Medication Assistant
Renew certification as required by state law.
What do you need to do as a MA-C?
Authorize another person to perform a nursing task
What is delegation?
Knowledge of right & wrong conduct.
What are ethics?
Using sight, hearing, touch & smell to collect information
What is observation?
OBRA
What is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987?
Report side effects & adverse reactions
What should an MA-C do?
A document that gives the expectations of the MA-C job role
What is a job description?
When you touch another person w/o their consent
What is battery?
Things a person reports to you & you cannot observe through your senses
What are symptoms or subjective data?
HIPPA
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996?
Chemical substance that effects living organism
What is a drug?
Licensed registered or vocational nurse
Who can delegate to an MA-C?
False statements - written, pictures or electronic media
What is libel?
Assessment, Nsg Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation
What is the nursing process?
OSHA
What is Occupational Safety & Health Administration?
A behavior that meets your needs, not the other person's.
What is boundary violation?
Primary role of an MA-C
What is give medications?
Intentional mistreatment of another person
What is abuse?
Observation of change in persons level of consciousness
What is an observation to report at once?
MA-C
What is Medication Aide-Certified?
Act/behavior/comment that is sexual in nature that happens during employment
What is professional sexual misconduct?
The Right: Task, Delegation, Person, Supervision, Directions & Communication
What are the 5 Rights of Delegation?
Threaten to touch another person w/o their permission
What is assault?
Notify member of the care team the persons condition, expected activities/observation for next shift, care given in past shift
What is care giver report, nsg report, end-of-shift report?
RN
What is a Registered Nurse?