Colorado NHA EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. How often is the Administrator responsible for reviewing the Resident care
Policy and procedures - ANSWER ✔ Annually
2. Occurrence reporting needs to be done in what time frame - ANSWER ✔ 24
hours
3. How many days is the facility required to provide job specific orientation to
new employees - ANSWER ✔ Within 90 days of hire
4. How often is the facility required to access ambulation - ANSWER ✔
monthly
5. How often is the facility required to evaluate the appropriateness of
indwelling catheter care? - ANSWER ✔ monthly
6. For excoriation prevention and care how often is the facility required to do a
skin evaluation - ANSWER ✔ weekly
,7. If a resident has an excoriation how often should the facility evaluate the
progress - ANSWER ✔ Daily
8. When should the resident assessment be completed - ANSWER ✔ within 24
hours of admission
9. who is responsible to perform the resident assessment? - ANSWER ✔
Licensed Nurse
10.What areas are covered in the resident assessment of a new resident? -
ANSWER ✔ physical, mental and functional
11.How many days does the facility have to access the discharge of a patient -
ANSWER ✔ 7 days
12.how often after the initial discharge assessment should the facility evaluate
the discharge potential of the resident - ANSWER ✔ every 3 months or
when there is a change of condition
13.Who is responsible for performing the discharge potential of a resident -
ANSWER ✔ nursing, dietary and activity
14.When does the nursing care plan need to be completed - ANSWER ✔ within
24 hours
,15.what departments participate in the care plan - ANSWER ✔ nursing, social
services and activities
16.For all residents who are incontinent or immobile, have impaired sensation,
compromised nutritional or fluid status, or inadequate hygiene, the facility
shall assess and care for? - ANSWER ✔ excoriation
17.excoriation prevention includes - ANSWER ✔ regular toileting, regular
baths, attention to trouble spots, maintaining dry lubricated skin
18.how often is fluid intake assesed? - ANSWER ✔ daily
19.flexible times for ___________ and ___________ need to be offered -
ANSWER ✔ eating meals, bathing
20.initial assessment from nursing needs to occur within ______________ to
start the preliminary care plan - ANSWER ✔ 24 hours
21.coordination of assessments from dietary, activity and social services for the
IDT care plan needs to happen within --------- days from admission? -
ANSWER ✔ 14
22.how often is the resident assessment updated? - ANSWER ✔ quarterly or on
change of condition
, 23.how many days after admission do you have to implement the
comprehensive nursing care plan? - ANSWER ✔ 21
24.interdisciplinary care plan should be implemented within how many days? -
ANSWER ✔ 21
25.can medical practitioners utilize telehealth? - ANSWER ✔ yes- unless not
allowed
26.when are face to face assessments from medical practitioners mandated -
ANSWER ✔ within 30 days of admission and annually
27.can the initial evaluation from medical be done by an advanced practitioner?
- ANSWER ✔ not in a SNF- that must be an MD
28.How often must a resident be seen by a medical provider - ANSWER ✔
every 30 days for the first 90 days and then every 60 days there after
29.how often are medical orders to be signed - ANSWER ✔ every 14 days
30.how long do they have to get the medical orders in the charts - ANSWER ✔
31.How often must the medical director visit the facility? - ANSWER ✔ every
3 months
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. How often is the Administrator responsible for reviewing the Resident care
Policy and procedures - ANSWER ✔ Annually
2. Occurrence reporting needs to be done in what time frame - ANSWER ✔ 24
hours
3. How many days is the facility required to provide job specific orientation to
new employees - ANSWER ✔ Within 90 days of hire
4. How often is the facility required to access ambulation - ANSWER ✔
monthly
5. How often is the facility required to evaluate the appropriateness of
indwelling catheter care? - ANSWER ✔ monthly
6. For excoriation prevention and care how often is the facility required to do a
skin evaluation - ANSWER ✔ weekly
,7. If a resident has an excoriation how often should the facility evaluate the
progress - ANSWER ✔ Daily
8. When should the resident assessment be completed - ANSWER ✔ within 24
hours of admission
9. who is responsible to perform the resident assessment? - ANSWER ✔
Licensed Nurse
10.What areas are covered in the resident assessment of a new resident? -
ANSWER ✔ physical, mental and functional
11.How many days does the facility have to access the discharge of a patient -
ANSWER ✔ 7 days
12.how often after the initial discharge assessment should the facility evaluate
the discharge potential of the resident - ANSWER ✔ every 3 months or
when there is a change of condition
13.Who is responsible for performing the discharge potential of a resident -
ANSWER ✔ nursing, dietary and activity
14.When does the nursing care plan need to be completed - ANSWER ✔ within
24 hours
,15.what departments participate in the care plan - ANSWER ✔ nursing, social
services and activities
16.For all residents who are incontinent or immobile, have impaired sensation,
compromised nutritional or fluid status, or inadequate hygiene, the facility
shall assess and care for? - ANSWER ✔ excoriation
17.excoriation prevention includes - ANSWER ✔ regular toileting, regular
baths, attention to trouble spots, maintaining dry lubricated skin
18.how often is fluid intake assesed? - ANSWER ✔ daily
19.flexible times for ___________ and ___________ need to be offered -
ANSWER ✔ eating meals, bathing
20.initial assessment from nursing needs to occur within ______________ to
start the preliminary care plan - ANSWER ✔ 24 hours
21.coordination of assessments from dietary, activity and social services for the
IDT care plan needs to happen within --------- days from admission? -
ANSWER ✔ 14
22.how often is the resident assessment updated? - ANSWER ✔ quarterly or on
change of condition
, 23.how many days after admission do you have to implement the
comprehensive nursing care plan? - ANSWER ✔ 21
24.interdisciplinary care plan should be implemented within how many days? -
ANSWER ✔ 21
25.can medical practitioners utilize telehealth? - ANSWER ✔ yes- unless not
allowed
26.when are face to face assessments from medical practitioners mandated -
ANSWER ✔ within 30 days of admission and annually
27.can the initial evaluation from medical be done by an advanced practitioner?
- ANSWER ✔ not in a SNF- that must be an MD
28.How often must a resident be seen by a medical provider - ANSWER ✔
every 30 days for the first 90 days and then every 60 days there after
29.how often are medical orders to be signed - ANSWER ✔ every 14 days
30.how long do they have to get the medical orders in the charts - ANSWER ✔
31.How often must the medical director visit the facility? - ANSWER ✔ every
3 months
