Medications
What is the study of medications and their effects on the body?
Pharmacology
What is an elastic band of tissue that connects bone to bone?
Ligaments
Who should the QMA report reactions or changes in status too?
Nurse
What is the method used in healthcare when initiating contact with a patient to perform care?
Initial Steps
What is an infection throughout the body?
Systemic
What are medications that can be addictive and must be counted and secured?
Scheduled (controlled) drugs
What is the bean shaped organ that serves as a filter system for blood?
Kidney
True or False: QMAs can administer insulin after additional training and testing.
True
What is the best way to prevent the spread of infection?
Hand hygiene
A condition where sores and ulcers form in the stomach lining or duodenum from repeated irritation.
Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
What is the name brand for furosemide?
Lasix
What is the organ/gland behind the stomach that secretes insulin?
Pancreas
What are the six rights of medication administration?
Right medication
Right dose
Right resident
Right route
Right time
Right documentation
What is one of the main ways we can monitor a patient's health status?
Vital Signs
Chronic emphysema can lead to this chronic lung condition with obstructed lung air flow causing dyspnea, productive cough, and respiratory failure.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease/ Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD/COLD)
What is the name brand for clopidogrel?
Plavix
Name the 4 chambers of the heart.
Left atrium, Right atrium, Left ventricle, Right ventricle
True or False: The QMA can assess a patient.
False
True or False: The QMA can perform care on a colostomy and replace the bag.
True
Cerebral Palsy
What are considerations for oral hypoglycemics (anti-diabetic medications)?
Monitor for hypoglycemia, give 30 minutes before meals.
What are the chemical regulators of all cell activity that can excite or inhibit physiological processes?
Hormones
What are the steps to follow after making a medication error?
1. Immediately tell the nurse.
2. Take vital signs and start monitoring patient.
3. Follow facility policy for a medication error report.
What are the steps to obtaining a hemoccult test?
1. Assist patient as needed with providing stool sample in hat.
2. Properly label slide.
3. Open front flap and smear small amount of specimen in one window.
4. Take specimen from different area of sample and wipe into second window.
5. Discard applicator and close flap.
6. Open cover on back and apply two drops over each smear of developer.
7. Read results within 30-60 seconds.
8. Presence of blue color indicates occult blood.
What are the seven warning signs of cancer?
C = change in bowel/bladder
A = a sore that doesn't heal
U = unusual bleeding/discharge
T = thickening or lump in tissue
I = indigestion/dysphagia
O = obvious change in wart/mole
N = nagging cough/hoarseness