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WorksheetsKJD Care Limited – Medication Management (Quiz Extraction)
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Working Within Competence:
When may you support with medication?
After you have been trained, assessed as competent, and authorised
Whenever the home is busy and short-staffed
If a family member asks you to help just this once
When you feel experienced even if not assessed
Working Within Competence: If you feel unsure, rushed, pressured, or unclear about medication, what must you do?
Continue and finish quickly
Guess the dose from the label color
Stop and contact your line manager immediately
Delay the dose until the next shift
Following the Care Plan: What level of medication support must you provide?
Only the level agreed in the person’s care plan
Whatever you think is safest in the moment
More support than documented to be extra careful
Whatever the family prefers on the day
Following the Care Plan: Any change in the person’s ability, consent, or medication routine must be what?
Ignored unless serious
Reported immediately
Written in a personal notebook for later
Told to a neighbor for awareness
Safe Medication Practice: Which item is one of the 6 R’s of medication administration listed (Right person, Right medicine, Right dose, Right route, Right time, Right to refuse)?
Right time
Right storage
Right brand
Right sponsor
Safe Medication Practice: Before any support is given, what must you check?
The label, expiry date, storage, and condition of the medication
Only the color of the tablets
Whether the cap is tight
The design of the box
Safe Medication Practice: You must never administer medication that is which of the following?
Not prescribed, not labelled for that person, or appears unsafe
In its original packaging
Within its expiry date and stored correctly
Collected from a pharmacy
Consent and Mental Capacity: Medication must only be given with what?
The person’s consent
Care worker approval
A neighbor’s consent
Automatic consent after 24 hours
Consent and Mental Capacity: If a person refuses medication, what must happen?
The refusal is ignored and tried again secretly
The refusal is respected, recorded, and reported
The person is punished for non‑compliance
The dose is doubled next time
Recording and Reporting: You must accurately record all medication support immediately on the MAR. What does this include?
Medicines given and medicines refused
Only successful doses
Only morning medicines
Only notes when problems occur
Recording and Reporting: What must you do about any errors, near misses, or concerns?
Report them immediately, no matter how minor
Wait to report them at the end of the week
Only report major errors
Do not report if no one noticed
Professional Boundaries: Select all actions you must never do.
Share medication between people
Adjust doses or times
Fill dosette boxes or compliance aids
Give advice outside your role
Safe Disposal of Medication: Care workers must ensure that which medicines are disposed of safely at all times?
Unused, unwanted, refused, discontinued, or expired medication
Only empty boxes and blister packs
Only expired painkillers
Only liquids and creams
Safe Disposal of Medication: Where must care workers never dispose of medication?
In household waste, sinks, or toilets
At the supplying pharmacy
In a locked medicines bin at the office
In a secure sharps container at the clinic
Safe Disposal of Medication: What should happen once medication is no longer required, unless a healthcare professional explicitly instructs otherwise?
It must never be kept “just in case”
It should be stored indefinitely
It should be shared with others who might need it
It should be hidden in a cupboard
Returning Medication to the Pharmacy: What must be done with all unused or discontinued medication?
It must be returned to the supplying pharmacy for safe disposal
It should be thrown into household waste
It should be kept for emergencies
It must be mailed to the manufacturer
Returning Medication to the Pharmacy: Who should return the medication when possible?
The person or their family where possible
A neighbor without consent
Any passerby who volunteers
Only a courier with no paperwork
Returning Medication to the Pharmacy: What must care workers record when disposing of medication?
The reason for disposal on the MAR or care records
Only the pharmacy’s opening hours
The color of the packaging
Personal opinions about the medicine
After a Person’s Death: Best practice states medication should be returned to the pharmacy as soon as reasonably practicable. What does this usually mean?
Immediately or within a few days of death
After several months
Only when the home needs space
After the next routine audit
Controlled Drugs: What must care workers never do with controlled drugs?
Destroy controlled drugs themselves
Record returns in a log
Take them to an authorised pharmacy
Follow Misuse of Drugs legislation for disposal
Controlled Drugs: Which details must be recorded for a controlled drug return?
Name of medication
Quantity returned
Date and pharmacy details
Person authorising the return
Patient’s favorite color
