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Caregiving training medication quiz and
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You can give all ordered drugs with food True False - ✔ False You are giving two liquid drugs, one is cough syrup, give this last. True False - ✔ True You pour a little extra liquid medication into a medicine cup, it is ok to pour some back into the bottle. True False - ✔ False Topical drug absorption is affected by all of the following except Answer 1.how long the drug is in contact with the skin 2.skin thickness 3.the time the drug is applied 4.amount of fluid in the tissues - ✔ the time the drug is applied Which of the following is a watery preperation? Answer ointment lotion powder cream - ✔ Lotion When applying a topical dose form of medication, always
Answer provide for the person's privacy cut the hair at the site follow isolation precautions Shave the patient - ✔ provide for the person's privacy An Ointment is in a jar, what do you use to remove the amount ordered? Answer A sterile tongue blade a spoon a syringe your fingers - ✔ A sterile tongue blade Wearing gloves is not needed to apply topical drugs True False - ✔ False Topical medication is applied to clean and dry skin True False - ✔ True All transdermal patches require a dressing over them True False - ✔ False Otic meds are applied to the Answer nose ear eye - ✔ Ear To give eye, ear or nose medications, you should wear Answer
2 inches inch above the eye 3 inches inch above the eye 10 inches above th - ✔ 1/2 inch above the eye After eye ointment is applied, the person should Answer wipe the eye gently close their eye rinse the eye Rub the eye - ✔ Gently close their eye Ear medications are given Answer cold after warming them up straight from the refrigerator at room temp - ✔ At room temp To give ear drops, the person is positioned Answer supine prone side lying, affected ear up trendelenberg - ✔ Side lying, affecting ear up When checking drug information, you must use Answer the pdr the most current resource package inserts on-line resources - ✔ The most current resources anaphylaxis is defined as Answer not a concerning reaction
a serious, life threatening allergic reaction an exaggerated sensitivity to a drug an unpleasant reaction to a drug - ✔ a serious, life threatening allergic reaction Adverse drug reaction is defined as Answer an unpleasant reaction resulting from medication use reacting with anxiety over drug use a serious life threatening reaction - ✔ an unpleasant reaction resulting from medication use To give the right drug, you always read the drug label 3 times. Which of the following is not one of the times Answer preparing the actual dose returning to the cart or shelf removing from the cart or shelf charting the dose was given - ✔ Charting the dose was given Controlled substances are Answer double locked counted once a month kept in the pharmacy kept in the nurses office - ✔ Double locked Certified caregivers/med techs are allowed to give IV meds as long as the nurse has trained them True False - ✔ False When you calculate a drug dosage, you may ask your nurse to double check your math True False - ✔ True
False - ✔ True Mrs. Jones received her medication 2 hours after it was ordered to be given. This is a medication error True False - ✔ True When preparing and administering medications, you must follow the 6 rights, which are Answer
- right resident, right patient, right time, right medication, right drug, right documentation
- right time, right way, right amount, right person, right dose, right follow up
- right time, right resident, right medication, right dose, right route, right documentation
- ✔ right time, right resident, right medication, right dose, right route, right documentation When giving a drug, you identify the person Answer after deciding how to give the drug right before giving the drug When you open the persons drug bin by asking them their name - ✔ Right before giving the drug The drug route is Answer where the drug is absorbed in the body how the drug is supplied How and where the drug enters the body - ✔ How and where the drug enters the body The right dose is the right amount of the drug to give True False - ✔ True When a client refuses medication you can throw it in the garbage
True False - ✔ False When medication is crushed you need to have physician order and information that med is crushable True False - ✔ True What does the medical abbreviation "PRN" stand for? Answer physician request note previous reactions notice por re natal pro re nata - ✔ pro re nata
