Medication Review (HCBS) – Progress Industries

Welcome to the Medication Review (HCBS) This quiz contains 15 questions. For you to pass, you must answer 12 out of 15 correctly. At the end of the quiz, you will be notified of the number of questions you answered correctly.

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1. If a person served has a physician’s order to self-administer their medications, the medications are stored:

A. In the person’s served dresser.

B. In the person’s served bathroom.

C. In a locked container in the person’s served bedroom.

2. After you have instilled ear drops in the person served right ear, you must advise them to:

A. Stand up and tip their head to the right.

B. Go about their usual routine.

C. Remain lying on their left side for 3 minutes.

3. You have just administered a rectal suppository to a person served. You need to instruct them to:

A. Remain lying down for one hour.

B. Go to the restroom right away.

C. Remain lying down and retain the suppository for 20 minutes.

4. You have just administered a PRN acetaminophen/Tylenol to a person served for a headache. The order reads acetaminophen/Tylenol every 4 hours for discomfort. You have documented administering the PRN. To complete the documentation of a PRN, you will need to:

A. Ask the person served to wait in the med room for 30 to 60 minutes.

B. Advise the person served not to eat anything for 30 to 60 minutes.

C. Check on the person served 30 to 60 minutes later to see if the medication relieved their headache and document the results on the MAR.

5. When preparing liquid medications, hold the cup at eye level to read to ensure accurate measurement.

True

False

6. When preparing medications, you must:

A. Wash your hands, read, and compare the label on the bubble pack or bottle with the MAR (Medication

B. Administration Record) twice and administer to the person served.

C. Wash your hands, read and compare the label on the medication with the order on the MAR once, give the medication and document it on the MAR.

D. Wash your hands, read and compare the label on the bubble pack or bottle once to ensure they match. Read and compare the label and MAR a second time as you place the medication into a med cup. Repeat a third time and then administer the medication and document it on the MAR.

7. Schedule II drugs are considered to have the greatest potential for addiction and must be stored:

A. With the other medications for that person served.

B. In the manager’s office.

C. Under a double lock (in a locked box in a locked cabinet or closet).

D. In the refrigerator away from heat and light.

8. Controlled substances must be counted at the beginning and end of each shift with the next med passer who comes on shift. If there is no med passer, then it can be another staff working. This is a State and Federal Requirement. Choose the correct answer for counting meds.

A. The CMA or Med Manager may count the controlled substances before the next shift arrives and have the oncoming person count after them to verify it is correct.

B. The CMA or Med Manager doesn’t need to count meds if there is not a certified med passer on the next shift.

C. The CMA or Med Manager go into the med room/area together, and they get the bubble packs of controlled substances that need to be counted. They retrieve the count sheets and together they count the controlled substances. If in agreement that the count is correct, both will sign their name on the controlled count sheet and repeat for the next person served who has a controlled substance.

9. List the 6 rights of medication management.

Right person served.

Right staff.

Right date.

Right medication.

Right route.

Right time.

Right documentation.

Right dose.

10. When a person served has two different prescriptions for eye drops ordered to be administered at the same time of day, how long do you need to wait before putting in the second prescription eye drop?

A. 1 minute

B. 3 minutes

C. 5 minutes

D. 10 minutes

11. When administering anti-inflammatory medications (Aleve, Motrin, Naprosyn, Aspirin, Ibuprofen) what is a measure you can take to prevent a common side effect of these medications?

A. Encourage the person served to drink a full 8-ounce glass of water.

B. Encourage the person served to lie down after administering the medication.

C. Administer the medication with food or snack.

12. A person served is receiving an antacid (liquid or chewable) for heartburn. As a rule, you should:

A. After administering the medication follow with water or juice to make it taste better.

B. Advise the person served not to drink anything for at least 20 minutes.

C. Administer the antacid after meals.

13. Occasionally, you may need to dispose of a medication that was not administered. Per policy, you would:

A. Dispose of the medication in the trash and document it was disposed of and the reason why.

B. Ask a coworker to witness you dispose of the medication down the sink drain and document it.

C. Call your manager or manager on call and notify them that a medication needs to be disposed of and why. Ask a co-worker to witness as you crush the medication and dispose of it in a bio-hazardous container. Document in a T-log who you notified, what medication, who witnessed and how the medication was disposed of (crushed and put in a bio-hazardous container).

14. These are guidelines to follow to help you prepare for your med pass. (Remember the 6 Rights) Choose the one that is NOT correct.

A. Wash your hands or use hand sanitizer between each person served. If you wear gloves, you must cleanse your hands and put on new gloves for each person served.

B. Clear your mind and focus on the task of administering medications.

C. Assist the person served to the appropriate position.

D. Stay with the person served until all medications have been taken.

E. If a person has a swallowing concern, it is ok to crush all medications.

F. Always compare the label on the medication to the order on the MAR 3 times before administering medication.

15. If you make a medication error or discover a medication error was made earlier by another med passer. What are you required to do? Check all that are correct.

A. Notify your manager or manager on call as soon as possible.

B. Complete a GER for the medication error.

C. Document that an error occurred, including what happened, what was done and how the person served was affected.

D. Pass on to the next shift that a medication error was made, or you found a medication error.

E. All of the above.

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