WI NHA State Exam Questions with 100% Verified
Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027 | Graded A+.
Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber - A person who has been granted a certificate to
issue prescriptino orders.
Authorized prescriber - A person licensed in this state to prescribe medications,
treatments, or rehabilitative therapies.
Department - Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Developmental Disability - Mental retardation or a related condtion, such as cerbral
palsy, epilepsy or autism, but excluding mental illness and infirmities of aging (which is
manifested before the ind. reaches age 22, likely to continue indeinitely, and results in
substantial functiona limitations in 3 or more of major life activities.
Major life activities include.... - self-care, understanding and use of language, learning,
mobility, self-direction, and capacity for indpendent living
Dietitian means... - a person who is certified under statues 448.78, licensed or
certified as a dietitian in another state.
Facility means... - a nursing home subject to the requirements of chapter DHS 132
Full Time means... - at least 37.5 hours each week devoted to facility business. IMD
means... - Institution for mental diseases-- a facility that meets the defention of an
institution for mental disesease under 42 CFR 435.1009
Intenstive skilled nursing care means... - care requiring specialized nrusng
assessment skills and the prformance of specific services and procedures taht are
complex becasue of the resident's condition or the type or number of procedures that
are necessary
Intensive skilled nursing care includes... - Direct patient observation or montioring or
perfomance of complex nursing proedures 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... - a nursing home which is licensed by the
department as an intermediate care facility to provide intermediate nursing care.
Intermediate nursing care means... - 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... -
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... - A person licensed as a licesend practical nurse
under ch. 441 stats.
Limited nursing care means... - 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... - 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.... - a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse Nurse
practioner means... - a registered professional nurse wh meets the
requirements of DHS 105.20(1)
Practioner means... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - A person who holds certification of registration as a
registered nurse under ch. 441 stats.
Resident means... - 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... - 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... - recuperative care or respite care
, Skilled Nursing Facility means... - A nursing home which is licensed by the department
to provide skilled nursing services.
Skilled Nursing Services means... - 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... - 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... - 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... - portion of the day during which a shift of resident care personnel are on
duty
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. - 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 - form
Requirements for licensure: In every application the license applicant shall provide all of
the following .... - 1. identities of all persons/business entities having authority, directly
or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the facility
Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027 | Graded A+.
Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber - A person who has been granted a certificate to
issue prescriptino orders.
Authorized prescriber - A person licensed in this state to prescribe medications,
treatments, or rehabilitative therapies.
Department - Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Developmental Disability - Mental retardation or a related condtion, such as cerbral
palsy, epilepsy or autism, but excluding mental illness and infirmities of aging (which is
manifested before the ind. reaches age 22, likely to continue indeinitely, and results in
substantial functiona limitations in 3 or more of major life activities.
Major life activities include.... - self-care, understanding and use of language, learning,
mobility, self-direction, and capacity for indpendent living
Dietitian means... - a person who is certified under statues 448.78, licensed or
certified as a dietitian in another state.
Facility means... - a nursing home subject to the requirements of chapter DHS 132
Full Time means... - at least 37.5 hours each week devoted to facility business. IMD
means... - Institution for mental diseases-- a facility that meets the defention of an
institution for mental disesease under 42 CFR 435.1009
Intenstive skilled nursing care means... - care requiring specialized nrusng
assessment skills and the prformance of specific services and procedures taht are
complex becasue of the resident's condition or the type or number of procedures that
are necessary
Intensive skilled nursing care includes... - Direct patient observation or montioring or
perfomance of complex nursing proedures 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... - a nursing home which is licensed by the
department as an intermediate care facility to provide intermediate nursing care.
Intermediate nursing care means... - 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... -
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... - A person licensed as a licesend practical nurse
under ch. 441 stats.
Limited nursing care means... - 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... - 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.... - a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse Nurse
practioner means... - a registered professional nurse wh meets the
requirements of DHS 105.20(1)
Practioner means... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - A person who holds certification of registration as a
registered nurse under ch. 441 stats.
Resident means... - 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... - 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... - recuperative care or respite care
, Skilled Nursing Facility means... - A nursing home which is licensed by the department
to provide skilled nursing services.
Skilled Nursing Services means... - 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... - 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... - 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... - portion of the day during which a shift of resident care personnel are on
duty
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. - 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 - form
Requirements for licensure: In every application the license applicant shall provide all of
the following .... - 1. identities of all persons/business entities having authority, directly
or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the facility
