MACE Cheat Sheet
A fast reference for the MACE — the highest-yield facts to review before test day. It covers the six rights, the exam’s three content areas, and abbreviations you are likely to see in questions.
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- 💡 Key Takeaways — the one transferable rule per question
- 🔍 Hint highlights — the decisive cue phrases in each stem
- 📖 Full rationales — why every option is right or wrong
Every MACE question is written to the current exam outline for quick learning and a clear pass strategy.
Written and reviewed by the LexPort exam-prep team, led by our Founder & Exam-Prep Lead. LexPort builds certification practice questions — this is exam-preparation material, not medical advice. Last reviewed August 2026.
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The six rights of medication administration
Right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, right time, and right documentation. Most administration questions come back to one of these six.
The MACE at a glance
Sixty questions (50 scored + 10 unscored pretest), 120 minutes. Content areas: Medication Administration, Observation & Reporting (60%), Medication Concepts & Measurements (24%), and Authorized Duties (16%).
Common abbreviations
PO (by mouth), PRN (as needed), BID (twice a day), TID (three times a day), QID (four times a day), ac (before meals), pc (after meals), HS (at bedtime). Read every order carefully — a misread abbreviation is a medication error.
Scope reminders
A medication aide does not give the first dose of a new medication, and stops to involve the nurse whenever a situation is outside the aide’s authorized duties.