COLORADO NHA EXAM 2026 UPDATE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW VISION)
What type of facilities are not required to have a Quality Management Program? - ANS-
personal care boarding homes of 19 beds or fewer and community residential
homes for persons with developmental disabilities
When is a facility required to submit to the Department a Quality Management
Program? - ANS-Within 90 days of the issuance of a license to a new facility or
within 90 days of the effective date of the regulation
What does the Quality Management program need to include: - ANS-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
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 - ANS-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? - ANS-
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
What must a facility do with it's Access to patient medical records policy? - ANS-Submit
to the Department
Also submit any amendments made to the policy to the department
What does the assessment of the facility, used to develop a written policy regarding
influeza transmission, need to include? - ANS-number of health care workers at the
facility
number of patients, residents or consumers served by the facility
whether the healthcare eneity has an ongoing employee wellness program that offers
the influenza vaccine
Whether influenza transmission from healthcare workers is addressed in the entity's
infection control policy
What precautions are taken to prevent the transmission of influeza from unvaccinated
healthcare workers
What type of education material is utilized by the entity to promote influenza
immunization of its workers
What does the influenza policy need to address? - ANS-Ensuring each employee is
offered the opportunity to receive the vaccine
Maintaining recors of each employee's annual immunization, declination or exemption
Ensuring that all the licensee's employees are provided information regarding:
benefits and risks
availabiltiy of vaccine
importance of adhering to standard precautions
What is the governing body responsible for - ANS-provide the necessary facilties,
qualified personnel and services to meet the total needs of the facility's residents
, appoint for the facility a full-time administrator, and delegate to that officer the
executive authority and full responsibility for day-to-day administration of the
facility
the performance of all persons providing services within the facility
When does the dietary supervisor need to prepare an initial nutritional history and
assessment for each resident - ANS-within two weeks of admission
What does the assessment and nutritional history done by the dietary supervisor need
to include - ANS-special needs, likes and dislikes nutritional status and need for
adaptive cutlery and dishes
who evaluates the resident regarding the suitability of the resident to be fed and
hydrated by a feeding assistant? - ANS-interdisciplinary team
who needs to authenticate medical histories and physical examinations - ANS-attending
physician
what is the medical director responsible for - ANS-the overall coordination of medical
care
systematic review of the quality of the health care provided
develop policies and procedures for medical care and for the physicians
admitting residents into the facility
the medical director is - ANS-the liaison between the facility and admitting
physicians
advise in developing and reviewing resident care policies
rules governing conduct of physicians
Procedure to provide care I emergencies
participate in pharmacy advisory committee
how often are nursing procedures evaluated and revised - ANS-no less often than
annually
what is a rural facility - ANS-located in:
a county of fewer than 15,000 population
a municipality of fewer than 15,000 population that is located ten miles or more
from a municipality of 15,000 or over
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW VISION)
What type of facilities are not required to have a Quality Management Program? - ANS-
personal care boarding homes of 19 beds or fewer and community residential
homes for persons with developmental disabilities
When is a facility required to submit to the Department a Quality Management
Program? - ANS-Within 90 days of the issuance of a license to a new facility or
within 90 days of the effective date of the regulation
What does the Quality Management program need to include: - ANS-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
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 - ANS-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? - ANS-
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
What must a facility do with it's Access to patient medical records policy? - ANS-Submit
to the Department
Also submit any amendments made to the policy to the department
What does the assessment of the facility, used to develop a written policy regarding
influeza transmission, need to include? - ANS-number of health care workers at the
facility
number of patients, residents or consumers served by the facility
whether the healthcare eneity has an ongoing employee wellness program that offers
the influenza vaccine
Whether influenza transmission from healthcare workers is addressed in the entity's
infection control policy
What precautions are taken to prevent the transmission of influeza from unvaccinated
healthcare workers
What type of education material is utilized by the entity to promote influenza
immunization of its workers
What does the influenza policy need to address? - ANS-Ensuring each employee is
offered the opportunity to receive the vaccine
Maintaining recors of each employee's annual immunization, declination or exemption
Ensuring that all the licensee's employees are provided information regarding:
benefits and risks
availabiltiy of vaccine
importance of adhering to standard precautions
What is the governing body responsible for - ANS-provide the necessary facilties,
qualified personnel and services to meet the total needs of the facility's residents
, appoint for the facility a full-time administrator, and delegate to that officer the
executive authority and full responsibility for day-to-day administration of the
facility
the performance of all persons providing services within the facility
When does the dietary supervisor need to prepare an initial nutritional history and
assessment for each resident - ANS-within two weeks of admission
What does the assessment and nutritional history done by the dietary supervisor need
to include - ANS-special needs, likes and dislikes nutritional status and need for
adaptive cutlery and dishes
who evaluates the resident regarding the suitability of the resident to be fed and
hydrated by a feeding assistant? - ANS-interdisciplinary team
who needs to authenticate medical histories and physical examinations - ANS-attending
physician
what is the medical director responsible for - ANS-the overall coordination of medical
care
systematic review of the quality of the health care provided
develop policies and procedures for medical care and for the physicians
admitting residents into the facility
the medical director is - ANS-the liaison between the facility and admitting
physicians
advise in developing and reviewing resident care policies
rules governing conduct of physicians
Procedure to provide care I emergencies
participate in pharmacy advisory committee
how often are nursing procedures evaluated and revised - ANS-no less often than
annually
what is a rural facility - ANS-located in:
a county of fewer than 15,000 population
a municipality of fewer than 15,000 population that is located ten miles or more
from a municipality of 15,000 or over
