VIRGINIA MEDICATION AIDE EVALUATION EXAMS
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔ISP - ✔✔Individualized Service Plan, a document required by the DSS which
outlines the plan of care for clients in assisted living facilities.
✔✔IV - ✔✔Intravenous.
✔✔kg - ✔✔killogram
✔✔lb - ✔✔pound
✔✔liq - ✔✔liquid
✔✔m - ✔✔meter
✔✔meds - ✔✔medication
✔✔meq - ✔✔milliequivalent
✔✔mg - ✔✔milligram
✔✔MI - ✔✔Myocaedial Infraction.
✔✔ml - ✔✔milliliter
✔✔NDA - ✔✔No Drug Allergies.
✔✔NPO - ✔✔Nothing by Mouth.
✔✔NSAID - ✔✔Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug. A drug that decreases fever,
swelling, pain, and redness.
✔✔N/V - ✔✔Nausea/Vomiting.
✔✔O2 - ✔✔Oxygen
✔✔od - ✔✔right eye
✔✔OOB - ✔✔Out of Bed.
✔✔opthal - ✔✔eye
,✔✔os - ✔✔left eye
✔✔OSHA - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration. A federal agency under
the Department of Labor that publishes and enforces safety and health regulations.
✔✔ou - ✔✔both eyes
✔✔oz - ✔✔ounce
✔✔P - ✔✔after
✔✔pc - ✔✔after meals
✔✔P.M. - ✔✔afternoon
✔✔po - ✔✔by mouth
✔✔PPE - ✔✔Personal Protective Equipment. Such as gloves, gowns, masks, and
goggles required by OSHA when exposure to possible blood-borne pathogens.
✔✔prn - ✔✔when necessary/as needed
✔✔pt - ✔✔patient
✔✔q2h - ✔✔every 2 hours
✔✔q3h - ✔✔every 3 hours
✔✔q4h - ✔✔every 4 hours
✔✔Q - ✔✔every
✔✔qam - ✔✔every morning
✔✔qh - ✔✔every hour
✔✔qhs - ✔✔every night at bedtime
✔✔qid - ✔✔four times a day
✔✔qod - ✔✔every other day
✔✔ROM - ✔✔Range of Motion.
, ✔✔S - ✔✔without
✔✔sig - ✔✔label
✔✔SOB - ✔✔Short of Breath.
✔✔STAT - ✔✔Immediately or at Once.
✔✔subcut - ✔✔subcutanous
✔✔supp - ✔✔suppository
✔✔susp - ✔✔suspension
✔✔tab - ✔✔tablet
✔✔tid - ✔✔three times a day
✔✔tlbs - ✔✔tablespoon
✔✔TLC - ✔✔Tender Loving Care.
✔✔top - ✔✔topical
✔✔TPR - ✔✔Temperature, Pulse, and Respiration.
✔✔tsp - ✔✔teaspoon
✔✔U - ✔✔Unit.
✔✔UAI - ✔✔Uniform Assessment Instrument, a document required by the DSS.
✔✔VS - ✔✔Vital Signs.
✔✔w/c - ✔✔wheelchair
✔✔wt - ✔✔weight
✔✔Absorption - ✔✔How a substance is taken into the circulation (blood stream). How
much of a drug is absorbed and how long it takes to absorb determines the drug's
availability for use in the body.
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔ISP - ✔✔Individualized Service Plan, a document required by the DSS which
outlines the plan of care for clients in assisted living facilities.
✔✔IV - ✔✔Intravenous.
✔✔kg - ✔✔killogram
✔✔lb - ✔✔pound
✔✔liq - ✔✔liquid
✔✔m - ✔✔meter
✔✔meds - ✔✔medication
✔✔meq - ✔✔milliequivalent
✔✔mg - ✔✔milligram
✔✔MI - ✔✔Myocaedial Infraction.
✔✔ml - ✔✔milliliter
✔✔NDA - ✔✔No Drug Allergies.
✔✔NPO - ✔✔Nothing by Mouth.
✔✔NSAID - ✔✔Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug. A drug that decreases fever,
swelling, pain, and redness.
✔✔N/V - ✔✔Nausea/Vomiting.
✔✔O2 - ✔✔Oxygen
✔✔od - ✔✔right eye
✔✔OOB - ✔✔Out of Bed.
✔✔opthal - ✔✔eye
,✔✔os - ✔✔left eye
✔✔OSHA - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration. A federal agency under
the Department of Labor that publishes and enforces safety and health regulations.
✔✔ou - ✔✔both eyes
✔✔oz - ✔✔ounce
✔✔P - ✔✔after
✔✔pc - ✔✔after meals
✔✔P.M. - ✔✔afternoon
✔✔po - ✔✔by mouth
✔✔PPE - ✔✔Personal Protective Equipment. Such as gloves, gowns, masks, and
goggles required by OSHA when exposure to possible blood-borne pathogens.
✔✔prn - ✔✔when necessary/as needed
✔✔pt - ✔✔patient
✔✔q2h - ✔✔every 2 hours
✔✔q3h - ✔✔every 3 hours
✔✔q4h - ✔✔every 4 hours
✔✔Q - ✔✔every
✔✔qam - ✔✔every morning
✔✔qh - ✔✔every hour
✔✔qhs - ✔✔every night at bedtime
✔✔qid - ✔✔four times a day
✔✔qod - ✔✔every other day
✔✔ROM - ✔✔Range of Motion.
, ✔✔S - ✔✔without
✔✔sig - ✔✔label
✔✔SOB - ✔✔Short of Breath.
✔✔STAT - ✔✔Immediately or at Once.
✔✔subcut - ✔✔subcutanous
✔✔supp - ✔✔suppository
✔✔susp - ✔✔suspension
✔✔tab - ✔✔tablet
✔✔tid - ✔✔three times a day
✔✔tlbs - ✔✔tablespoon
✔✔TLC - ✔✔Tender Loving Care.
✔✔top - ✔✔topical
✔✔TPR - ✔✔Temperature, Pulse, and Respiration.
✔✔tsp - ✔✔teaspoon
✔✔U - ✔✔Unit.
✔✔UAI - ✔✔Uniform Assessment Instrument, a document required by the DSS.
✔✔VS - ✔✔Vital Signs.
✔✔w/c - ✔✔wheelchair
✔✔wt - ✔✔weight
✔✔Absorption - ✔✔How a substance is taken into the circulation (blood stream). How
much of a drug is absorbed and how long it takes to absorb determines the drug's
availability for use in the body.
