.Before giving most anti-hypertensive agents, you take the BP in what
position? - ANSWER Supine and Standing
,16.A person on an ACE inhibitor has hypotension and tachycardia. What should
you do? - ANSWER Report this to the nurse at once
17.A person is taking diltiazem (Cardizem), a calcium ion antagonist. The
person should what? - ANSWER Measure his or her weight daily
18.A person taking an alpha-1 adrenergic blocking agent complains of
weakness and lethargy. You what? - ANSWER Both report it and record it
19.In what situation will the person's blood pressure be lowest? -
ANSWER When lying down
20.Which BP is normal? 136/84, 158/82, 142/88, or 116/76? -
ANSWER 116/76
21.A person has a BP of 142/90. This is considered what? -
ANSWER Hypertension
22.Inhalant - ANSWER medication forcefully pushed into the lungs via
compressed air, such as a metered dose inhaler or a disc device.
23.liniment - ANSWER a medication mixed with oil, alcohol, or water and
used on the skin.
24.Lotion - ANSWER A medication dissolved in liquid for applying to the
skin.
, 25.Lozenge - ANSWER small, solid, round or oval, flavored, and/or sweet
base that holds medication and releases it as the base melts in the mouth.
26.ointment - ANSWER a semisolid substance for application of medication
to the skin or eye where it is absorbed.
27.Paste - ANSWER a semisolid substance thicker and stiffer than an
ointment, containing medications. It is not absorbed as readily as an
ointment. The medication may be absorbed from the paste while a portion of
the paste remains on the skin.
28.Patch - ANSWER medication encased in a round, square, or oval disc hat
is stuck to the skin, allowing the medication to be absorbed slowly and
regularly from the disc into the bloodstream through the skin.
29.Pill - ANSWER medication in a powder form that is mixed in a bonding
material and forced into round, oval, and/or flat shapes for ease of
swallowing.
30.Powder - ANSWER A fine ground form of the medication that may be
used for medications to be swallowed.
31.Solution - ANSWER liquid containing dissolved medication
32.Suppository - ANSWER medication mixed in a gelatin or other soft
material and shaped like a cone for ease of insertion into the rectum, vagina,
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | GRADED A+ |
PASS GUARANTEED | RECENT VERSION
1. 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 in
the medical record
2. A person taking a salicylate should take it with what? - ANSWER Food
or milk
3. Who decides whether a person is having pain? - ANSWER The person
4. A person taking an opioid agonist has constipation. You do the following
except what? - ANSWER Measure vital signs
5. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is used for all the following except what? Fever,
headache, muscle pain, and inflammation? - ANSWER Inflammation
6. Opiate agonists can cause euphoria. Euphoria is what? - ANSWER An
exaggerated feeling of well-being
,7. Gemfibrozil (Lopid) is given when? - ANSWER 30 minutes before the
morning and evening meals
8. LDL is called what? - ANSWER The bad cholesterol
9. The daily dose of atorvastatin (Lipitor) is what? - ANSWER 10 to 40 mg
10.Which drug is a fibric acid? - ANSWER Gemfibrozil (Lopid)
11.Common side effects from anti-lipemic drugs are what? -
ANSWER Nausea and abdominal discomfort
12.Niacin acts as an anti-lipemic because it does what? - ANSWER Limits
the liver's ability to produce LDL
13.Statins lower LDL and total cholesterol levels because they do what? -
ANSWER Block the enzyme needed to produce cholesterol
14.Before giving most anti-hypertensive agents, you measure what? -
ANSWER Apical pulse
15.Before giving most anti-hypertensive agents, you take the BP in what
position? - ANSWER Supine and Standing
,16.A person on an ACE inhibitor has hypotension and tachycardia. What should
you do? - ANSWER Report this to the nurse at once
17.A person is taking diltiazem (Cardizem), a calcium ion antagonist. The
person should what? - ANSWER Measure his or her weight daily
18.A person taking an alpha-1 adrenergic blocking agent complains of
weakness and lethargy. You what? - ANSWER Both report it and record it
19.In what situation will the person's blood pressure be lowest? -
ANSWER When lying down
20.Which BP is normal? 136/84, 158/82, 142/88, or 116/76? -
ANSWER 116/76
21.A person has a BP of 142/90. This is considered what? -
ANSWER Hypertension
22.Inhalant - ANSWER medication forcefully pushed into the lungs via
compressed air, such as a metered dose inhaler or a disc device.
23.liniment - ANSWER a medication mixed with oil, alcohol, or water and
used on the skin.
24.Lotion - ANSWER A medication dissolved in liquid for applying to the
skin.
, 25.Lozenge - ANSWER small, solid, round or oval, flavored, and/or sweet
base that holds medication and releases it as the base melts in the mouth.
26.ointment - ANSWER a semisolid substance for application of medication
to the skin or eye where it is absorbed.
27.Paste - ANSWER a semisolid substance thicker and stiffer than an
ointment, containing medications. It is not absorbed as readily as an
ointment. The medication may be absorbed from the paste while a portion of
the paste remains on the skin.
28.Patch - ANSWER medication encased in a round, square, or oval disc hat
is stuck to the skin, allowing the medication to be absorbed slowly and
regularly from the disc into the bloodstream through the skin.
29.Pill - ANSWER medication in a powder form that is mixed in a bonding
material and forced into round, oval, and/or flat shapes for ease of
swallowing.
30.Powder - ANSWER A fine ground form of the medication that may be
used for medications to be swallowed.
31.Solution - ANSWER liquid containing dissolved medication
32.Suppository - ANSWER medication mixed in a gelatin or other soft
material and shaped like a cone for ease of insertion into the rectum, vagina,
