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COLORADO NHA EXAM PRACTICE UPDATED
2025–2026 WITH ALL NEW QUESTIONS AND
EXACTLY RIGHT ANSWERS | A+ QUALITY
GUARANTEE
What does the facility need to provide for space and equipment for activities
ANSWER: activities and recreation area and provide at least books, current
newspapers, games, stationary, radio and television
Who is responsible for dietary services ANSWER: dietician or person qualified by
training and experience
If the facility does not employ a dietician what must they do ANSWER: provide a
consultation from a registered dietician or a person eligible for registration who
meets the American Dietetic Association's qualifications standards or a graduate
from a baccalaureate degree program with major studies in food and nutrition.
The number of trained food service personnel must be sufficient to provide food
service to the resident in the facility over what period of time ANSWER: 12 hours
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Who approves all diets and nourishments ANSWER: attending physician
Menus shall meet what requirements ANSWER: Dietary Guidelines for
Americans, 2005, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 6th edition.
What does the curriculum for feeding assistants include: ANSWER: feeding
techniques
Assistance with feeding and hydration Communication and interpersonal skills
Appropriate responses to resident behavior
Safety and emergency procedures, including the Heimlich maneuver
Infection control Resident rights
Recognizing changes in residents that are inconsistent with their normal behavior
and the importance of reporting those changes to the supervisory nurse
Who is part of the grievance committee ANSWER: chief administrator or his/her
designee
A resident selected by the facility's residents
A third person agreed upon by the administrator and the resident representative
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What shall the written notice for a transfer or discharge include ANSWER: reason
Effective date
Location to which resident is transferred/discharged Grievance procedure
If the facility is a Medicare/Medicaid facility who needs to receive a copy of the
discharge/transfer notice ANSWER: state or local long term care ombudsman
Who is responsible for the custody, superivison, filing, and indexing of completed
health records for all residents and for allied health records services ANSWER:
Registered Record Administrator (RRA)
Accredited Record Technician (ART)
Other employee who is trained in medical records and who has consultation from a
registered record administrator or accredited record technician
What information should the facility maintain current ANSWER: daily census
including current resident problems and room numbers
Admission and discharge analysis
Master resident file
Resident number index Disease index
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File of all accident and incident reports
Who should the pharmaceutical services be supervised by ANSWER: consultant
pharmacist
Who is on the pharmaceutical advisory committee ANSWER: registered nurse
Consulting pharmacist Medical advisor
What does the pharmaceutical advisory committee do ANSWER: formulation of
broad professional policies and procedures relating to pharmaceutical services in
the facility
What does the written policy for drug requisition and storage state
ANSWER: facility shall designate in written policies approved by the governing
body the person authorized to requisition, receive, control and manage drugs
What is the contract pharmacist responsible for ANSWER: legal compounding
Prompt dispensing of properly labeled individual resident prescriptions
COLORADO NHA EXAM PRACTICE UPDATED
2025–2026 WITH ALL NEW QUESTIONS AND
EXACTLY RIGHT ANSWERS | A+ QUALITY
GUARANTEE
What does the facility need to provide for space and equipment for activities
ANSWER: activities and recreation area and provide at least books, current
newspapers, games, stationary, radio and television
Who is responsible for dietary services ANSWER: dietician or person qualified by
training and experience
If the facility does not employ a dietician what must they do ANSWER: provide a
consultation from a registered dietician or a person eligible for registration who
meets the American Dietetic Association's qualifications standards or a graduate
from a baccalaureate degree program with major studies in food and nutrition.
The number of trained food service personnel must be sufficient to provide food
service to the resident in the facility over what period of time ANSWER: 12 hours
,2|Page
Who approves all diets and nourishments ANSWER: attending physician
Menus shall meet what requirements ANSWER: Dietary Guidelines for
Americans, 2005, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 6th edition.
What does the curriculum for feeding assistants include: ANSWER: feeding
techniques
Assistance with feeding and hydration Communication and interpersonal skills
Appropriate responses to resident behavior
Safety and emergency procedures, including the Heimlich maneuver
Infection control Resident rights
Recognizing changes in residents that are inconsistent with their normal behavior
and the importance of reporting those changes to the supervisory nurse
Who is part of the grievance committee ANSWER: chief administrator or his/her
designee
A resident selected by the facility's residents
A third person agreed upon by the administrator and the resident representative
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What shall the written notice for a transfer or discharge include ANSWER: reason
Effective date
Location to which resident is transferred/discharged Grievance procedure
If the facility is a Medicare/Medicaid facility who needs to receive a copy of the
discharge/transfer notice ANSWER: state or local long term care ombudsman
Who is responsible for the custody, superivison, filing, and indexing of completed
health records for all residents and for allied health records services ANSWER:
Registered Record Administrator (RRA)
Accredited Record Technician (ART)
Other employee who is trained in medical records and who has consultation from a
registered record administrator or accredited record technician
What information should the facility maintain current ANSWER: daily census
including current resident problems and room numbers
Admission and discharge analysis
Master resident file
Resident number index Disease index
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File of all accident and incident reports
Who should the pharmaceutical services be supervised by ANSWER: consultant
pharmacist
Who is on the pharmaceutical advisory committee ANSWER: registered nurse
Consulting pharmacist Medical advisor
What does the pharmaceutical advisory committee do ANSWER: formulation of
broad professional policies and procedures relating to pharmaceutical services in
the facility
What does the written policy for drug requisition and storage state
ANSWER: facility shall designate in written policies approved by the governing
body the person authorized to requisition, receive, control and manage drugs
What is the contract pharmacist responsible for ANSWER: legal compounding
Prompt dispensing of properly labeled individual resident prescriptions
