QMAP Study Guide Questions With Correct Answers

QMAP Study Guide Questions With
Correct Answers

(QMAP) is a person who... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is at least 18 years of
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age, has at least a basic understanding of math and English, and has
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completed and passed a state-approved QMAP course, and is listed in
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the state QMAP Registry
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A QMAP cannot make assessments or judgments regarding a patient or
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client's condition and cannot perform injections
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Where Can QMAPs Administer Medications?
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QMAPs can administer medications in the following authorized settings
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that are regulated by the Health Facilities and Emergency Medical
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Services Division (HFEMSD) within the Colorado Department of Public
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Health and Environment (CDPHE) and the Child Services Division within
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the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS): - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Adult foster care facilities | | |




Alternative care facilities | |




Assisted living residences | |




Residential child care facilities | | |




Secure residential treatment centers
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,State certified adult day programs
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Program-approved service agencies (PASA) servicing people with | | | | | | |



intellectual and developmental disabilities | | |




Self-Administration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Self-administration is the | | | | | |



client's ability to take medication independently without any assistance
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from another person. The client keeps the medication in their room and
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there is no responsibility by the QMAP or the client to document self-
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administration of medication; however, self-administration should be| | | | | | |



included in the client's care plan.
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Assisted living situations and self administration - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-In an assisted living setting, if the QMAP administers some | | | | | | | | |



|medications and the client self-administers other medications, the
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facility is required to be aware of those self-administered medications
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and must have a physician order for those medications that the client is
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self-administering.


Encourage self-administering clients to check the expiration dates on
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their medications and offer assistance if needed.
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Monitoring of medication... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-means reminding
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individual clients to take medications and handing the medication
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containers to the client. This includes handing the client a medication
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reminder box, called an MRB, and observing the client self-
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,administering the medications by the proper route. The QMAP must
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document the observation on the Medication Administration Record
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(MAR) with the note "monitored".
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Medication administration means.. | |




All over-the-counter (OTC) medications are considered medications and
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must have a physician order. They must also be documented when
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administered and labeled with the client's full name. Examples of OTC
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medications are Tylenol, Benadryl, and vitamins purchased at the store.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-handing staff-prepared medications to the
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client and assisting the client with the medications according to the
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physician's order. Administration of medication includes making a
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written record of each medication administered or refused, both
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prescription and non-prescription. | |




All over-the-counter (OTC) medications are considered medications and
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must have a physician order. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They must also be
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documented when administered and labeled with the client's full name.
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Examples of OTC meterm-6dications are Tylenol, Benadryl, and vitamins
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purchased at the store.
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Every medication that is administered, must have the instructions
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transcribed onto a medication administration record, otherwise known
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as a... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-MAR.
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, Never administer a medication that does not have a physician's order
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and corresponding instructions on the MAR.
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MARs are developed by facilities, agencies, or pharmacies and can be
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handwritten, typed, or electronic. | | |




Medications that can be Administered | | | |




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Administration Includes: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Oral medication
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Topical medication |




Inhalant medication |




Eye drops
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Ear drops
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Nose drops |




Vaginal or rectal medication
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QMAP limitations: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A QMAP is NOT allowed to
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administer medications through any kind of tube, including a
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gastrostomy tube (which is a tube placed through the abdomen), or a
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nasogastric tube (which is a tube placed through the nose, and into the
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stomach).