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List the 6 rights of medication administration correct answer: 1) Right person
- right medicine
- right dosage
- right time
- right route
- right documentation 3 additional safety principles correct answer: 1) wash hands
- pay full attention to task
- read label 3 times 3-Way Check. What must be compared? correct answer: 1) HCP order
- Pharmacy Lable
- MAR T/F- A CMT is licensed by the Maryland board of Nursing to administer medications in Maryland correct answer: FALSE T/F-The HCP must reorder medications at least every 30 days correct answer: FALSE T/F- If an individual is having trouble breathing, call 911 before the nurse correct answer: TRUE T/F- The CMT/UAP accompanying an individual to a HCP appointment is responsible for obtaining completed written
orders and a completed medical appointment form. correct answer: TRUE T/F- Medications may be re-ordered only at the time of a HCP appointment correct answer: FALSE T/F- After receiving special training from the nurse, the CMT may administer medications intravenously correct answer: FALSE Unlicensed people can administer medications only after completing the medical technician training program and receiving certification from the Maryland Board of nursing correct answer: True Only the RNCM/DN may delegate medication administration to certified medication technician correct answer: True All medications must have a healthcare professionals (HCP) order (PMOF) and pharmacy label correct answer: True A HCP is the same as they PMOF correct answer: True 8 components of the medication administration cycle correct answer: 1) observe changes
- report changes and or observations 3)Assist with the HCP visit
- Obtain medications
- store medications safely
- administer medications correctly
- ensure medications are taken
- Document medications quickly and correctly
Who is responsible for storing the medication correctly correct answer: CMT Who administers medication and preforms treatments correct answer: CMT Who completes the documentation on the medication administration form (MAR) correct answer: CMT What are important things to remember about drug interactions correct answer: ~each medication you add increases the chance of a bad interaction with other medicine ~know your individual's baseline (moods) Who is responsible for observing and reporting possible effects of medications correct answer: CMT Define OBJECTIVE symptom correct answer: something you CAN see or Measure Define subjective symptom correct answer: Something you CAN'T see or measure Somatic (regular) medications must be reordered by the physician how often correct answer: Yearly Psychiatric/Behavior modifying medications must be reordered how often correct answer: Every 90 days Schedule II/ Controlled substances must be reordered how often? correct answer: Every 30 days
What would classify as an emergency medical condition correct answer: Loss of consciousness ,stroke symptoms, seizure activity, chest pain, eye injury and uncontrolled bleeding What would classify as a non-emergency condition correct answer: A rush, scratches, fever, diarrhea, and sore throat What would classify as other physical or behavioral changes correct answer: Weight loss or gain, change your sleep pattern, and change in menstrual cycle What would you do to encourage individual to participate in a healthcare professionals visit correct answer: encouraged them to ask questions and write down questions prior to the appointment What are some of the documents you have to take to any medical appointment correct answer: Medical appointment record, photo ID, insurance card, PMOF/doctors order, lab/test results what are some questions you would want to ask the health care professional when a new medication is ordered correct answer: -what is its purpose
- if they have stakes in the company -how long until medicine works -side effects to look for -any vital signs or lab work required -what route should it be taken -any possible drug interactions
How do you have to store schedule II, controlled substances narcotic medications correct answer: In lock box unlocked medicine cabinet List three ways medications are package correct answer: Bottles tubes and drops What is the preferred method of packaging medications correct answer: Blister packs What must match in the three-way chat correct answer: The PMOF the pharmacy label and the MAR What is the name of the form required to record The administration of medications correct answer: The MAR medication administration record What information can we not find on the MAR correct answer: Side effects What should be kept separately and the medication cabinet correct answer: Oral and topical medicines Medications requiring refrigeration should be kept in a correct answer: Lockbox MAR is considered a what document correct answer: Legal document All medications must be stored in what correct answer: The original container and a lock storage area
Only who can dispose of controlled substances correct answer: The delegating nurse What are sometimes maybe necessary to dispose of or not and Not administre a medication correct answer: When the medicine is expired discontinued refused or contaminated The pharmacy label must never be what correct answer: Altered or changed Can used to the medication cabinet must only be accessible to who correct answer: The CMT and nurse True or false you can remove the medications from the blister pack and plays them and the day of the week container correct answer: False What do you do if you cannot understand or cannot read the doctors order or pharmacy label correct answer: Call the nurse True or false it is OK to hang the keys for the lock to the medication cabinet on the hook on the wall next to the cabinet correct answer: False List the six rights of medication administration correct answer:
- right person
- right medicine 3)right dose
- right method or route
- right time 6)right documentation and charting
What are some symptoms ofTardive Dyskinesia correct answer: Drooling I blinking lipsmacking leg movements face twitches and arm tremors What is Tardive Dyskinesia correct answer: Involuntary muscle movement of the face, mouth, tongue legs arms and trunk What are some factors the doctor may consider and choosing the right seizure medications correct answer: The type of seizure the compliance of the individual the fewest side effects physical factors in the cost What is a "steady state" anti-seizure medications correct answer: Keeping the amount of medication in the body constant True or falseThe The two hour medication window affects the seizure medications correct answer: False they must be given at the exact same time every day What are some side effects of seizure medications correct answer: Drowsiness, lack of coordination, nausea, sedation, increase in seizure activity How do we measure to see if an individual's medication is in the therapeutic range correct answer: Monitor their blood levels What are some reasons why an increase in seizures could occur correct answer: Medication levels are too low, illness/medical problems, drug interactions What are some of the reasons 1911 should be called if no seizure protocol is in place correct answer: If it last longer than five minutes, more than three seizures in five minutes, person does
not have a history of seizures, they are pregnant, they are diabetic What is the DDA's basic rule regarding over-the-counter medications correct answer: Must have a PMOF and a pharmacy label Should over-the-counter PRN medications be stored with the routine medications correct answer: No
