MAP CERTIFICATION Updated Questions
and Answers (2026) | Comprehensive
Review Guide
• A MAP consultant must be a... -✓✓physician, registered nurse, or registered
pharmacist who provides advice and technical assistance to certified staff
members.
• Acute -✓✓illness that is sudden, brief, and severe
• Mindfulness -✓✓state of being attentive, careful, observant, always paying
attention to details when giving meds
• Pharmacist -✓✓person skilled in preparing meds and having the license to do so,
a druggist
• Health Care Provider HCP -✓✓person medically trained to care for sick people,
can be a doctor, nurse practitioner, physicians assistant, or psychiatric nurse whose
licensed to prescribe medications and treat the people you support.
• PRN -✓✓latin abbreviation for medications that you give as needed
• standarization -✓✓process of always following the same steps in administering
medications
• topical -✓✓medication that you apply to a persons skin
• Two rights of the people you are giving medication to are... -✓✓1. Right to be
free from too much medication
2. Right to know what meds they are taking and its risks/benefits
• Three principles to keep in mind when giving meds are... -✓✓Mindfulness,
maximizing capabilities, and comunication
• Cycle of Responsibility -✓✓1. Observe/watch for changes
2. Report changes
and Answers (2026) | Comprehensive
Review Guide
• A MAP consultant must be a... -✓✓physician, registered nurse, or registered
pharmacist who provides advice and technical assistance to certified staff
members.
• Acute -✓✓illness that is sudden, brief, and severe
• Mindfulness -✓✓state of being attentive, careful, observant, always paying
attention to details when giving meds
• Pharmacist -✓✓person skilled in preparing meds and having the license to do so,
a druggist
• Health Care Provider HCP -✓✓person medically trained to care for sick people,
can be a doctor, nurse practitioner, physicians assistant, or psychiatric nurse whose
licensed to prescribe medications and treat the people you support.
• PRN -✓✓latin abbreviation for medications that you give as needed
• standarization -✓✓process of always following the same steps in administering
medications
• topical -✓✓medication that you apply to a persons skin
• Two rights of the people you are giving medication to are... -✓✓1. Right to be
free from too much medication
2. Right to know what meds they are taking and its risks/benefits
• Three principles to keep in mind when giving meds are... -✓✓Mindfulness,
maximizing capabilities, and comunication
• Cycle of Responsibility -✓✓1. Observe/watch for changes
2. Report changes
