Practice for Proxy Caregiver Medication
Assistant Training Study Guide
MAR stands for - ✔ Medication Administration Record
Oral - ✔ taken by mouth and swallowed
Buccal - ✔ placed between cheek and gum
Sublingual - ✔ placed under the tongue
Eye - ✔ placed in the pocket of the eye created when the lower eyelid is gently
pulled down
Ear - ✔ placed in the ear canal created when the external ear is pulled up and back
Nasal - ✔ placed in the nostril
Inhalant - ✔ inhaled into the lungs
Transdermal - ✔ placed and affixed to the skin
Topical - ✔ applied to the skin or hair
vaginal - ✔ inserted into the vagina
Rectal - ✔ inserted into the rectum
subcutaneous - ✔ injected into the fat with a syringe
6 rights of medication administration - ✔ right resident, right medication, right dose,
right route, right time, right documentation
Respect - ✔ Do not interrupt a resident when he/she is eating, do not awaken a
resident, inform resident the procedures that will occur, and answer residents questions
abut the medication(s).
, Refusal - ✔ Never force a resident to take a medication, follow the facility's policy
when a resident refuses.
Privacy - ✔ being away from the public
Knock on closed doors before entering
Do not administer medications when resident is receiving personal care or in the
bathroom.
Side effects include but are not limited to the following... - ✔ Change in behavior,
change in alertness, change in eating or swallowing, change in mobility, and skin
rashes.
gm - ✔ gram
mg - ✔ milligram
mcg - ✔ microgram
cc - ✔ cubic centimeter
ml - ✔ milliliter
tsp - ✔ teaspoonful
tbsp - ✔ tablespoonful
gtt - ✔ drop
oz - ✔ ounce
mEq - ✔ milliequivalent
po - ✔ by mouth, orally
pr - ✔ per rectum (anal)
OD - ✔ right eye (oculus dexter)
OS - ✔ left eye (oculus sinister)
OU - ✔ both eyes (oculus uterque)
Assistant Training Study Guide
MAR stands for - ✔ Medication Administration Record
Oral - ✔ taken by mouth and swallowed
Buccal - ✔ placed between cheek and gum
Sublingual - ✔ placed under the tongue
Eye - ✔ placed in the pocket of the eye created when the lower eyelid is gently
pulled down
Ear - ✔ placed in the ear canal created when the external ear is pulled up and back
Nasal - ✔ placed in the nostril
Inhalant - ✔ inhaled into the lungs
Transdermal - ✔ placed and affixed to the skin
Topical - ✔ applied to the skin or hair
vaginal - ✔ inserted into the vagina
Rectal - ✔ inserted into the rectum
subcutaneous - ✔ injected into the fat with a syringe
6 rights of medication administration - ✔ right resident, right medication, right dose,
right route, right time, right documentation
Respect - ✔ Do not interrupt a resident when he/she is eating, do not awaken a
resident, inform resident the procedures that will occur, and answer residents questions
abut the medication(s).
, Refusal - ✔ Never force a resident to take a medication, follow the facility's policy
when a resident refuses.
Privacy - ✔ being away from the public
Knock on closed doors before entering
Do not administer medications when resident is receiving personal care or in the
bathroom.
Side effects include but are not limited to the following... - ✔ Change in behavior,
change in alertness, change in eating or swallowing, change in mobility, and skin
rashes.
gm - ✔ gram
mg - ✔ milligram
mcg - ✔ microgram
cc - ✔ cubic centimeter
ml - ✔ milliliter
tsp - ✔ teaspoonful
tbsp - ✔ tablespoonful
gtt - ✔ drop
oz - ✔ ounce
mEq - ✔ milliequivalent
po - ✔ by mouth, orally
pr - ✔ per rectum (anal)
OD - ✔ right eye (oculus dexter)
OS - ✔ left eye (oculus sinister)
OU - ✔ both eyes (oculus uterque)
