Medication Aide Test Questions AND ANSWERS 2023 (Complete Solution)

hemoglobin Correct Answer: substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen and gives it color barbiturates Correct Answer: butabarbital (Butisol), mephobarbital (Mebaral), pentobarbital (Nembutal), phenobarbital (Luminal, Solfoton), secobarbital (Seconal) SE: hangover, sedation, excitement, restlessness, confusion, allergic reactions benzodiazepines (sedation/hypnosis) Correct Answer: estazolam (ProSom), flurazpam (Dalmane), lorazepam (Ativan), quazepam (Doral), temazepam (Restoril), triazolam (Halcion) SE: confusion, agitation, hallucinations, amnesia, liver toxicity analgesic Correct Answer: a drug that relieves pain euphoria Correct Answer: an exaggerated feeling or state of physical or mental well-being fatty oxidase enzyme inhibitor Correct Answer: a drug that reduces the oxygen needed by myocardial cells to cause muscle contractions MI Correct Answer: myocardial infarction mm Hg Correct Answer: millimeters of mercury vulnerable adult Correct Answer: a person 18 or older who has a disability or condition that makes them at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged ulcer Correct Answer: a shallow or deep crater-like sore of a mucous membrane tablet Correct Answer: a dried, powdered drug compressed into a small disk capsule Correct Answer: gelatin container that holds a drug in a dried, powdered or liquid form diabetes Correct Answer: a disorder in which the body cannot produce or use insulin properly coating agents Correct Answer: drugs that form a substance that adheres to the crater of an ulcer aldosterone Correct Answer: a substance that causes the kidneys to retain sodium absorption Correct Answer: the process by which a drug is transferred from its site of body entry to circulating fluids for distribution adrenergic blocking agent Correct Answer: a drug that inhibits adrenergic effects anti-dysrhythmic agents Correct Answer: drugs used to prevent or correct abnormal heart rhythms battery Correct Answer: touching a person's body without their consent angiotensin Correct Answer: a substance that causes vaso-constriction, increased blood pressure, and the release of aldosterone alopecia Correct Answer: hair loss IM Correct Answer: intramuscular IV Correct Answer: intravanous mg Correct Answer: milligram defamation Correct Answer: injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements to a third person false imprisonment Correct Answer: unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement tort Correct Answer: a wrong committed against a person or the person's property HIPAA Correct Answer: health insurance protability and accountability act DNR Correct Answer: do not resuscitate OBRA Correct Answer: omnibus budget reconciliation act boundary crossing Correct Answer: a brief act or behavior outside of the helpful zone boundary signs Correct Answer: acts, behaviors, or thoughts that warn of boundary crossing or violation boundary violation Correct Answer: an act of behavior that meets your needs, not the person's nurse practice act Correct Answer: the law that regulates nursing practice in a state six rights Correct Answer: right person, right drug, right time, right route, right dose, right documentation right person Correct Answer: 1 of 6 right drug Correct Answer: 2 of 6 right time Correct Answer: 3 of 6 right route Correct Answer: 4 of 6 right dose Correct Answer: 5 of 6 right documentation Correct Answer: 6 of 6 person who gives the first dose of a newly ordered drug Correct Answer: RN, LPN, or charge nurse CMA cannot Correct Answer: accept verbal or telephone orders CMA Correct Answer: is under the supervision of a RN, LPN, or charge nurse NCSBN Correct Answer: national council of state boards of nursing 5 rights of delegation Correct Answer: right task, right circumstances, right person, right supervision, right directions and communication Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Correct Answer: determines the safety and effectiveness of drugs before marketing; ensure that manufacturers meet labeling requirements; ensure advertising standards are met when manufacturers market drugs Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act Correct Answer: serves to control the manufacturing, distributing, and dispensing of certain drugs OSHA Correct Answer: occupational safety and health administration MDS Correct Answer: minimum data sheet NANDA-I Correct Answer: north american nursing diagnosis association international nursing process Correct Answer: evaluation, assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation subjective data Correct Answer: things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses; symptoms objective data Correct Answer: information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs best site for measuring blood glucose Correct Answer: ring finger peristalsis Correct Answer: involuntary muscle contractions in the digestive system that move food down the esophagus through the alimentary canal organ Correct Answer: groups of tissues with the same function CONTACT VIA OR artery Correct Answer: a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart capillary Correct Answer: a tiny blood vessel vein Correct Answer: a blood vessel that returns blood back to the heart tissue Correct Answer: a group of cells with similar functions system Correct Answer: organs that work together to perform special functions CNS Correct Answer: central nervous system epidermis Correct Answer: outer layer of skin immune system Correct Answer: protects body from disease and infection anaphylaxis Correct Answer: a severe, life-threatening sensitivity to an antigen dilute Correct Answer: add the correct amount of water or other liquid drug blood level Correct Answer: amount of a drug present in the blood drug interaction Correct Answer: the action of one drug is altered by the action of another drug generic name Correct Answer: a drug's common name idiosyncratic reaction Correct Answer: something unusual or abnormal that happens when a drug is first given parenteral route Correct Answer: drugs bypass the GI tract percutaneous route Correct Answer: drugs given through the skin or mucous membrane placebo Correct Answer: a drug dosage form that had no active ingredients reconstitute Correct Answer: to add water or other liquid to a powder or solid form of a drug side effect Correct Answer: and unintended reaction to a drug given in a normal dosage subcutaneous Correct Answer: beneath the skin toxicity Correct Answer: exposure to large amounts of a substance that should not cause problems in smaller amounts; the reaction when side effects are severe trademark Correct Answer: the brand name or trade name of the drug urticaria Correct Answer: hives; raised, irregularly shaped patches on the skin and severe itching distribution Correct Answer: the way drugs are transported by circulating body fluids to the sites of action and to the sites of metabolism and excretion metabolism Correct Answer: process by which the body in-activates drugs excretion Correct Answer: the elimination of a drug from the body OD Correct Answer: right eye OS Correct Answer: left eye OU Correct Answer: both eyes AU Correct Answer: both ears AS Correct Answer: left ear AD Correct Answer: right ear ac Correct Answer: before meals gtt Correct Answer: drop pc Correct Answer: after meals STAT Correct Answer: immediately tid Correct Answer: three times a day 1 cup Correct Answer: 8oz; 240cc 1 teaspoon Correct Answer: 5ml 1 oz Correct Answer: 30cc drug diversion Correct Answer: taking a person's drugs for your own use NDC Correct Answer: national drug code ISMP Correct Answer: institute for safe medication practices wash your hands Correct Answer: easiest most important way to prevent spread of infection buccal Correct Answer: inside the cheek elixir Correct Answer: a clear liquid made up of a drug dissolved in alcohol and water emulsion Correct Answer: an oral dose form containing small droplets of water-in-oil or oil-in-water