Hour of sleep or bedtime
HS or qhs
Twice a day
bid or BID
Subcutaneous
sq. or SQ
Every other day
qod or QOD
Once a day
qd
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gram
gm
milligram
mg
after meals
pc
OTC
over-the-counter
by mouth
po
q
every
ac
before meals
qid or QID
four times a day
tsp
teaspoonful
prn or PRN
as needed
Tbsp
Tablespoonful
tid or TID
Three times a day
ml
milliliter
oz
ounce
MAR
Medication administration record
The following are abbreviations for drug routes, EXCEPT
PD
You receive an order for Nitroglycerin to be given sublingually. It would be given
Under the tongue
The following are abbreviations for dosages or strengths of medications EXCEPT
PD
If you are not sure of an abbreviation, it is O.K. to gues
False
It is important to know the policy on approved abbreviations for your facility.
True
A milliliter is the same as a milligram
False
Over-the-counter drugs may be kept as floor stock or house stock in an adult care home.
True
When administering medications, it is O.K. to leave a resident's medication at the bedside if the resident is present.
False
You are legally responsible for any medication or treatment you administer.
True
Medications should be given within one hour before or one hour after the prescribed or scheduled time of administration.
True
Residents have a right to refuse medications.
True
Oral medications must be stored separately from topical or external medications.
True
Staff giving medications in adult care homes have to demonstrate certain skills with administering medications and be checked off or validated by a registered nurse or registered pharmacist.
True
Regulations for the accountability or recordkeeping of controlled substances differ from the regulations for non-controlled medications.
True
Unlicensed staff in adult care homes may administer intramuscular (IM) injections and subcutaneous (SQ) injections.
False
A telephone or verbal order for medications and treatments must be signed by the person who prescribed the medications within:
15 days from the date the order is given.
Information or documentation on the MAR for PRN (as needed) medications that are administered includes:
all of the above
Mr. Jones, a resident of an adult care home, is going to visit his family for the week. The proper way to prepare Mr. Jones' prescription medications to take with him would be to:
Send the medications in containers that have been filled and labeled by a pharmacist and document the medications sent on the appropriate facility form.
The resident's physician or prescribing practitioner is to be contacted about the resident's medication orders:
all of the above
The facility is required to maintain or keep all medication orders for a resident:
in the resident's record in the facility
The following statement about non-prescription (OTC) medications is FALSE
They may be administered to a resident without a physician's order
Which of the following is TRUE when prepouring or preparing medications in advance
Oral solid medications (tablets and capsules) for routine administration may be prepared within 24 hours of the prescribed time for administration
You have to document on MAR when a medication is
All of the above
In order for a medication to be administered you must have
a physician's order
"As needed" (PRN) medications must be administered according to
The reason and frequency of administration specified in the physician's order
When should medications be signed off on the MAR?
After a resident has been observed to actually take the medication
You remove a resident's medications from the packages or containers and the resident refuses to take his 12PM medications, you should
Dispose of the medications in accordance with the facility's policy and procedures.
When medications are stored in a refrigerator that is accessible to residents, the medications are to be:
Stored in a separate locked container in the refrigerator
Three of the four statements below are requirements when residents administer their own medications. Which one is not a requirement for self-administration?
The resident has to be observed to take each dose of medication
One of the best ways of identifying the correct resident is to
Use photographs of the residents
Checking the medication label against the MAR three times should always
Be done with each medication administered to each resident
All of the following are examples of medication errors EXCEPT one. Which one of the following is NOT a medication error?
the refusal of a medication by a resident.
If you are unable to read the physician's handwriting on a prescription or health services record or the directions for a medication are incomplete, you should:
Contact your supervisor, the pharmacist or the physician
When a resident has difficulty swallowing, the resident is at risk for
Aspiration
When applying a topical medication, you should wear
Gloves
An inhaler must be shaken
Before each ad every time you use it
After the resident has received nose drops, the resident should
Lie down with head lower than shoulders for a few minutes
If a resident is using the bathroom at the time you are to administer the resident's medications, it is unacceptable to
Flag the MAR to remind you to return to that resident later in the medication pass to administer the medications
Which of the following statement is NOT true about allergies and medications?
Allergic reactions can include rashes, swelling, itching but are never life threatening
All of the following are considered reasons for medication errors, EXCEPT
Checking the medication label with the MAR when administering medications
Medication errors may
interfere with how effective the medication will be, produce bad reactions, threaten the resident's life (all of the above)
Never administer medications that
are discolored OR are outdated/expired (both A and B)
If you have to calculate dosages, it is best to:
ask the supervisor, nurse or the pharmacist to calculate the dosage with you
How many minutes should a medication prescribed "before meals" be administered prior to eating?
30 minutes
When administering medications, the main concern with leaving medications at the bedside is that:
the resident may never take the medications and someone else may
When administering medications, it is safe practice to
read the label and the MAR each time a medication is administered.
When a medication cannot be administered on time
document the reason for the delay on the MAR [Show Less]