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COLORADO NHA EXAM PREP EXAM UPDATED
2025–2026 WITH ALL NEW QUESTIONS AND
EXACTLY RIGHT ANSWERS | A+ QUALITY
GUARANTEE
When is a facility required to submit to the Department a Quality Management
Program? ANSWER: Within 90 days of the issuance of a license to a new facility
or within 90 days of the effective date of the regulation
who is responsible for the anticipated schedule of visits for a patient -
- ANSWER: attending physician
how often should the physician see the patient ANSWER: no less than every 6
months
how often should the attending physician write a progress note
- ANSWER: after each visit
how often should the attending physician perform a written evaluation
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ANSWER: once a year
How many hours are required in a nursing care facility per resident/per day
ANSWER: 2 hours
What is the renewal application late fee? ANSWER: Equal to the applicable
renewal license fee including bed fees or operation/procedure room fees
What type of facilities are not required to have a Quality Management Program?
ANSWER: personal care boarding homes of 19 beds or fewer and community
residential homes for persons with developmental disabilities
How often is the facility required to evaluate the appropriateness of indwelling
catheter care? ANSWER: monthly
How many square feet per resident is required in the common space of a secured
unit ANSWER: 10 sq ft
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For excoriation prevention and care how often is the facility required to do a skin
evaluation ANSWER: weekly
How much capacity must a facility have for laundry/linen
- ANSWER: enough to process 7 day supply based on 10 lbs/dry laundry
per bed/per day
how long does the activities department have to complete the history and
assessment ANSWER: 2 weeks
What does the Quality Management program need to include: ANSWER: general
discription of the types of cases, problems or risks to be reviewed and criteria for
identifying potential risks
identification of the personnel or committees reponsible for coordinating quality
management activities
Description of the method for systematically reporting information to a person
designated by the facility within a prescribed time
Description of the method for investigating and analyzing the frequency and causes
of individual problems and patterns of problems
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Description of the methods for taking corrective action to address the problems,
including prevention and minimizing problems or risks
Description of the method for the follow-up of corrective action
Description of the method for coordianting all pertinent care, problem, or risk
review information with other applicable quality alssurance and/or risk
management activities
Docuemntation of required quality management activities Schedule for plan
implementation not to exceed 90 days
What is there is a change to the quality management program ANSWER: The
facility shall submit a description of the change to the Department prior to the
implementation
What does the department's summary report for an occurence contain? ANSWER:
Summary of findings including the department's conclusions
Whether any violation of licensing standards was noted or whether a deficiency
notice was issued
Whether the health care entity acted appropriately in response to the occurence
If the investigation was not conducted off site, how was it conducted
COLORADO NHA EXAM PREP EXAM UPDATED
2025–2026 WITH ALL NEW QUESTIONS AND
EXACTLY RIGHT ANSWERS | A+ QUALITY
GUARANTEE
When is a facility required to submit to the Department a Quality Management
Program? ANSWER: Within 90 days of the issuance of a license to a new facility
or within 90 days of the effective date of the regulation
who is responsible for the anticipated schedule of visits for a patient -
- ANSWER: attending physician
how often should the physician see the patient ANSWER: no less than every 6
months
how often should the attending physician write a progress note
- ANSWER: after each visit
how often should the attending physician perform a written evaluation
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ANSWER: once a year
How many hours are required in a nursing care facility per resident/per day
ANSWER: 2 hours
What is the renewal application late fee? ANSWER: Equal to the applicable
renewal license fee including bed fees or operation/procedure room fees
What type of facilities are not required to have a Quality Management Program?
ANSWER: personal care boarding homes of 19 beds or fewer and community
residential homes for persons with developmental disabilities
How often is the facility required to evaluate the appropriateness of indwelling
catheter care? ANSWER: monthly
How many square feet per resident is required in the common space of a secured
unit ANSWER: 10 sq ft
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For excoriation prevention and care how often is the facility required to do a skin
evaluation ANSWER: weekly
How much capacity must a facility have for laundry/linen
- ANSWER: enough to process 7 day supply based on 10 lbs/dry laundry
per bed/per day
how long does the activities department have to complete the history and
assessment ANSWER: 2 weeks
What does the Quality Management program need to include: ANSWER: general
discription of the types of cases, problems or risks to be reviewed and criteria for
identifying potential risks
identification of the personnel or committees reponsible for coordinating quality
management activities
Description of the method for systematically reporting information to a person
designated by the facility within a prescribed time
Description of the method for investigating and analyzing the frequency and causes
of individual problems and patterns of problems
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Description of the methods for taking corrective action to address the problems,
including prevention and minimizing problems or risks
Description of the method for the follow-up of corrective action
Description of the method for coordianting all pertinent care, problem, or risk
review information with other applicable quality alssurance and/or risk
management activities
Docuemntation of required quality management activities Schedule for plan
implementation not to exceed 90 days
What is there is a change to the quality management program ANSWER: The
facility shall submit a description of the change to the Department prior to the
implementation
What does the department's summary report for an occurence contain? ANSWER:
Summary of findings including the department's conclusions
Whether any violation of licensing standards was noted or whether a deficiency
notice was issued
Whether the health care entity acted appropriately in response to the occurence
If the investigation was not conducted off site, how was it conducted
