MACE Exam Cram Medication Aide Certification Exam

Ace your MACE exam, and get certified as a Medication Aide (MA)! MACE Exam Cramis the perfect study guide to help readers pass the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)'s new MACE exam. Linda Whitenton and Marty Walker fully cover all knowledge, skills, and attitudes covered on the Medication Aide Certification Exam exam, including the MA's role and the principles and practices of safe, effective medication administration. They address medication fundamentals; mathematics, weights and measures; medication orders, documentation, storage and disposal; preparation and actual medication administration; patient safety and rights; prevention of medication errors; documenting administration; ethical and legal issues, and more. Like all Exam Cram books, it includes chapters that map directly to the exam objectives; comprehensive foundational learning on all topics; an extensive set of practice questions (including two practice exams); a state-of-the-art CD test engine for real-time practice and feedback; notes, tips, sidebars, cautions, test-taking strategies, and time-saving tips; and a Cram Sheet tear-out card with exclusive tips, acronyms, and memory joggers. Intended as a standalone study guide, it can also be used with a wide range of learning materials. Either way, it brings together all the knowledge and preparation assistance that readers need to master the material, gain confidence, and pass with flying colors. For all candidates studying for the Medication Aide Certification Exam (MACE): both those preparing for the first time, and those who are repeating the examination. This book will also be a useful reference for instructors of courses for medication aides.

Linda Whitenton is the co-author of the popular CNA Exam Cram (2009). Her 42-year nursing career began in 1967 as a Nursing Assistant in Paducah, Kentucky. Following her graduation from Murray State University’s BSN program in 1970, she practiced in mental health, pediatrics, and medical-surgical nursing. Teaching Nursing Assistants, emergency medical technicians, and unit secretaries in her role as a hospital in-service education director in the early 1970s in a Mississippi hospital cemented her love for teaching. She accepted her first teaching position at Northeast Mississippi Community College in 1975. While at NEMCC, she taught fundamentals, medical-surgical nursing, management, and psychiatric nursing and served as assistant director and director of the program for seven years. In 1977, Linda earned her Master’s of Science degree in nursing at the Mississippi University for Women, which also afforded her the Family Nurse Clinician credential. In 1987, she relocated to Florida and accepted a position as associate director of nursing for the associate degree nursing program at St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg. While at SPC, she designed curriculum for more than 1,000 employees of the Pinellas County EMS, taught LPN transitional students at night, and practiced part-time at the Bayfront Medical Center Trauma Center. During her 28 years of teaching, Linda continued to practice in emergency nursing, urological nursing, and as a nurse clinician. Linda also earned 30 hours of post-Master’s work in anthropology and educational psychology. In 2004, she returned to clinical practice as the director of nursing/vice president for a Mississippi community hospital. While there, she received a national award for outstanding nursing leadership. She returned to Florida in 2000 to design and direct a new AD nursing program for Northwest Florida State College, formerly Okaloosa-Walton College, the first of five health programs now in place at the college. Linda served as associate dean of health technology, adding administrative oversight for the health programs she launched during her nine-year tenure at NWFSC. In 2008, Linda retired from full-time tenure at the college, receiving the honor of emeritus associate dean and director of nursing. Linda currently serves as adjunct instructor at NWFSC, teaching medical terminology to health career majors. She is a Certified Nurse Educator, CNE, and a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society.

 

Marty Walker has practiced nursing for the past 30 years at the vocational nursing level as a registered nurse, and at the Master’s level. Marty began her nursing career as a licensed practical nurse, receiving her vocational education certificate from Atlantic Vocational School in Pompano Beach, Florida, in 1979. In 1982, she earned an Associate degree in nursing from Broward Community College in Davie, Florida. She worked for more than 10 years as a staff nurse in telemetry, critical care, and emergency nursing before completing a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Florida International University in Miami, Florida. In 1995, she began teaching medical-surgical nursing at Ivy Tech State College in Sellersburg, Indiana. 00_9780789749604_fm.qxd 1/1/13 10:54 PM Page xiii After relocating to Miami, Marty accepted a position as Nurse Clinical Educator for three cardiac units at Jackson Memorial Hospital. She attained a Master’s in Nursing Science in Nursing Education from Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida, in 2003. Marty’s love of teaching led her to Mercy Hospital’s School of Practical Nursing and to adjunct teaching positions at Florida International University and Barry University. While in Miami, Marty added pediatrics to her teaching expertise. She taught medical-surgical nursing for a short time at Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Florida, before accepting a full-time associate professor position at Northwest Florida State College, where she currently teaches in the RN-BSN program and in the Associate Degree Nursing Program. Marty’s expertise also includes test construction. She has led the faculty at NWF State College in improving the success rates of students enrolled in the program as well as their success on the NCLEX-RN. Marty’s versatility extends to her clinical practice, as she has recently completed the Family Nurse Practitioner certificate program at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. Marty volunteers as a clinic nurse and as the director of nursing services for the Crossroads Medical Center Clinic in Valparaiso, Florida.

UNIT I. ORIENTATION AND BASIC CONCEPTS
1. What You Need to Know to Prepare for the MA-C
2. The Roles and Responsibilities of the Medication Assistant
3. Basic Concepts of Medication Administration
4. Components of Medication Administration

UNIT II. ADMINISTERING MEDICATIONS
5. Safe Medication Administration
6. Procedures and Techniques for Administering Medications
7. Techniques for Administering Medications

UNIT III. MEDICATION EFFECTS ON BODY SYSTEMS
8. Medications Affecting the Cardiovascular System--- Implications for Care
9. Medications Affecting the Respiratory System---Implications for Care
10. Drugs Affecting the Digestive System---Implications for Care
11. Medications Affecting the Urinary System---Implications for Care
12. Drugs Affecting the Musculoskeletal System---Implications for Care
13. Antibiotics and Other Anti-infective Agents. Implications for Care
14. Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous System
15. Drugs Affecting the Endocrine System---Implications for Care
16. Drugs Affecting the Eye---Implications for Care
17. Drugs Affecting the Ear
18. Drugs Affecting the Skin
19. Special Populations and Drug Therapy---Implications for Care

Practice Exam I
Answers, Rationales for Practice Exam I
Practice Exam II
Answers, Rationales for Practice Exam II

Appendix A. Medication Administration Skills Performance Checklist
Appendix B. Medical Terminology
Appendix C. Pharmacological Abbreviations and Symbols
Appendix D. Do not Use Abbreviations and Symbols
Appendix E. Weights and Measures
Appendix F. Generic and Trade Name Drugs
Glossary