Practice for Proxy Caregiver Medication
Assistant Training Study Guide
MAR stands for - ✔ Medication Administration Record
Oral - ✔ taken by mouth and swallowed
Buccal - ✔ placed between cheek and gum
Sublingual - ✔ placed under the tongue
Eye - ✔ placed in the pocket of the eye created when the lower eyelid is gently
pulled down
Ear - ✔ placed in the ear canal created when the external ear is pulled up and back
Nasal - ✔ placed in the nostril
Inhalant - ✔ inhaled into the lungs
Transdermal - ✔ placed and affixed to the skin
Topical - ✔ applied to the skin or hair
vaginal - ✔ inserted into the vagina
Rectal - ✔ inserted into the rectum
subcutaneous - ✔ injected into the fat with a syringe
6 rights of medication administration - ✔ right resident, right medication, right dose,
right route, right time, right documentation
Respect - ✔ Do not interrupt a resident when he/she is eating, do not awaken a
resident, inform resident the procedures that will occur, and answer residents questions
abut the medication(s).
