QMA One
This is how many times a QMA must check a nasal medication with the MAR
What is three times?
This is the term for ointment one applies to the eye
What are Ophthalmic ointments?
This kind of patch release medication through the skin into the systemic circulation
What are transdermal patches?
This is the abbreviation for right eye
What is od?
These are two people that may count controlled substances
What are QMAs and nurses?
These are the six right of Medication administration
What are Right medication, Right dose, Right route, Right time, Right resident, Right documentation?
This is what the QMA must instruct the resident that has used a corticosteroid inhaler to do
What is rinse his or her mouth
True-False
The QMA should thoroughly wash the area around a colostomy or ileostomy with soap and water while changing the appliance
What is false?
This is how the cap from a liquid medication should be placed upon removal
What is upside down on a clean surface or on a paper towel?
QMAs are not allowed to administer tube feeding via a nasogastric or this type of tube
What is a J-tube?
This is how many CC's of water should be used to flush a G-tube or J-tube prior to medication
What is 30cc's?
Silver Sulfadiazine (Silvadene) would be ordered for treatment of this
What is a first degree burn?
Being dizzy and irritable with shaking and sweating may be signs of this condition
What is hypoglycemia?
When an error in the controlled substance count is detected, this is what a QMA or nurse should do prior to contacting the nurse
What is check medication records and nurses notes to determine where the error might have occurred
TRUE-FALSE
You do not need to check both G-tube and J-tube placement prior to administering medication
True. One needs to only confirm placement of a G-tube and not a J-tube
This is what one must do before altering a capsule
What is confirm that the capsule is appropriate to alter?
This type of tablets or capsules should not be crushed or broken but rather swallowed whole
What is enteric coated?
This is the type of isolation a resident with pneumonia would be placed in
What is Droplet Isolation?
This is the type of tube that QMAs may NOT administer medications through
What is nasogastric tube?
What position should a resident with a feeding tube NOT be placed
What is flat?
This is the terminology that means "Hands are free from disease causing microorganisms"
What is Medical Asepsis?
According to the QMA book, a normal blood sugar range is this
What is 60-120?
What do we call something that decreases itching
What is an antipruritic?
What three things should be on the label of a wound dressing
What is date, time, and QMA initials?
These are three contraindications for giving a resident oral medications
What is NPO, unconscious, or vomiting?