Bumfuzzle
A small, sterile glass container that contains a single dose of medication
Ampule
The amount of pressure blood puts on the walls of the arteries
Blood Pressure
What are the locations where you can take a pulse?
Apical, Radial, and Brachial
What is an exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the body, includes one inhalation plus one exhalation
Respiration
What are the 5 rights?
Route, Dose, Time, Person, Drug
What is the bottom number of a BP or when the heart is at rest
Diastolic
What is a group of medications that have similar uses or actions?
Drug classifications
Why would you use an ice pack?
Prevent swelling, bruising, control pain, or stop bleeding
What is the top number in a BP or when the heart is contracting
Systolic
When are the 3 safety checks
When you pull out the med
When you pour the med
When you put the med away
What is it when someone's blood pressure is persistently elevated?
Hypertension
What is a non-proprietary name for a drug?
Generic Name
How can you measure a body temperature?
Oral, Rectal, or Tympanic routes
What is low blood pressure inadequate for body needs?
Hypotension
What is the inability to control urination of defecation?
Incontinence
What is an incorrect administration of a medication?
Medication Error
Abuse
What is it called when goods or services needed by a person to prevent injury, emotional pain, mental distress or physical illness are not provided?
Neglect
Harmful, unintended effect of an appropriately administered drug
Adverse reactions
What is the form used to document the provision of doses of medication?
Medication Administration Record (MAR)
Mrs. Jones lives in your facility. She was diagnosed with lung cancer and recently decided to stop all treatment. She is alert and competent. Her daughter calls the facility and wants to know what is going on her mother and her health status. Should the medication aide inform the daughter of Mrs. Jones recent activities and decisions.
No, unless the daughter is a medical POA.
The facility has a policy about destroying outdated and discontinued medications with an RN present. Old medications have been piling up in the med room for several months. You, the medication aide, and an LPN are working the night shift and decide to clean out the med room. Following the facility procedure, the medications are documented and flushed down the hopper.
Neither of them is a RN
If a resident refuses a medication, what should the medication aide's response be?
Respect that right
Report it to the nurse
Document it
What two hormones are produced in the pancreas?
Insulin and Glucagon
What are the signs of symptoms for Hyperglycemia?
shortness of breath, nausea/ vomiting, dry mouth, slurred speech, abdominal pain