Med Aide quizzes and tests from all units with
Certified Answers 2023-2024 Update.
1. True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse has specifically delegated the
task for the specific resident and drug? - Answer True. Med aide can't assess the need
for a PRN, this must be done by a nurse
2. Med aides can't do what? - Answer Give first doses of new meds
3. Factors affecting drug actions include what? - Answer Weight, age, metabolic rate, and
tolerance
4. What are the six rights of med administration? - Answer The right drug, the right
person, the right documentation, the right route, the right dose, and the right time
5. Before you work as a med aide, you? - Answer Must pass course exams, complete and
demonstrate skills
6. As a med aide in your facility, you should what? - Answer Work within the legal limits of
your role
7. You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a what? - Answer boundary
violation
8. A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits of your role. You do what? -
Answer Refuse to follow the nurses order and explain why
9. You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug, You should do what? - Answer
Ask the Nurse
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,10. In order to assess a person, the nurse decides to give the person the oral drugs that you
usually give. You do what? - Answer Understand this is the best decision for the person
at the time.
11. The nurse asks you to perform a task that is in your job description. You have not done
this task before. You do what? - Answer Tell the nurse you have not done the task
before and ask for help
12. When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what? - Answer Must complete the
task safely
13. A nurse asks you to perform a task. You do the following except what? restate or clarify
what is expected of you, know how to contact the nurse if theres an emergency,
document the care given, or do the task even though you have not been trained? -
Answer Do the task even though you have not been trained
14. What step can the nurse delegate to you? - Answer Give certain drugs
15. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the power to do the following except
what? Determine the safety and effectiveness of drugs before marketing, ensure that
manufacturers meet labeling requirements, ensure advertising standards are met when
manufacturers market drugs, or determine who gives drugs to patients or residents? -
Answer Determine who gives drugs to patients or residents
16. If you fail to do something that a reasonable and careful person would have done, you
are what? - Answer Negligent
17. Invasion of privacy occurs if you what? - Answer Violate a persons right to have his or
her name, photo, or private affairs made public without giving consent
18. You suspect a persons being abused. You should what? - Answer Share your concerns
with your supervisor
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, 19. Schedule 11 drugs may lead to what? - Answer Severe psychological or physical
dependence
20. According to the text, when you touch a persons body without his or her consent its
called a what? - Answer Battery
21. The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person is what? - Answer Abuse
22. Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct is called what? - Answer Ethics
23. Which statement about an ethical person is true? - Answer An ethical person behaves in
the right way
24. You display ethical behavior by what? - Answer Keeping the persons property safe
25. To protect yourself from assault and battery, you what? - Answer Get the persons
consent before doing a procedure
26. A nurse gives the wrong dosage of a drug to a person. This is what? - Answer
malpractice
27. You gave a drug to the wrong person. This is what? - Answer Negligence
28. You trick a person into taking a drug. This is called what? - Answer Fraud
29. You scold an older person for refusing to take ordered drugs This is what? - Answer
Verbal abuse
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Certified Answers 2023-2024 Update.
1. True or False? Med aides may only give a PRN if the nurse has specifically delegated the
task for the specific resident and drug? - Answer True. Med aide can't assess the need
for a PRN, this must be done by a nurse
2. Med aides can't do what? - Answer Give first doses of new meds
3. Factors affecting drug actions include what? - Answer Weight, age, metabolic rate, and
tolerance
4. What are the six rights of med administration? - Answer The right drug, the right
person, the right documentation, the right route, the right dose, and the right time
5. Before you work as a med aide, you? - Answer Must pass course exams, complete and
demonstrate skills
6. As a med aide in your facility, you should what? - Answer Work within the legal limits of
your role
7. You tell a patient about your personal problems. This is a what? - Answer boundary
violation
8. A nurse asks you to do something beyond the legal limits of your role. You do what? -
Answer Refuse to follow the nurses order and explain why
9. You're not sure whether you should give a certain drug, You should do what? - Answer
Ask the Nurse
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,10. In order to assess a person, the nurse decides to give the person the oral drugs that you
usually give. You do what? - Answer Understand this is the best decision for the person
at the time.
11. The nurse asks you to perform a task that is in your job description. You have not done
this task before. You do what? - Answer Tell the nurse you have not done the task
before and ask for help
12. When you agree to perform a delegated task. You what? - Answer Must complete the
task safely
13. A nurse asks you to perform a task. You do the following except what? restate or clarify
what is expected of you, know how to contact the nurse if theres an emergency,
document the care given, or do the task even though you have not been trained? -
Answer Do the task even though you have not been trained
14. What step can the nurse delegate to you? - Answer Give certain drugs
15. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the power to do the following except
what? Determine the safety and effectiveness of drugs before marketing, ensure that
manufacturers meet labeling requirements, ensure advertising standards are met when
manufacturers market drugs, or determine who gives drugs to patients or residents? -
Answer Determine who gives drugs to patients or residents
16. If you fail to do something that a reasonable and careful person would have done, you
are what? - Answer Negligent
17. Invasion of privacy occurs if you what? - Answer Violate a persons right to have his or
her name, photo, or private affairs made public without giving consent
18. You suspect a persons being abused. You should what? - Answer Share your concerns
with your supervisor
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, 19. Schedule 11 drugs may lead to what? - Answer Severe psychological or physical
dependence
20. According to the text, when you touch a persons body without his or her consent its
called a what? - Answer Battery
21. The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person is what? - Answer Abuse
22. Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct is called what? - Answer Ethics
23. Which statement about an ethical person is true? - Answer An ethical person behaves in
the right way
24. You display ethical behavior by what? - Answer Keeping the persons property safe
25. To protect yourself from assault and battery, you what? - Answer Get the persons
consent before doing a procedure
26. A nurse gives the wrong dosage of a drug to a person. This is what? - Answer
malpractice
27. You gave a drug to the wrong person. This is what? - Answer Negligence
28. You trick a person into taking a drug. This is called what? - Answer Fraud
29. You scold an older person for refusing to take ordered drugs This is what? - Answer
Verbal abuse
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