VIRGINIA MEDICATION AIDE COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Contraindication - ✔✔Conditions in which the use of a certain drug is dangerous or
inadvisable.
✔✔Controlled Substances - ✔✔Potentially dangerous or habit-forming drugs whose
sale and use are strictly regulated by law; any prescription drug in Virginia.
✔✔Cueing - ✔✔To give signals to indicate a desired behavior or action.
✔✔Dehydration - ✔✔A condition caused by the loss of too much water from the body.
Severe diarrhea or vomiting can cause dehydration. Can be life-threatening if untreated.
✔✔Delirium - ✔✔A temporary state of mental confusion caused by disease, illness,
drugs, or alcohol. Usually subsides in time when the cause is removed.
✔✔Delusions - ✔✔False beliefs that are resistant to reasoning.
✔✔Dementia - ✔✔Mental deterioration caused by disease, injury, or alcohol.
✔✔Depression - ✔✔A prolonged state of sadness. May be hereditary or caused by a
life situation. A treatable condition.
✔✔Diabetes - ✔✔A disease in which the body does not properly control the amount of
sugar in the blood resulting in a high-level of sugar in the blood. Occurs when the body
does not produce enough insulin or does not use it properly.
✔✔Directing - ✔✔To instruct or, indicate for the client, a desired action. A behavior-
management technique.
✔✔Disinfect - ✔✔To render free from disease-causing organism.
✔✔Disoriented - ✔✔Loss of awareness of time, place, or identity.
✔✔Distridution - ✔✔Movement of a drug throughout the body after it is absorbed into
the circulation (blood stream).
✔✔Dosage - ✔✔The amount of drug to be administered, e.g., one SOmg tablet, 10
units, Sml, etc.
✔✔Drug - ✔✔Chemical substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, or cure
of disease; also called medication.
, ✔✔Drug Inventory - ✔✔To maintain an accurate supply and count of client's
medications stored in the facility. May be used to document the count of certain drug
schedules.
✔✔Dystonia - ✔✔Abnormal toxicity of muscle, characterized by prolonged, repetitive
muscle contractions that may cause twisting or jerking movements of the body or a
body part. Can be caused by prolonged or improper use of some psychotropic drugs.
✔✔Enema - ✔✔A procedure used for clearing the bowel and colon of fecal matter.
Liquid is introduced, usually water and sodium bicarbonate or sodium phosphate, by
means of a bulb or enema bag, into the anus and thus to the bowel and colon. This
tends to stimulate the bowel to release fecal matter.
✔✔Enteric - ✔✔Pertaining to the small intestine.
✔✔Enteric-Coated - ✔✔A coating placed on medication which allows it to dissolve in
the small intestine rather than in the stomach.
✔✔EpiPen - ✔✔A unit dose syringe that is pre-filled with the medication, epinephrine. It
is used for self-administration of epinephrine in the event of an allergy emergency.
✔✔Ethical Standards - ✔✔Guides to moral behavior.
✔✔Euphoria - ✔✔A feeling of well being or elation; may be drug related.
✔✔External Medications - ✔✔Those administered on the outside of the body such as
creams, ointments, or trans-dermal patches.
✔✔Expiration Date - ✔✔Date after which a drug should not be used.
✔✔Exploitation - ✔✔The use of another person or his/her belongings for personal gain.
✔✔Extrapyramidial - ✔✔Refers to a group of symptoms that are usually related to the
close and prolonged administration of anti-psychotic drugs.
✔✔Frequency - ✔✔How often a drug is administered, e.g., once daily, twice daily,
before meals, every four hours, as needed for cough, etc.
✔✔Generic Drug - ✔✔An often less expensive drug that may be deemed
therapeutically equivalent by the United States Food and Drug Administration to a trade
name drug, because it has the same active ingredient(s) and is identical in strength,
dosage form, and route of administration.
✔✔Geriatric - ✔✔Relating to older people.
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Contraindication - ✔✔Conditions in which the use of a certain drug is dangerous or
inadvisable.
✔✔Controlled Substances - ✔✔Potentially dangerous or habit-forming drugs whose
sale and use are strictly regulated by law; any prescription drug in Virginia.
✔✔Cueing - ✔✔To give signals to indicate a desired behavior or action.
✔✔Dehydration - ✔✔A condition caused by the loss of too much water from the body.
Severe diarrhea or vomiting can cause dehydration. Can be life-threatening if untreated.
✔✔Delirium - ✔✔A temporary state of mental confusion caused by disease, illness,
drugs, or alcohol. Usually subsides in time when the cause is removed.
✔✔Delusions - ✔✔False beliefs that are resistant to reasoning.
✔✔Dementia - ✔✔Mental deterioration caused by disease, injury, or alcohol.
✔✔Depression - ✔✔A prolonged state of sadness. May be hereditary or caused by a
life situation. A treatable condition.
✔✔Diabetes - ✔✔A disease in which the body does not properly control the amount of
sugar in the blood resulting in a high-level of sugar in the blood. Occurs when the body
does not produce enough insulin or does not use it properly.
✔✔Directing - ✔✔To instruct or, indicate for the client, a desired action. A behavior-
management technique.
✔✔Disinfect - ✔✔To render free from disease-causing organism.
✔✔Disoriented - ✔✔Loss of awareness of time, place, or identity.
✔✔Distridution - ✔✔Movement of a drug throughout the body after it is absorbed into
the circulation (blood stream).
✔✔Dosage - ✔✔The amount of drug to be administered, e.g., one SOmg tablet, 10
units, Sml, etc.
✔✔Drug - ✔✔Chemical substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, or cure
of disease; also called medication.
, ✔✔Drug Inventory - ✔✔To maintain an accurate supply and count of client's
medications stored in the facility. May be used to document the count of certain drug
schedules.
✔✔Dystonia - ✔✔Abnormal toxicity of muscle, characterized by prolonged, repetitive
muscle contractions that may cause twisting or jerking movements of the body or a
body part. Can be caused by prolonged or improper use of some psychotropic drugs.
✔✔Enema - ✔✔A procedure used for clearing the bowel and colon of fecal matter.
Liquid is introduced, usually water and sodium bicarbonate or sodium phosphate, by
means of a bulb or enema bag, into the anus and thus to the bowel and colon. This
tends to stimulate the bowel to release fecal matter.
✔✔Enteric - ✔✔Pertaining to the small intestine.
✔✔Enteric-Coated - ✔✔A coating placed on medication which allows it to dissolve in
the small intestine rather than in the stomach.
✔✔EpiPen - ✔✔A unit dose syringe that is pre-filled with the medication, epinephrine. It
is used for self-administration of epinephrine in the event of an allergy emergency.
✔✔Ethical Standards - ✔✔Guides to moral behavior.
✔✔Euphoria - ✔✔A feeling of well being or elation; may be drug related.
✔✔External Medications - ✔✔Those administered on the outside of the body such as
creams, ointments, or trans-dermal patches.
✔✔Expiration Date - ✔✔Date after which a drug should not be used.
✔✔Exploitation - ✔✔The use of another person or his/her belongings for personal gain.
✔✔Extrapyramidial - ✔✔Refers to a group of symptoms that are usually related to the
close and prolonged administration of anti-psychotic drugs.
✔✔Frequency - ✔✔How often a drug is administered, e.g., once daily, twice daily,
before meals, every four hours, as needed for cough, etc.
✔✔Generic Drug - ✔✔An often less expensive drug that may be deemed
therapeutically equivalent by the United States Food and Drug Administration to a trade
name drug, because it has the same active ingredient(s) and is identical in strength,
dosage form, and route of administration.
✔✔Geriatric - ✔✔Relating to older people.
