State NHA Exam Form B Revision Exam
Questions Fully Answered Graded To
Pass 2025 Edition.
A person diagnosed with dementia usually:
1. Complains a lot
2. Stresses failures
3. Displays a loss of intellectual capacity
4. Appears to be completely unconcerned - Answer Displays a loss of intellectual capacity
Gerontology is best defined as the study of the:
1. Aging Processes
2. Psychology of aging
3. Illnesses of the aged
4. ADL levels f the aged - Answer Aging processes
The temperature of an adult when taken by rectum is usually:
1. Lower than if taken either by mouth or under the arm pit
2. Higher than if taken either by mouth or under the arm bit
3. Higher than if taken by mouth and lower than if taken under the arm pit
4. Lower than if taken by mouth and higher than if taken under the arm pit - Answer Higher
than if taken either by mouth or under the arm pit
One of the primary reasons for the increase in the number of acute nursing facility residents is:
1. Increased Medicare rates
2. Diagnostic related groups
3. Advancement of technology
,1. Resident contracts HIV
2. Resident's needs cannot be met
3. Resident's health has improved significantly
4. Resident has failed to pay after reasonable notice - Answer Resident contracts HIV
Assume the 150 doses of medication were prescribed by the resident's physician to be
administered in a given time period. However, 2 doses ordered were not given and 3 doses were
incorrectly administered as prescribed. What was the medication error rate?
1. 2.%
2. 3.0%
3. 3.3%
4. 5.0% - Answer 3.3 percent
The need for the continuation of restraints should be re-evaluated and documented every:
1. 30 minutes
2. 2 hours
3. 8 hours
4. 24 hours - Answer 8 hours
The director of nursing may serve as a charge nurse only if the facility:
1. Has applied for a waiver
2. Is licensed for less than 100 beds
3. Has an average daily occupancy of 60 residents or less
4. Accepts only residents requiring minimal nursing survices - Answer Has an average daily
occupancy of 60 residents or less
If a resident leaves the facility or wants to go to another health-care facility, the facility must:
1. Contact the facility attorney
,When a new resident is admitted, the social worker should help the family during the initial
separation period by:
1. Maintaining family contact regarding the resident's condition
2. Telling the family that the facility will handle the resident's condition
3. Advising the family not to visit until the resident has adjusted to the facility
4. Advising the family to have someone visit each day until the resident is adjusted - Answer
Maintaining family contact regarding the resident's condition
Empathy may best be defined as the :
1. Capacity to share the interests of another person
2. Process whereby one strives to be like another person
3. Unconscious conferring the understanding traits or tendencies on another person
4. Ability to comprehend the meaning and relevance of the thoughts and feeling of another. -
Answer Ability to comprehend the meaning and relevance of the thoughts and feelings of
another
The losses of the elderly, accompanied by sorrow, depression, anger, and fear, can be replaced
to some degree through developing all of the following except:
1. New social roles
2. An isolation program
3. New social relationships
4. Activities to regain loss capacities - Answer An isolation program
Euthanasia is usually referred to as:
1. Suicide
2. Murder
3. Mercy killing
4. An overdose - Answer Mercy killing
, 1. Be controlled by the administrator
2. Have the participation of residents and employees
3. Be given the opportunity to control the activities of the facility
4. Have continued support by the administration and the residents - Answer Have continued
support by the administration and the residents
A curator, as used in civil law, equates to a:
1. Payee
2. Guardian
3. Next of kin
4. Family member - Answer Guardian
The foods highest in protein are:
1. Fruits
2. Meats
3. Vegetables
4. Whole grains - Answer Meats
Nursing personnel should encourage a resident to eat in the dining area unless the resident:
1. Is incontinent
2. Cannot eat unassisted
3. Is confined to a wheelchair
4. Has been contraindicated to do so by the physician's orders - Answer Has been
contraindicated to do so by physician's orders
The percentage of weight loss for a resident who previously weighed 104 pounds and now
weighs 99 pounds is:
1. 2.1%
Questions Fully Answered Graded To
Pass 2025 Edition.
A person diagnosed with dementia usually:
1. Complains a lot
2. Stresses failures
3. Displays a loss of intellectual capacity
4. Appears to be completely unconcerned - Answer Displays a loss of intellectual capacity
Gerontology is best defined as the study of the:
1. Aging Processes
2. Psychology of aging
3. Illnesses of the aged
4. ADL levels f the aged - Answer Aging processes
The temperature of an adult when taken by rectum is usually:
1. Lower than if taken either by mouth or under the arm pit
2. Higher than if taken either by mouth or under the arm bit
3. Higher than if taken by mouth and lower than if taken under the arm pit
4. Lower than if taken by mouth and higher than if taken under the arm pit - Answer Higher
than if taken either by mouth or under the arm pit
One of the primary reasons for the increase in the number of acute nursing facility residents is:
1. Increased Medicare rates
2. Diagnostic related groups
3. Advancement of technology
,1. Resident contracts HIV
2. Resident's needs cannot be met
3. Resident's health has improved significantly
4. Resident has failed to pay after reasonable notice - Answer Resident contracts HIV
Assume the 150 doses of medication were prescribed by the resident's physician to be
administered in a given time period. However, 2 doses ordered were not given and 3 doses were
incorrectly administered as prescribed. What was the medication error rate?
1. 2.%
2. 3.0%
3. 3.3%
4. 5.0% - Answer 3.3 percent
The need for the continuation of restraints should be re-evaluated and documented every:
1. 30 minutes
2. 2 hours
3. 8 hours
4. 24 hours - Answer 8 hours
The director of nursing may serve as a charge nurse only if the facility:
1. Has applied for a waiver
2. Is licensed for less than 100 beds
3. Has an average daily occupancy of 60 residents or less
4. Accepts only residents requiring minimal nursing survices - Answer Has an average daily
occupancy of 60 residents or less
If a resident leaves the facility or wants to go to another health-care facility, the facility must:
1. Contact the facility attorney
,When a new resident is admitted, the social worker should help the family during the initial
separation period by:
1. Maintaining family contact regarding the resident's condition
2. Telling the family that the facility will handle the resident's condition
3. Advising the family not to visit until the resident has adjusted to the facility
4. Advising the family to have someone visit each day until the resident is adjusted - Answer
Maintaining family contact regarding the resident's condition
Empathy may best be defined as the :
1. Capacity to share the interests of another person
2. Process whereby one strives to be like another person
3. Unconscious conferring the understanding traits or tendencies on another person
4. Ability to comprehend the meaning and relevance of the thoughts and feeling of another. -
Answer Ability to comprehend the meaning and relevance of the thoughts and feelings of
another
The losses of the elderly, accompanied by sorrow, depression, anger, and fear, can be replaced
to some degree through developing all of the following except:
1. New social roles
2. An isolation program
3. New social relationships
4. Activities to regain loss capacities - Answer An isolation program
Euthanasia is usually referred to as:
1. Suicide
2. Murder
3. Mercy killing
4. An overdose - Answer Mercy killing
, 1. Be controlled by the administrator
2. Have the participation of residents and employees
3. Be given the opportunity to control the activities of the facility
4. Have continued support by the administration and the residents - Answer Have continued
support by the administration and the residents
A curator, as used in civil law, equates to a:
1. Payee
2. Guardian
3. Next of kin
4. Family member - Answer Guardian
The foods highest in protein are:
1. Fruits
2. Meats
3. Vegetables
4. Whole grains - Answer Meats
Nursing personnel should encourage a resident to eat in the dining area unless the resident:
1. Is incontinent
2. Cannot eat unassisted
3. Is confined to a wheelchair
4. Has been contraindicated to do so by the physician's orders - Answer Has been
contraindicated to do so by physician's orders
The percentage of weight loss for a resident who previously weighed 104 pounds and now
weighs 99 pounds is:
1. 2.1%
