NHA CCMA STUDY GUIDE, NHA
CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE FOR CCMA
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026
Patient's have the Right to: - CORRECT ANSWER --
Information about pain and pain relied
-A caring staff who believes in your reports of pain
-A care staff with concern about your pain
-A quick response when you report your pain
Patient's have the responsibility to: - CORRECT ANSWER
--Ask for pain relief when you pain first starts
-Help those caring for you to asses you pain
-Tell those caring for you if your pain is not relieved
-Tell those caring for you about any worries that you
have about taking pain medications
-Decide if you want your family and/or significant others
to aid in your relief of pain
,Patient Representative - CORRECT ANSWER -Primary
assignment is to assist you in exercising your rights as a
patient.
Good Samaritan Law - CORRECT ANSWER -This law
deals with the rendering of first aid by health care
professionals at the scene of an accident or sudden
injury.
Needle Stick Prevention Act - CORRECT ANSWER -
OSHA has put into force the Occupational Exposure to
Bloodborne Pathogen (BBP) Standard when it was
concluded that healthcare employees face a serious
health risk as a results of occupational exposure to
blood and other boy fluids and tissues..
Bloodborne Pathogen Abbreviation - CORRECT ANSWER
-BBP
Bloodborne Pathogen Standard - CORRECT ANSWER --
Revision and updating of the exposure control plan
-Solicitation of employee input in selecting engineering
and work practice controls
-Modification of definitions relating to engineering
controls
-New record keeping requirements
,Sharps Injury Log must contain, at the minimum: -
CORRECT ANSWER --The type and brand of device
involved in the incident
-The department or work area where the exposure
incident occurred
-An explanation of how the incident occured
Define Tort - CORRECT ANSWER -Is a wrongful act that
results in injury to one person by another.
Define Battery - CORRECT ANSWER -The basis of tort in
this case is the unprivileged touching of one person by
another. When a procedure is to be performed on a
patient, the patient must give consent in full knowledge
of the procedure and the risk it entails (informed
consent).
Define Invasion of Privacy - CORRECT ANSWER -This is
the release of medical records without the patient's
knowledge and permission.
Define Defamation of Character - CORRECT ANSWER -
This consists of injury to another person's reputation,
name, or character through spoken (slander) or written
(libel) words.
, Define Negligence - CORRECT ANSWER -This is the
failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonable
person would give under similar circumstances and
someone suffers injury because of another's failure to
live up to a required duty of care.
The 4 Elements of Negligence: - CORRECT ANSWER --
Duty: duty of care
-Derelict: breach of duty of care
-Direct cause: legally recognizable injury occurs as a
result of the breach of duty of care
-Damage: wrongful activity must have caused the injury
or harm that occurred
Define Patient Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER -This
is the key concept of HIPAA. All patients have a right to
privacy and all information should remain privileged.
Define Informed Consent - CORRECT ANSWER -This is
consent given by the patient who is made aware of any
procedure to be performed, its risks, expected
outcomes, and alternative.
Biological Hazards - Biological Safety Regulations -
CORRECT ANSWER --Disinfect the laboratory work area
before and after each use when dealing with biologicals
CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE FOR CCMA
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026
Patient's have the Right to: - CORRECT ANSWER --
Information about pain and pain relied
-A caring staff who believes in your reports of pain
-A care staff with concern about your pain
-A quick response when you report your pain
Patient's have the responsibility to: - CORRECT ANSWER
--Ask for pain relief when you pain first starts
-Help those caring for you to asses you pain
-Tell those caring for you if your pain is not relieved
-Tell those caring for you about any worries that you
have about taking pain medications
-Decide if you want your family and/or significant others
to aid in your relief of pain
,Patient Representative - CORRECT ANSWER -Primary
assignment is to assist you in exercising your rights as a
patient.
Good Samaritan Law - CORRECT ANSWER -This law
deals with the rendering of first aid by health care
professionals at the scene of an accident or sudden
injury.
Needle Stick Prevention Act - CORRECT ANSWER -
OSHA has put into force the Occupational Exposure to
Bloodborne Pathogen (BBP) Standard when it was
concluded that healthcare employees face a serious
health risk as a results of occupational exposure to
blood and other boy fluids and tissues..
Bloodborne Pathogen Abbreviation - CORRECT ANSWER
-BBP
Bloodborne Pathogen Standard - CORRECT ANSWER --
Revision and updating of the exposure control plan
-Solicitation of employee input in selecting engineering
and work practice controls
-Modification of definitions relating to engineering
controls
-New record keeping requirements
,Sharps Injury Log must contain, at the minimum: -
CORRECT ANSWER --The type and brand of device
involved in the incident
-The department or work area where the exposure
incident occurred
-An explanation of how the incident occured
Define Tort - CORRECT ANSWER -Is a wrongful act that
results in injury to one person by another.
Define Battery - CORRECT ANSWER -The basis of tort in
this case is the unprivileged touching of one person by
another. When a procedure is to be performed on a
patient, the patient must give consent in full knowledge
of the procedure and the risk it entails (informed
consent).
Define Invasion of Privacy - CORRECT ANSWER -This is
the release of medical records without the patient's
knowledge and permission.
Define Defamation of Character - CORRECT ANSWER -
This consists of injury to another person's reputation,
name, or character through spoken (slander) or written
(libel) words.
, Define Negligence - CORRECT ANSWER -This is the
failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonable
person would give under similar circumstances and
someone suffers injury because of another's failure to
live up to a required duty of care.
The 4 Elements of Negligence: - CORRECT ANSWER --
Duty: duty of care
-Derelict: breach of duty of care
-Direct cause: legally recognizable injury occurs as a
result of the breach of duty of care
-Damage: wrongful activity must have caused the injury
or harm that occurred
Define Patient Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER -This
is the key concept of HIPAA. All patients have a right to
privacy and all information should remain privileged.
Define Informed Consent - CORRECT ANSWER -This is
consent given by the patient who is made aware of any
procedure to be performed, its risks, expected
outcomes, and alternative.
Biological Hazards - Biological Safety Regulations -
CORRECT ANSWER --Disinfect the laboratory work area
before and after each use when dealing with biologicals
