MACE Role and Permitted Duties 2

Question 1

A medication aide is asked to crush a tablet that is labeled 'extended-release.' What is the correct action?

Accepted Answer

Refuse and notify the nurse

Answer

Crush it and mix with applesauce

Answer

Cut it in half instead

Answer

Dissolve it in water before giving

Question 2

Which of the following tasks is within the medication aide's scope of practice?

Accepted Answer

Adjusting an insulin dose based on a sliding scale under nurse direction

Answer

Diagnosing a resident's infection based on symptoms

Answer

Ordering a new prescription from the pharmacy

Answer

Changing a wound dressing independently

Question 3

A resident refuses their morning medication. What should the medication aide do first?

Accepted Answer

Notify the charge nurse immediately

Answer

Document the refusal and move on

Answer

Crush the medication and hide it in food

Answer

Call the resident's family for permission

Question 4

Which action by a medication aide violates professional boundaries?

Accepted Answer

Recommending a resident request a different medication from the doctor

Answer

Recording a medication in the MAR after giving it

Answer

Reporting a side effect to the charge nurse

Answer

Checking the five rights before administration

Question 5

State regulations for medication aides primarily serve to:

Accepted Answer

Protect residents by defining safe boundaries of practice

Answer

Increase the workload of registered nurses

Answer

Allow aides to practice independently of nurses

Answer

Standardize salaries across care facilities

Question 6

A medication aide notices a medication cup with a resident's name has been sitting unused for 30 minutes. What should the aide do?

Accepted Answer

Notify the nurse to determine next steps

Answer

Give the medication immediately without questioning

Answer

Discard the medication and document it

Answer

Return the medication to the stock bottle

Question 7

Under which circumstance may a medication aide legally prepare injectable medications?

Accepted Answer

Never, as injections are universally outside medication aide scope

Answer

When a nurse instructs them to do so verbally

Answer

When the resident requests it

Answer

Only in emergency situations