QMA State Solutions with 100% Correct Answers 2024

ccms - Correct Answer clean catch midstream QMA scope of practice - Correct Answer may perform hemoccult testing on stool specimens as ordered by a physician hemoccult testing - Correct Answer A screen for fecal occult blood Hemoccult test slide (quaiac paper) - Correct Answer assess for expiration date hypovalemia - Correct Answer state of decreased blood volume. May cause a high false oximetry reading. QMA's may not apply oxygen to a resident in an emergency without a physicians order. - Correct Answer However there is often a PRN order for oxygen when the resident falls short of breath/oxygen saturation levels are low. QMA's may initiate a nasal cannula only in an emergency situation. - Correct Answer QMA's may initiate non-sealing mask per emergency or PRN situation. oxygen dries out the mucous membranes of the mouth and respiratory system. - Correct Answer The physician may order humidity to be placed on the oxygen source. Physician ordered humidity along w/ oxygen. (distilled water) - Correct Answer This means gas passes through the water and water vapor is picked up before going to the resident. When applying sterile/distilled water to residents oxygen remember to. - Correct Answer discard the sterile/distilled water after 2 weeks. Portable oxygen tanks - Correct Answer have a few lbs of oxygen, they can last up to 8 hrs. Oxygen concentrator weighs approximately 35 lbs. It must be plugged in to an electrical outlet. - Correct Answer Concentrator's extract oxygen from the room air and circulates it back to the resident. Do not use petroleum (vasoline) to resident's nares during administration of oxygen. - Correct Answer Example: dry lips, chap-stick should not be applied if it has vasoline in it. Signs/symptoms of respiratory distress - Correct Answer rapid pulse, rapid,shallow, flaring nostrils, restlessness respirations, cyanosis.