VIRGINIA MEDICATION AIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔NSAID - ✔✔nonsteroidal anti-flammatory drug
✔✔tardive dyskinesia - ✔✔potentially irreversible neurological side effects of
antipsychotic drugs
✔✔polyphagia - ✔✔Excessive eating from excess hunger or increased appetite
✔✔polydipsia - ✔✔increased thirst
✔✔polyuria - ✔✔frequent urination
✔✔ Right Resident - ✔✔Identify resident to assure you are giving the medication to the
right resident who is supposed to receive the medication and using procedure required
by the facility.
✔✔Right Medication - ✔✔The name of the medication ordered by the physician;
ALWAYS USE THE THREE CHECKS
✔✔Right Dose - ✔✔The amount of medication ordered
✔✔Right Route - ✔✔The method of medication administration
✔✔Right Time - ✔✔When the resident is ordered to receive the medication
✔✔Right Documentation - ✔✔The process of writing down that a medication was a
administered to the resident on the MAR or if a medication was not administered and
the reason it was omitted.
✔✔medication errors - ✔✔when a medication is administered in any way other than
how it was prescribed
✔✔otic - ✔✔ear
✔✔ophthalmic - ✔✔eye
✔✔ADR - ✔✔adverse drug reaction
✔✔MAR - ✔✔medication administration record
✔✔window to pass meds - ✔✔1 hour before or 1 hour afterwards
, ✔✔tab - ✔✔tablet
✔✔cap - ✔✔capsule
✔✔sol - ✔✔solution
✔✔syr - ✔✔syrup
✔✔oint - ✔✔ointment
✔✔crm - ✔✔cream
✔✔supp - ✔✔suppository
✔✔inhal - ✔✔inhaler
✔✔10cc - ✔✔10ml
✔✔20cc - ✔✔20ml
✔✔30cc - ✔✔30ml
✔✔1 tsp to ml - ✔✔5ml
✔✔a cubic centimeter is equal to one _____________ - ✔✔milliliter (mL)
✔✔1 tbsp = _____tsp - ✔✔3 tsp
✔✔3 tsp =____ml - ✔✔15ml
✔✔medication cup - ✔✔use on a level surface when measuring
✔✔oral dropper/ syringe - ✔✔use when measuring amounts less than 5ml
✔✔special oral measuring device - ✔✔this measuring device has measurements of mg
instead of ml
✔✔OTC - ✔✔over the counter
✔✔gm - ✔✔gram
✔✔mg - ✔✔milligram
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔NSAID - ✔✔nonsteroidal anti-flammatory drug
✔✔tardive dyskinesia - ✔✔potentially irreversible neurological side effects of
antipsychotic drugs
✔✔polyphagia - ✔✔Excessive eating from excess hunger or increased appetite
✔✔polydipsia - ✔✔increased thirst
✔✔polyuria - ✔✔frequent urination
✔✔ Right Resident - ✔✔Identify resident to assure you are giving the medication to the
right resident who is supposed to receive the medication and using procedure required
by the facility.
✔✔Right Medication - ✔✔The name of the medication ordered by the physician;
ALWAYS USE THE THREE CHECKS
✔✔Right Dose - ✔✔The amount of medication ordered
✔✔Right Route - ✔✔The method of medication administration
✔✔Right Time - ✔✔When the resident is ordered to receive the medication
✔✔Right Documentation - ✔✔The process of writing down that a medication was a
administered to the resident on the MAR or if a medication was not administered and
the reason it was omitted.
✔✔medication errors - ✔✔when a medication is administered in any way other than
how it was prescribed
✔✔otic - ✔✔ear
✔✔ophthalmic - ✔✔eye
✔✔ADR - ✔✔adverse drug reaction
✔✔MAR - ✔✔medication administration record
✔✔window to pass meds - ✔✔1 hour before or 1 hour afterwards
, ✔✔tab - ✔✔tablet
✔✔cap - ✔✔capsule
✔✔sol - ✔✔solution
✔✔syr - ✔✔syrup
✔✔oint - ✔✔ointment
✔✔crm - ✔✔cream
✔✔supp - ✔✔suppository
✔✔inhal - ✔✔inhaler
✔✔10cc - ✔✔10ml
✔✔20cc - ✔✔20ml
✔✔30cc - ✔✔30ml
✔✔1 tsp to ml - ✔✔5ml
✔✔a cubic centimeter is equal to one _____________ - ✔✔milliliter (mL)
✔✔1 tbsp = _____tsp - ✔✔3 tsp
✔✔3 tsp =____ml - ✔✔15ml
✔✔medication cup - ✔✔use on a level surface when measuring
✔✔oral dropper/ syringe - ✔✔use when measuring amounts less than 5ml
✔✔special oral measuring device - ✔✔this measuring device has measurements of mg
instead of ml
✔✔OTC - ✔✔over the counter
✔✔gm - ✔✔gram
✔✔mg - ✔✔milligram
