NHA Line of Service Exam Questions and Correct

NHA Line of Service Exam Questions and Correct Answers

• Which of the following is part of standard precautions for infection control?
• Wearing a gown each time there is a clothing change for an incontinent resident.
• Placing soiled linens on the floor rather than on the bed or other furniture.
• Washing hands after touching a resident's blood or urine, if gloves were worn at the time of contact.
• Using an antimicrobial soap for routine hand washing. - Correct Answer C. Washing hands after

touching a resident's blood or urine, if gloves were worn at the time of contact.

• If a facility must notify a resident's physician about a significant change in the resident's status but the

resident's attending physician cannot be reached, which of these steps should the facility take first

• Call the Medical Director.
• Transfer the resident to a hospital.
• Assign another physician to the case.
• Call the physician designated by the attending physician to cover for him or her in his or her absence.
• Correct Answer D. Call the physician designated by the attending physician to cover for him or her in

his or her absence.

• A certified nursing facility must complete a performance evaluation of every nurse aide at least once

every

• month
• quarter
• 12 months
• two years - Correct Answer C. 12 months 1 / 3

• One necessary occasion for a comprehensive reassessment is when a resident undergoes an

unplanned weight loss that exceeds

• 5 percent in one month.
• 5 percent in one month, or 10 percent in 6 months.
• 5 percent in 3 months, or 10 percent in 6 months.
• 10 percent in one month. - Correct Answer B. 5 percent in one month, or 10 percent in 6 months.
• Medicare-certified facilities must use which one of the following?
• accrual basis of accounting
• perpetual inventory
• centralized meal service
• paid feeding assistants - Correct Answer A. accrual basis of accounting
• To meet Life Safety Code requirements, the facility emergency power source must be capable of

providing illumination for all the means of egress how soon after loss of regular electric power?

• immediately
• within five seconds
• within 10 seconds
• within 30 seconds - Correct Answer C. within 10 seconds
• A Stage III pressure ulcer is characterized by
• dark red skin areas with blue discoloration in the center
• damage to muscle and bone 2 / 3

• break in skin down to and including underlying fatty tissues D. blisters - Correct Answer C. break in

skin down to and including underlying fatty tissues

• The administrator's role in the survey process includes all except which one of the following?
• Responding promptly to surveyors' requests for records and information.
• Providing input into, and Insuring timely completion of, plans of correction.
• Year-round training and directing of staff in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Insulating the governing body from involvement. - Correct Answer D. Insulating the governing body

from involvement.

• A chemical restraint is defined as a psychoactive drug that
• produces adverse reactions and side effects requiring the attention of the interdisciplinary team.
• is useful in managing agitation in persons with dementia.
• may serve as an appropriate substitute for a physical restraint.
• is impermissibly used for discipline or convenience and is not required to treat medical symptoms. -

Correct Answer D. is impermissibly used for discipline or convenience and is not required to treat medical symptoms.

• A resident repeatedly reports seeing birds flying in his room. No one else can see these birds. This

resident may be having which one of the following?

• hallucinations
• / 3