This article investi-. gates the safety and authorized duties of one type of unlicensed. assistant, the medication aide, also known by other titles, in-. cluding medication assistant, trained medication employee, and. medication technician. A review of the academic literature on. medication-aide safety and an exploratory review of medication-. aide regulations are presented. Review of the Literature. Research suggests that medication aides are capable of safely. administering oral, topical, and some parenteral medications;
(June 2008). In chemistry, an alkali (/ËaelkÉlaÉª/ ; ËÃ¦lkÉlaÉª From: arabic-al qaly, Ø§ÙÙÙÙ, âØ§ÙÙØ§ÙÙ ashes of theâ) saltwort is a, basic ionic salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal chemical. Element an alkali also can be defined as a base that dissolves in. water
The alkali metals are lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium.Alkali Metal Properties. The alkali metals exhibit many of the physical properties common to metals, although their densities are lower than those of other metals.Alkali metals have one electron in their outer shell, which is loosely bound.This gives them the largest atomic radii of the elements in their respective periods.he alkali metals are lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium.