Florida NHA Exam Review LATEST EDITION WITH
CORRET ANSWERS SOLUTION GUARANTEED A+
Terminal condition" means a condition caused by injury, disease, or illness from which there is no
reasonable medical probability of recovery and which, without treatment, can be expected to cause
death.
A. End stage condition
B. Life prolonging procedure
C. Terminal Condition
D. None of the above - ANSWER-C. Terminal Condition
_____ or "declaration" means: A witnessed document in writing, voluntarily executed by the principal in
accordance with s. 765.302; or A witnessed oral statement made by the principal expressing the
principal's instructions concerning life-prolonging procedures.
A. Advance Directive
B. Living Will
C. Palliative Care
D. None of the above - ANSWER-B. Living Will
______ means the physician who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient
while the patient receives such treatment or care in a hospital as defined in s. 395.002(12).
A. Attending Physician
B. Primary Physician
C. Medical Director
D. None of the above - ANSWER-A. Attending Physician
______ means a physician designated by an individual or the individual's surrogate, proxy, or agent
under a durable power of attorney as provided in chapter 709, to have primary responsibility for the
,individual's health care or, in the absence of a designation or if the designated physician is not
reasonably available, a physician who undertakes the responsibility.
A. Attending Physician
B. Primary Physician
C. Medical Director
D. None of the above - ANSWER-B. Primary Physician
_______ means a competent adult executing an advance directive and on whose behalf health care
decisions are to be made or health care information is to be received, or both.
A. Principal
B. Proxy
C. Surrogate
D. None of the Above - ANSWER-A. Principal
____ means a competent adult who has not been expressly designated to make health care decisions for
a particular incapacitated individual, but who, nevertheless, is authorized pursuant to s. 765.401 to
make health care decisions for such individual.
A. Principal
B. Proxy
C. Surrogate
D. None of the Above - ANSWER-B. Proxy
_____ means any competent adult expressly designated by a principal to make health care decisions and
to receive health information. The principal may stipulate whether the authority of the surrogate to
make health care decisions or to receive health information is exercisable immediately without the
necessity for a determination of incapacity or only upon the principal's incapacity as provided in s.
765.204.
A. Principal
,B. Proxy
C. Surrogate
D. None of the Above - ANSWER-C. Surrogate
______ or "incompetent" means the patient is physically or mentally unable to communicate a willful
and knowing health care decision. For the purposes of making an anatomical gift, the term also includes
a patient who is deceased.
A. Incapacity
B. Persistent vegetative state
c. Surrogate
D. Proxy - ANSWER-B. Incapacity
_______ means a permanent and irreversible condition of unconsciousness in which there is: The
absence of voluntary action or cognitive behavior of any kind and An inability to communicate or
interact purposefully with the environment.
A. Incapacity
B. Persistent vegetative state
c. Surrogate
D. Proxy - ANSWER-B. Persistent vegetative state
The patient's advance directives shall travel with the patient as part of the patient's medical record. A
health care provider or health care facility shall be subject to professional discipline and revocation of
license or certification, and a fine of not more than $___ per incident, or both, if the health care
provider or health care facility, as a condition of treatment or admission, requires an individual to
execute or waive an advance directive.
A. 500
B. 1000
C. 10000
D. 15000 - ANSWER-B. 1000
, A health care provider or facility that is unwilling to carry out the wishes of the patient or the treatment
decision of his or her surrogate or proxy because of moral or ethical beliefs must within ___ days either:
Transfer the patient to another health care provider or facility. The health care provider or facility shall
pay the costs for transporting the patient to another health care provider or facility; or If the patient has
not been transferred, carry out the wishes of the patient or the patient's surrogate or proxy, unless s.
765.105 applies.
A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 10 - ANSWER-C. 7
A written document designating a surrogate to make health care decisions for a principal or receive
health information on behalf of a principal, or both, shall be signed by the principal in the presence of
___ subscribing adult witnesses.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. None - ANSWER-B. 2
In cases where the Board of Nursing Home Administrators imposes an administrative fine for a violation
of Chapter 456 or 468, F.S., Part II, or the rules promulgated pursuant thereunder, the fine shall be paid
within ____ days from the date the order of the Board is rendered, unless otherwise specified in the
Board's final order.
A. 10
B. 30
C. 60
D. 90 - ANSWER-B. 30
CORRET ANSWERS SOLUTION GUARANTEED A+
Terminal condition" means a condition caused by injury, disease, or illness from which there is no
reasonable medical probability of recovery and which, without treatment, can be expected to cause
death.
A. End stage condition
B. Life prolonging procedure
C. Terminal Condition
D. None of the above - ANSWER-C. Terminal Condition
_____ or "declaration" means: A witnessed document in writing, voluntarily executed by the principal in
accordance with s. 765.302; or A witnessed oral statement made by the principal expressing the
principal's instructions concerning life-prolonging procedures.
A. Advance Directive
B. Living Will
C. Palliative Care
D. None of the above - ANSWER-B. Living Will
______ means the physician who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient
while the patient receives such treatment or care in a hospital as defined in s. 395.002(12).
A. Attending Physician
B. Primary Physician
C. Medical Director
D. None of the above - ANSWER-A. Attending Physician
______ means a physician designated by an individual or the individual's surrogate, proxy, or agent
under a durable power of attorney as provided in chapter 709, to have primary responsibility for the
,individual's health care or, in the absence of a designation or if the designated physician is not
reasonably available, a physician who undertakes the responsibility.
A. Attending Physician
B. Primary Physician
C. Medical Director
D. None of the above - ANSWER-B. Primary Physician
_______ means a competent adult executing an advance directive and on whose behalf health care
decisions are to be made or health care information is to be received, or both.
A. Principal
B. Proxy
C. Surrogate
D. None of the Above - ANSWER-A. Principal
____ means a competent adult who has not been expressly designated to make health care decisions for
a particular incapacitated individual, but who, nevertheless, is authorized pursuant to s. 765.401 to
make health care decisions for such individual.
A. Principal
B. Proxy
C. Surrogate
D. None of the Above - ANSWER-B. Proxy
_____ means any competent adult expressly designated by a principal to make health care decisions and
to receive health information. The principal may stipulate whether the authority of the surrogate to
make health care decisions or to receive health information is exercisable immediately without the
necessity for a determination of incapacity or only upon the principal's incapacity as provided in s.
765.204.
A. Principal
,B. Proxy
C. Surrogate
D. None of the Above - ANSWER-C. Surrogate
______ or "incompetent" means the patient is physically or mentally unable to communicate a willful
and knowing health care decision. For the purposes of making an anatomical gift, the term also includes
a patient who is deceased.
A. Incapacity
B. Persistent vegetative state
c. Surrogate
D. Proxy - ANSWER-B. Incapacity
_______ means a permanent and irreversible condition of unconsciousness in which there is: The
absence of voluntary action or cognitive behavior of any kind and An inability to communicate or
interact purposefully with the environment.
A. Incapacity
B. Persistent vegetative state
c. Surrogate
D. Proxy - ANSWER-B. Persistent vegetative state
The patient's advance directives shall travel with the patient as part of the patient's medical record. A
health care provider or health care facility shall be subject to professional discipline and revocation of
license or certification, and a fine of not more than $___ per incident, or both, if the health care
provider or health care facility, as a condition of treatment or admission, requires an individual to
execute or waive an advance directive.
A. 500
B. 1000
C. 10000
D. 15000 - ANSWER-B. 1000
, A health care provider or facility that is unwilling to carry out the wishes of the patient or the treatment
decision of his or her surrogate or proxy because of moral or ethical beliefs must within ___ days either:
Transfer the patient to another health care provider or facility. The health care provider or facility shall
pay the costs for transporting the patient to another health care provider or facility; or If the patient has
not been transferred, carry out the wishes of the patient or the patient's surrogate or proxy, unless s.
765.105 applies.
A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 10 - ANSWER-C. 7
A written document designating a surrogate to make health care decisions for a principal or receive
health information on behalf of a principal, or both, shall be signed by the principal in the presence of
___ subscribing adult witnesses.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. None - ANSWER-B. 2
In cases where the Board of Nursing Home Administrators imposes an administrative fine for a violation
of Chapter 456 or 468, F.S., Part II, or the rules promulgated pursuant thereunder, the fine shall be paid
within ____ days from the date the order of the Board is rendered, unless otherwise specified in the
Board's final order.
A. 10
B. 30
C. 60
D. 90 - ANSWER-B. 30
