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Medication: Oral Administration – Multi Choice Questions

Contents

Segment 1 - Medical Administration 2

Segment 2 - Giving out Medications 4

Segment 1 - Medications Administration

1) If a person is returning to your facility from hospital, what should be done with the old medications they had before they left?

a. Use them first

b. Throw them out and start on the new pack

c. Send the old medications back to the pharmacy

d. Give the old medications to the family to sort out

e. Leave them in the medicines cabinet for the nurse to sort out

2) Who owns the medications in the facility?

a. The facility itself

b. The person they are prescribed for

c. Whoever paid for them

d. The Power of attorney for the person

e. No one technically owns them; they are for use as prescribed

3) Which statement is NOT necessary when checking medications?

a. You need to check you have the right medication for the right person

b. You need to check you have the right medicine for the right time

c. The number of pills matches the amount written on the label

d. That you can recognise each of the pills and what they do

e. You must double check the medication order

4) What is the name of the book where you can find information on the varying drugs you will be dispensing?

a. New Ethicals

b. Prescription sheet

c. Medicines Act

d. Drug Data book

e. It is not necessary to have this information

5) What are the ‘5 Rights rule’ that you must follow before giving out medications, what are they?

a. Right person, right medication, right dose, right route, right time

b. Right reason, right medication, right person, right time, right dose

c. Right dose, right time, right reason, right route, right medication

d. Right medication, right time, right day, right route, right dose

e. Right time, right date, right route, right dose, right reason

6) If you miss giving a medication for some reason, what should you do?

a. Give it as soon as you remember

b. Give double the dose next time they are due for medication

c. Keep giving the regular dose next time

d. Inform the nurse

e. Dispose of the missed medication

7) If a person refuses to take their medication what should you do?

a. Blend it into their food, it is important they take all medication

b. Inform the nurse that they do not want to take the medication

c. Don’t worry about it, they have the right to refuse medication

d. Write Discontinue with medication on their chart

e. Leave it for them so they can take it later

8) When does a person NOT have the right to refuse medication?

a. If it is a life preserving treatment

b. If they are confused

c. If they are under mental health care

d. If the registered nurse says they must take it

e. If they are under a compulsory treatment order

9) When do you sign to say the medication has been given?

a. When you have put it on the trolley to do so someone else doesn’t set up to do it

b. Immediately before giving it

c. Immediately after giving it

d. When you are writing up all your paperwork

e. When you have completed the medicine rounds

10) If the pharmacist is not able to remove a medication no longer required in time for the next medical rounds what should you do?

a. Continue giving it until the pharmacist has removed it

b. Remove it yourself

c. The registered nurse should remove it

d. The registered nurse and you together can remove it

e. Do not give any medicines until it has been done by the pharmacist

Segment 2 - Giving Out Medications

1) What is the best method for crushing a tablet?

a. Use a metal tea spoon and press it on top of the pill

b. Use the mortar and pestle

c. The pharmacist should provide you with a plastic pill crusher

d. A knife to cut through it

e. You should never crush a tablet

2) What should you do if a person cannot swallow the tablet?

a. Keep trying, they will get there eventually

b. Crush it up

c. Dissolve it in warm liquid

d. Inform the nurse

e. Give a liquid alternative

3) When giving medication you should also give the person what?

a. A half glass of water

b. A full glass of water

c. A cup of tea

d. Something to eat

e. A half glass of Juice

4) What is a side effect?

a. These are unpredictable bodily reactions caused as a result of medication

b. Predictable or unpredictable bodily reactions caused as a result of medication

c. Bodily reactions that demonstrate the medicine is working (e.g. blood pressure change after taking blood pressure medication)

d. Adverse reactions to medication

e. An additional benefit from a drug that was unexpected

5) If you notice a persons’ behaviour or health status changes after giving medication, what should you do?

a. Call an ambulance

b. Call for a doctor

c. Get the nurse immediately

d. Continue to monitor for an hour then notify the nurse

e. Keep an eye on them for the next few hours

6) When is a situation classed as an ‘adverse event”?

a. If you nearly make a mistake but catch yourself in time

b. If they person has a mild reaction to a medication

c. If a person has a moderate reaction to a medication

d. If the person has a severe reaction to a medication

e. All of the above

7) Who does adverse events get reported to?

a. The facility manager

b. The pharmacist

c. The family

d. The Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring

e. It needs to be recorded in your notes

8) Many foods can interact with medications, for example, what food or drink should people not have if they are on an Ace-Inhibitor?

a. Broccoli

b. Grapefruit

c. Potato

d. Cabbage

e. Bananas

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