WI NHA State Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Advanced practice Nurse Prescriber - ANSWER-A person who has been granted a
certificate to issue prescription orders.
Authorized prescriber - ANSWER-A person licensed in this state to prescribe
medications, treatments, or rehabilitative therapies.
Department - ANSWER-Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Developmental Disability - ANSWER-Mental retardation or a related condition, such as
cerebral palsy, epilepsy or autism, but excluding mental illness and infirmities of aging
(which is manifested before the end reaches age 22, likely to continue indefinitely, and
results in substantial functional limitations in 3 or more of major life activities.
Major life activities include.... - ANSWER-self-care, understanding and use of language,
learning, mobility, self-direction, and capacity for independent living
Dietitian means... - ANSWER-a person who is certified under statues 448.78, licensed
or certified as a dietitian in another state.
Facility means... - ANSWER-a nursing home subject to the requirements of chapter
DHS 132
Full Time means... - ANSWER-at least 37.5 hours each week devoted to facility
business.
IMD means... - ANSWER-Institution for mental diseases-- a facility that meets the
defection of an institution for mental disease under 42 CFR 435.1009
Intensive skilled nursing care means... - ANSWER-care requiring specialized nursing
assessment skills and the performance of specific services and procedures that are
complex because of the resident's condition or the type or number of procedures that
are necessary
Intensive skilled nursing care includes... - ANSWER-Direct patient observation or
monitoring or performance of complex nursing procedures by registered nurses and
licensed practial nurses on a continuing basis, repeated application of complex nursing
procedures or services every 24 hours, or frequent montioring and documentaiton of the
residnet's condition and response to theraputic measures.
Intermediate care facility means... - ANSWER-a nursing home which is licensed by the
department as an intermediate care facility to provide intermediate nursing care.
,Intermediate nursing care means... - ANSWER-basic care consisting of physical,
emotion, social, and other rehabilitative services under periodic medical supervision.
This nursing care requires the skill of an RN for oservaion and recording of reactions
and symptoms, and for supervision of nursing care. Most of the resident have long term
illnesses or disabilities which may have reached a stable plateau. Other indiviuals may
require nursing care to maintain a stabality. Essential supportive consultant services are
provided
Involuntary administration of psychotropic medication includes any of the following... -
ANSWER-Placing psychotropic medications in and ind. food or drink with knowledge
that the ind. protests receipt of the psychotropic meds, forcibly restraining an ind. to
enable administration of psychotropic meds, requiring an ind. to take psychotropic
medication as a condition of receiving privleges or benefits.
License practical nurse means... - ANSWER-A person licensed as a licesend practical
nurse under ch. 441 stats.
Limited nursing care means... - ANSWER-Simple nrsing care procedures required by
residents with long term illnesses or disabilities in order to maintain stability and which
can be provided safetly only by or under the supervision of a person no less skilled than
licensed practicual nurse who works under he direction of an RN. Supervision of the
physicial, emotional, social, and rehabilatative needs o the resident is the responsibility
of the appropriate health care provider serving under the direction of a physician.
Neglect means... - ANSWER-does not include an act or acts of mere inefficiency,
unsatisfactory conduct or failure in good perormance as the result of inability,
incapacity, inadvertency or ordinary negligence in isolated instances, or good faith
errors in judgement or discretion.
Nurse means.... - ANSWER-a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse
Nurse practioner means... - ANSWER-a registered professional nurse wh meets the
requirements of DHS 105.20(1)
Nursing assistant means... - ANSWER-A person who is employed primarily to provide
direct care services to residents but is not registered or licensed under ch. 441 stats.
Pharmacist means... - ANSWER-A person registered as a pharmacist under ch. 450
stats.
Physician means.... - ANSWER-A person license to practice medicine or osteopathy
under ch. 448 stats.
Physical therapist means.... - ANSWER-a person licensed to pracice physical therapy
under ch. 448 stats.
,Physician extender means... - ANSWER-A person who is a phsycian's assistant or a
nurse practioner acting under the general supervision and direction of a physician.
Physician's assistant means... - ANSWER-A person certified under ch. 448 stats. to
perform as a physician's assistant.
Practioner means... - ANSWER-a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or other person
permitted by Wisconsin law to distribute, dispense, and administer a controlled
substance in the course of professional practice.
Protest means... - ANSWER-Make more than one discernible negative respone, other
than mere silence, to the offer of, recommendation for, or other proffering of voluntarry
receipt of psychotropic medication. Protest does not mean a discernible negative
response to a proposed method of administration of the psychotropic medication.
Psychotropic medication means... - ANSWER-A precription drug defined in s.
450.01(20) stats. that is used to treat or manage a psychiatric symptom or challenging
behavior.
Recuperative care means... - ANSWER-care anticiapted to be provided for a preiod of
90 days or less for a resident whose physcian has certified that he or she is convalescin
or recuperating from an illness or a medical treatment.
Registered Nurse means... - ANSWER-A person who holds certification of registration
as a registered nurse under ch. 441 stats.
Resident means... - ANSWER-A person cared for or treated in any facility on a 24-hour
basis irrespective of how the person has been admitted to the facility.
Reispite Care means... - ANSWER-Care anticipated to be provided for a period of 28
days or less for the purpose of temporarily relieving a family member or other caregiver
from his or her daily caregiving duties.
Short-Term Care means... - ANSWER-recuperative care or respite care
Skilled Nursing Facility means... - ANSWER-A nursing home which is licensed by the
department to provide skilled nursing services.
Skilled Nursing Services means... - ANSWER-Services furnished pursuant to a
physcian's order which require the skills of professional personnel such as RN/LPN, and
are proivded either directly by or under the supvision of these personnel.
For a service to be skilled, the following criteria should be used... - ANSWER-the
service would constitute a skilled service where the inherent complexity of a service
prescribed fo a resident is such that it can be safely and effectively performed only by or
, under the supervision of professional personnel, and the restoration potential of a
resident is not the deciding factor in determining wheather a service is to be considered
skilled or unskilled. Even where full recovery or medical improvement is not possible,
skilled care may be needed to prevent, to the extent possible, deterioration of the
condition or to sustain current capacitis, and a service that is generally unkilled would
be considered skilled becasue of special medical complications, its performance or
supervision or observation of the resident necessitates the use of skilled nursing
peronnel.
Supervision means... - ANSWER-at least intermittent face to face contact between
supervisor and assistant, with the supervisor instructing and overseeing the assistant,
but does not requie the continuous presene of the supervisor in the same building as
the assistant.
Tour of duty means... - ANSWER-portion of the day during which a shift of resident care
personnel are on duty
Unit dose drug delievery system means... - ANSWER-A system for the distribution of
medications where single doses of medications are individually packaged and sealed
for distribution to residents.
Nursing homes shall elect one of the following categories of licensure... - ANSWER-
Skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility
Licensure as an institution for mental diseases requirements... - ANSWER-1.
Conversion of all or soe of the beds within the facility will result in a physicially
identifiable unit of the facility, which may be a ward, contiguous wards, a wing, a floor or
a building, and are separeately staffed;
2. The IMD shall have a menimum of 16 beds;
3. conversion of beds to or from an IMD should not increase the total number of beds
within the facility;
4. and the facility has submitted an application to convert all or a portion of its beds to
an IMD and the department has determined the facility is in substantial compliance with
this chapter.
A facility may not submit an application for conversion of beds to or from an IMD more
than ___ times a year. - ANSWER-2
Exclusion -- an existing facilit applying to be licensed in whole or part as an IMD is not
subject to prior review under ch. 150 stats.
Application for a license for an IMD shall be made on a ________ provided by the
department - ANSWER-form
Answers
Advanced practice Nurse Prescriber - ANSWER-A person who has been granted a
certificate to issue prescription orders.
Authorized prescriber - ANSWER-A person licensed in this state to prescribe
medications, treatments, or rehabilitative therapies.
Department - ANSWER-Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Developmental Disability - ANSWER-Mental retardation or a related condition, such as
cerebral palsy, epilepsy or autism, but excluding mental illness and infirmities of aging
(which is manifested before the end reaches age 22, likely to continue indefinitely, and
results in substantial functional limitations in 3 or more of major life activities.
Major life activities include.... - ANSWER-self-care, understanding and use of language,
learning, mobility, self-direction, and capacity for independent living
Dietitian means... - ANSWER-a person who is certified under statues 448.78, licensed
or certified as a dietitian in another state.
Facility means... - ANSWER-a nursing home subject to the requirements of chapter
DHS 132
Full Time means... - ANSWER-at least 37.5 hours each week devoted to facility
business.
IMD means... - ANSWER-Institution for mental diseases-- a facility that meets the
defection of an institution for mental disease under 42 CFR 435.1009
Intensive skilled nursing care means... - ANSWER-care requiring specialized nursing
assessment skills and the performance of specific services and procedures that are
complex because of the resident's condition or the type or number of procedures that
are necessary
Intensive skilled nursing care includes... - ANSWER-Direct patient observation or
monitoring or performance of complex nursing procedures by registered nurses and
licensed practial nurses on a continuing basis, repeated application of complex nursing
procedures or services every 24 hours, or frequent montioring and documentaiton of the
residnet's condition and response to theraputic measures.
Intermediate care facility means... - ANSWER-a nursing home which is licensed by the
department as an intermediate care facility to provide intermediate nursing care.
,Intermediate nursing care means... - ANSWER-basic care consisting of physical,
emotion, social, and other rehabilitative services under periodic medical supervision.
This nursing care requires the skill of an RN for oservaion and recording of reactions
and symptoms, and for supervision of nursing care. Most of the resident have long term
illnesses or disabilities which may have reached a stable plateau. Other indiviuals may
require nursing care to maintain a stabality. Essential supportive consultant services are
provided
Involuntary administration of psychotropic medication includes any of the following... -
ANSWER-Placing psychotropic medications in and ind. food or drink with knowledge
that the ind. protests receipt of the psychotropic meds, forcibly restraining an ind. to
enable administration of psychotropic meds, requiring an ind. to take psychotropic
medication as a condition of receiving privleges or benefits.
License practical nurse means... - ANSWER-A person licensed as a licesend practical
nurse under ch. 441 stats.
Limited nursing care means... - ANSWER-Simple nrsing care procedures required by
residents with long term illnesses or disabilities in order to maintain stability and which
can be provided safetly only by or under the supervision of a person no less skilled than
licensed practicual nurse who works under he direction of an RN. Supervision of the
physicial, emotional, social, and rehabilatative needs o the resident is the responsibility
of the appropriate health care provider serving under the direction of a physician.
Neglect means... - ANSWER-does not include an act or acts of mere inefficiency,
unsatisfactory conduct or failure in good perormance as the result of inability,
incapacity, inadvertency or ordinary negligence in isolated instances, or good faith
errors in judgement or discretion.
Nurse means.... - ANSWER-a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse
Nurse practioner means... - ANSWER-a registered professional nurse wh meets the
requirements of DHS 105.20(1)
Nursing assistant means... - ANSWER-A person who is employed primarily to provide
direct care services to residents but is not registered or licensed under ch. 441 stats.
Pharmacist means... - ANSWER-A person registered as a pharmacist under ch. 450
stats.
Physician means.... - ANSWER-A person license to practice medicine or osteopathy
under ch. 448 stats.
Physical therapist means.... - ANSWER-a person licensed to pracice physical therapy
under ch. 448 stats.
,Physician extender means... - ANSWER-A person who is a phsycian's assistant or a
nurse practioner acting under the general supervision and direction of a physician.
Physician's assistant means... - ANSWER-A person certified under ch. 448 stats. to
perform as a physician's assistant.
Practioner means... - ANSWER-a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or other person
permitted by Wisconsin law to distribute, dispense, and administer a controlled
substance in the course of professional practice.
Protest means... - ANSWER-Make more than one discernible negative respone, other
than mere silence, to the offer of, recommendation for, or other proffering of voluntarry
receipt of psychotropic medication. Protest does not mean a discernible negative
response to a proposed method of administration of the psychotropic medication.
Psychotropic medication means... - ANSWER-A precription drug defined in s.
450.01(20) stats. that is used to treat or manage a psychiatric symptom or challenging
behavior.
Recuperative care means... - ANSWER-care anticiapted to be provided for a preiod of
90 days or less for a resident whose physcian has certified that he or she is convalescin
or recuperating from an illness or a medical treatment.
Registered Nurse means... - ANSWER-A person who holds certification of registration
as a registered nurse under ch. 441 stats.
Resident means... - ANSWER-A person cared for or treated in any facility on a 24-hour
basis irrespective of how the person has been admitted to the facility.
Reispite Care means... - ANSWER-Care anticipated to be provided for a period of 28
days or less for the purpose of temporarily relieving a family member or other caregiver
from his or her daily caregiving duties.
Short-Term Care means... - ANSWER-recuperative care or respite care
Skilled Nursing Facility means... - ANSWER-A nursing home which is licensed by the
department to provide skilled nursing services.
Skilled Nursing Services means... - ANSWER-Services furnished pursuant to a
physcian's order which require the skills of professional personnel such as RN/LPN, and
are proivded either directly by or under the supvision of these personnel.
For a service to be skilled, the following criteria should be used... - ANSWER-the
service would constitute a skilled service where the inherent complexity of a service
prescribed fo a resident is such that it can be safely and effectively performed only by or
, under the supervision of professional personnel, and the restoration potential of a
resident is not the deciding factor in determining wheather a service is to be considered
skilled or unskilled. Even where full recovery or medical improvement is not possible,
skilled care may be needed to prevent, to the extent possible, deterioration of the
condition or to sustain current capacitis, and a service that is generally unkilled would
be considered skilled becasue of special medical complications, its performance or
supervision or observation of the resident necessitates the use of skilled nursing
peronnel.
Supervision means... - ANSWER-at least intermittent face to face contact between
supervisor and assistant, with the supervisor instructing and overseeing the assistant,
but does not requie the continuous presene of the supervisor in the same building as
the assistant.
Tour of duty means... - ANSWER-portion of the day during which a shift of resident care
personnel are on duty
Unit dose drug delievery system means... - ANSWER-A system for the distribution of
medications where single doses of medications are individually packaged and sealed
for distribution to residents.
Nursing homes shall elect one of the following categories of licensure... - ANSWER-
Skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility
Licensure as an institution for mental diseases requirements... - ANSWER-1.
Conversion of all or soe of the beds within the facility will result in a physicially
identifiable unit of the facility, which may be a ward, contiguous wards, a wing, a floor or
a building, and are separeately staffed;
2. The IMD shall have a menimum of 16 beds;
3. conversion of beds to or from an IMD should not increase the total number of beds
within the facility;
4. and the facility has submitted an application to convert all or a portion of its beds to
an IMD and the department has determined the facility is in substantial compliance with
this chapter.
A facility may not submit an application for conversion of beds to or from an IMD more
than ___ times a year. - ANSWER-2
Exclusion -- an existing facilit applying to be licensed in whole or part as an IMD is not
subject to prior review under ch. 150 stats.
Application for a license for an IMD shall be made on a ________ provided by the
department - ANSWER-form
