2025-2026 Final NHA CMA State Exam
with All Correct Answers.
The patient always has the right to a hard copy of their own medical record - Answer
Patient's Bill of Rights: what rights are guaranteed to the patient in this legislation?
Ensuring that a patient is in the "basal state" refers to fasting/food consumption, the standard is
no food for 12 hours - Answer What is the "basal state" for a patient?
Patients are free to shower, exercise, and should rotate the placement of the patch with each
use; patients should note the date and time of application when using a patch to keep track of
when to change patches - Answer Instructions for a patient about how to use a transdermal
patch
Blood Gas Specimens, Lavender Top/EDTA tube, Other Additive tubes, then Serum Tubes -
Answer Order of the draw for capillary samples in a microcontainer?
Hematology department and goes in a Lavender top with EDTA additive - Answer CBC
(complete blood count, counting the numbers of different cell types present in a sample) goes
to the....?
Serum Separator Tube - Answer Liver Panel, aka Hepatic Function Panel, Liver Function
Testing (testing the blood for different proteins and chemicals in the serum that originate from
the liver and determine how well it is functioning) goes in a....?
Light Blue Top tube with Sodium Citrate additive - Answer PT, aka Prothrombin Time,
ProTime, PT/INR (a test used to determine how strongly or weakly a patient's blood clots with
it's current composition, such as before or after a drug is administered) goes in a....?
Physically making the site of the procedure/examination accessible for the provider, such as
holding out an arm for a blood pressure or undressing for a belly exam;
If the patient is unconscious, they give implied consent for medically necessary life saving
procedures.
Vaccinations ALWAYS require informed consent complete with documentation in the form of a
signed consent form.
Verbally providing consent for yourself or a minor child you are legally responsible for is not
, prior to the testing, the result can be a falsely high lung spirometry result - Answer
Instructing a patient to prepare for a pulmonary function test..?
Sims position - Answer What is the proper patient position for obtaining a rectal
temperature?
Coordinating and continuing care for a patient as they are moved from one facility to another -
Answer "transition of care"?
coronary artery bypass grafting, for people with coronary artery (the arteries that provide blood
for the heart muscle itself) disease to improve blood flow through these arteries - Answer
CABG surgery means what?
American Heart Association - Answer What Public Health organization would have further
statistical information about the outcomes of this surgery?
A referral is not required by the patient's PCP. - Answer Seeing a specialist when the patient
has PPO (preferred provider organization) insurance defines what?
Preauthorization (aka Prior Authorization, Authorization, Certification, etc) - Answer the
process of finding out which providers are in network/verifying whether or not a specific
provider is in network.
the cost to the patient will ultimately be less than if the provider was out of network due to
contracted discounts between the providers and greater coverage of the bill by the insurance
company - Answer If providers are in the network for a patient that has PPO, what does this
do for the patient?
for people to use their insurance policy most efficiently - Answer Why is preauthorization
necessary for people with PPO insurance?
Atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries - Answer Smoking is a risk factor for what health
conditions?
- Answer define cervicitis
with All Correct Answers.
The patient always has the right to a hard copy of their own medical record - Answer
Patient's Bill of Rights: what rights are guaranteed to the patient in this legislation?
Ensuring that a patient is in the "basal state" refers to fasting/food consumption, the standard is
no food for 12 hours - Answer What is the "basal state" for a patient?
Patients are free to shower, exercise, and should rotate the placement of the patch with each
use; patients should note the date and time of application when using a patch to keep track of
when to change patches - Answer Instructions for a patient about how to use a transdermal
patch
Blood Gas Specimens, Lavender Top/EDTA tube, Other Additive tubes, then Serum Tubes -
Answer Order of the draw for capillary samples in a microcontainer?
Hematology department and goes in a Lavender top with EDTA additive - Answer CBC
(complete blood count, counting the numbers of different cell types present in a sample) goes
to the....?
Serum Separator Tube - Answer Liver Panel, aka Hepatic Function Panel, Liver Function
Testing (testing the blood for different proteins and chemicals in the serum that originate from
the liver and determine how well it is functioning) goes in a....?
Light Blue Top tube with Sodium Citrate additive - Answer PT, aka Prothrombin Time,
ProTime, PT/INR (a test used to determine how strongly or weakly a patient's blood clots with
it's current composition, such as before or after a drug is administered) goes in a....?
Physically making the site of the procedure/examination accessible for the provider, such as
holding out an arm for a blood pressure or undressing for a belly exam;
If the patient is unconscious, they give implied consent for medically necessary life saving
procedures.
Vaccinations ALWAYS require informed consent complete with documentation in the form of a
signed consent form.
Verbally providing consent for yourself or a minor child you are legally responsible for is not
, prior to the testing, the result can be a falsely high lung spirometry result - Answer
Instructing a patient to prepare for a pulmonary function test..?
Sims position - Answer What is the proper patient position for obtaining a rectal
temperature?
Coordinating and continuing care for a patient as they are moved from one facility to another -
Answer "transition of care"?
coronary artery bypass grafting, for people with coronary artery (the arteries that provide blood
for the heart muscle itself) disease to improve blood flow through these arteries - Answer
CABG surgery means what?
American Heart Association - Answer What Public Health organization would have further
statistical information about the outcomes of this surgery?
A referral is not required by the patient's PCP. - Answer Seeing a specialist when the patient
has PPO (preferred provider organization) insurance defines what?
Preauthorization (aka Prior Authorization, Authorization, Certification, etc) - Answer the
process of finding out which providers are in network/verifying whether or not a specific
provider is in network.
the cost to the patient will ultimately be less than if the provider was out of network due to
contracted discounts between the providers and greater coverage of the bill by the insurance
company - Answer If providers are in the network for a patient that has PPO, what does this
do for the patient?
for people to use their insurance policy most efficiently - Answer Why is preauthorization
necessary for people with PPO insurance?
Atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries - Answer Smoking is a risk factor for what health
conditions?
- Answer define cervicitis
