HCA 1006 Module 9

It is your responsibility to ensure that your clients know about the side effects that can occur when they take their medications.

• True

• False

Part of your responsibility is to fill your client’s pillbox each week.

• True

• False

A lozenge is a form of medication.

• True

• False

You must follow your agency’s policies in regard to signing medication administration records (MARs).

• True

• False

Medication on transdermal discs is absorbed over 24 hours.

• True

• False

You may purchase over-the-counter medications for your client if requested to do so because these are not prescription drugs.

• True

• False

Dispensing medications is beyond your scope of practice.

• True

• False

How many medication rights are there?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

Mr. Peter, one of your clients, is taking an antihistamine and drinking alcohol. What should you do first?

• Discuss the situation with your supervisor

• Throw away the rest of your client’s alcohol

• Ask your client if she wants to die by suicide

• Observe the client for any more drinking

You have been assigned to apply Mr. Peters prescription ointment for a rash on his back. What should you do first?

• Provide privacy for the client

• Put on a disposable glove

• Wash his skin well and dry it

• Check the MAR for all of the rights