Scope of Practice
How many inservice hours a year does a QMA need?
What is: 6 hours
All residents have the right to refuse what?
What is: Medications & Treatments
When can the QMA pass a PRN medication?
What is: Permission & assessment from the nurse
What is the number one thing that healthcare providers must understand their obligation is?
What is: First do NO harm
What may cause a resident to wander?
What is: Bathroom need, anxiety, pain, confusion
Can the QMA call a provider?
What is: No, must be a nurse.
What do you address the resident by?
What is: Their preferred name
What are the 4 types of medications?
What is: Liquids, Solids, Semi Solids & Gas
The most common way that a HAI is spread?
What is: Dirty Hands
List signs of approaching death:
What is: Mottling, apnea, cyanotic, clammy, death rattle,
What type of inhalation medications can the QMA give?
What is: Only an MDI inhaler
What do you report to the nurse?
What is: Facts, only anything that you have personally felt, smelled, touched, heard. Objective data.
Most meds are metabolized by which organ?
What is: Liver
List some Schedule 1 examples:
What is: Heroin, LSD, Ecstasy
Does age affect metabolic rate?
What is: Yes
What stages of decubitus ulcers may the QMA treat?
What is: Stage 1.
Name 3 barriers of communication:
What is: Visual, Cognitive, Hearing
What does the half life mean when you are referring to a medication?
What is: How long it takes for half of the drug to leave the blood stream
What kind of isolation does a resident need to be on with pneumonia?
What is: Droplet
Name 3 examples of neglect.
What is: Failing to report a change in condition, not answering call light, leaving on bed pan, not giving requested PRN, not performing safety checks.
What is drug diversion?
What is: When any legally prescribed controlled substance is used for an individual for whom it was not prescribed.
Explain how you would identify an error in charting.
What is: One single line through the error, the word "error" written above it with your initials.
Name the 6 rights of Med Admin
What is: Right dose, resident, route, time, documentation & medication
What does the acronym RACE stand for?
What is: Rescue, Pull Alarm, Contain Fire, Extinguish
Benefits of a cold compress?
What is: Decrease bacterial activity, reduce edema, reduce muscle contractions & spasms, reduce hemorrhage, control pain