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MACE Medication Aide Knowledge Practice study guide

MACE Medication Aide Knowledge Practice is mapped here as 5 topic areas.

About this course: Study medication concepts, authorized duties, administration, observation and reporting. Confirm that your state program uses MACE.

Topic areas and weights

Topic areaWeightConceptsGuide
Medication Administration—6Section below
Roles, Responsibilities & Scope—2Section below
Pharmacology—6Section below
Observation & Reporting—1Section below
Safety, Patient Rights & Documentation—2Section below

Study plan in this course

  1. The Rights and Three Checks — 7 cards · free
  2. Routes & Techniques: Getting Medicine Where It Needs to Go: Routes & Techniques — 13 cards · free
  3. Refusal, Missed Dose & Errors — 4 cards · full course
  4. Role, authorization and professional boundaries: What a Med Aide May NOT Do — 7 cards · full course
  5. Drug Classes: Use & Side Effects — 13 cards · full course
  6. Hold Parameters & High-Alert Meds — 7 cards · full course
  7. Observe, Report & the MAR — 4 cards · full course
  8. Safety, Counts, Rights & Confidentiality: Errors, Counts, Rights & Confidentiality — 5 cards · full course

Medication Administration

Medication Administration is one of the 5 areas in this course's MACE Medication Aide Knowledge Practice blueprint. It spans 6 concepts. The course teaches it in 3 study units: The Rights & Three Checks, Routes & Techniques and Refusal, Missed Dose & Errors.

What Medication Administration covers

  • What routes can a medication aide give in most states?
  • What is the 'no needles' rule for med aides?
  • What tablets must NEVER be crushed or chewed?
  • How do you give an eye drop correctly?
  • How do you pull the ear when giving ear drops — adult vs. young child?
  • Name THREE charting rules that a medication aide must never break.

In the app this area comes with 24 memory cards and 28 module-quiz questions and is part of the free starting modules.

Roles, Responsibilities & Scope

Roles, Responsibilities & Scope is one of the 5 areas in this course's MACE Medication Aide Knowledge Practice blueprint. It spans 2 concepts. The course teaches it in 1 study unit: What a Med Aide May NOT Do.

What Roles, Responsibilities & Scope covers

  • Name FOUR things a med aide may NOT do in most states.
  • Can a med aide change, skip, or refuse to follow a medication order on their own judgment?

In the app this area comes with 7 memory cards and 9 module-quiz questions in the full course.

Pharmacology

Pharmacology is one of the 5 areas in this course's MACE Medication Aide Knowledge Practice blueprint. It spans 6 concepts. The course teaches it in 2 study units: Drug Classes: Use & Side Effects and Hold Parameters & High-Alert Meds.

What Pharmacology covers

  • What are anticoagulants and what is the #1 sign to report immediately?
  • What are antidiabetic medications and what dangerous low blood sugar signs must you know?
  • Name three drug classes and their key side effects: opioid analgesics, antibiotics, and bronchodilators.
  • Insulin: why is it a high-alert medicine, and what signs of LOW blood sugar must you know?
  • Opioids: what vital sign do you check, and when do you hold?
  • What is the core HOLD rule, and which three medication classes are high-alert?

In the app this area comes with 20 memory cards and 23 module-quiz questions in the full course.

Observation & Reporting

Observation & Reporting is one of the 5 areas in this course's MACE Medication Aide Knowledge Practice blueprint. It spans 1 concept. The course teaches it in 1 study unit: Observe, Report & the MAR.

What Observation & Reporting covers

  • What are the STOP-and-call-the-nurse danger signs after giving a medication?

In the app this area comes with 4 memory cards and 7 module-quiz questions in the full course.

Safety, Patient Rights & Documentation

Safety, Patient Rights & Documentation is one of the 5 areas in this course's MACE Medication Aide Knowledge Practice blueprint. It spans 2 concepts. The course teaches it in 1 study unit: Errors, Counts, Rights & Confidentiality.

What Safety, Patient Rights & Documentation covers

  • What are the TWO ways a med aide prevents giving the wrong medication or dose?
  • What are the rules for counting and storing CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES in a long-term care facility?

In the app this area comes with 5 memory cards and 8 module-quiz questions in the full course.

Official references

  • State med-aide regulations
  • NCSBN MACE candidate bulletin
  • MedlinePlus / NIH
  • ISMP high-alert medications + do-not-use abbreviations

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