NEBRASKA STATE MEDICATION AIDE
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Nursing assistive personnel can give drugs only if:
a. the person's condition is stable
b. a licensed nurse is in the agency
c. it is part of the CNA job description
d. allowed by state law - ANS allowed by state law
You are an MA-C working in a nursing center. You are supervised by:
a. a licensed nurse
b. a CNA
c. the person needing the drug
d. the doctor who ordered the drug - ANS a licensed nurse
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, The purpose of a nurse practice act is to:
a. protect the public's welfare and safety
b. deny, suspend, or revoke nursing licenses
c. regulate nursing education
d. determine what nursing assistive personnel can do - ANS protect the public's welfare and
safety
Medication assistants are certified after:
a. becoming a CNA
b. passing the state-required education and competency evaluation
c. meeting the requirements of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing
d. working 1 year as a CNA - ANS passing the state-required education and competency
evaluation
You are an MA-C. You can have your certification revoked for the following reasons EXCEPT:
a. taking a person's drugs for your own use
b. assessing a person's need for a drug
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c. violating a person's privacy
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, d. refusing to accept a verbal order from a doctor - ANS refusing to accept a verbal order
from a doctor
You are not sure if you should give a certain drug. What should you do?
a. ask the patient or resident
b. ask the nurse
c. give the drug
d. report the error - ANS ask the nurse
You are an MA-C. You can have your certification revoked for the following reasons EXCEPT:
a. drug abuse
b. deciding to give a drug without the nurse's consent
c. taking telephone orders from a doctor
d. refusing to give the first dose of a newly ordered drug - ANS refusing to give the first dose
of a newly ordered drug
Which agency can deny, revoke, or suspend an MA-C's certification?
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a. the state board of nursing
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EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Nursing assistive personnel can give drugs only if:
a. the person's condition is stable
b. a licensed nurse is in the agency
c. it is part of the CNA job description
d. allowed by state law - ANS allowed by state law
You are an MA-C working in a nursing center. You are supervised by:
a. a licensed nurse
b. a CNA
c. the person needing the drug
d. the doctor who ordered the drug - ANS a licensed nurse
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, The purpose of a nurse practice act is to:
a. protect the public's welfare and safety
b. deny, suspend, or revoke nursing licenses
c. regulate nursing education
d. determine what nursing assistive personnel can do - ANS protect the public's welfare and
safety
Medication assistants are certified after:
a. becoming a CNA
b. passing the state-required education and competency evaluation
c. meeting the requirements of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing
d. working 1 year as a CNA - ANS passing the state-required education and competency
evaluation
You are an MA-C. You can have your certification revoked for the following reasons EXCEPT:
a. taking a person's drugs for your own use
b. assessing a person's need for a drug
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c. violating a person's privacy
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, d. refusing to accept a verbal order from a doctor - ANS refusing to accept a verbal order
from a doctor
You are not sure if you should give a certain drug. What should you do?
a. ask the patient or resident
b. ask the nurse
c. give the drug
d. report the error - ANS ask the nurse
You are an MA-C. You can have your certification revoked for the following reasons EXCEPT:
a. drug abuse
b. deciding to give a drug without the nurse's consent
c. taking telephone orders from a doctor
d. refusing to give the first dose of a newly ordered drug - ANS refusing to give the first dose
of a newly ordered drug
Which agency can deny, revoke, or suspend an MA-C's certification?
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a. the state board of nursing
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