CCHP General Questions and Answers 100% Correct CCHP General Questions and Answers 100% Correct CCHP General Questions and Answers 100% Correct CCHP General Questions and Answers 100% Correct
How often is RHA onsite? - ANSWER-Weekly
How often do health staff meetings occur? - ANSWER-At...
How often do health staff meetings occur? - ANSWER-At least monthly
How often are policies and procedures reviewed? - ANSWER-Annually
How often are statistical reports made? - ANSWER-At least monthly
How often does CQI meet? - ANSWER-Quarterly
How many mass disaster drills should occur over a three year period so that each shift
has participated? - ANSWER-Annually
How often should man down drills occur? - ANSWER-Once a year on each shift
Estelle v Gamble 1976 - ANSWER-Unreasonable barriers to inmate access to health
services
Examples of unreasonable barriers - ANSWER-Holding sick call at 2am, being
understaffed or poorly organized in a way that results in untimely care, assessing
excessive fees, or assessing fees for treatments arising from sexual abuse
Health Administrator - ANSWER-A person by virtue of education, experience, or
certification is capable of assuming responsibility for arranging all levels of health care
and ensuring quality and accessible health services for inmates
Qualified health care professionals - ANSWER-Physicians, PAs, nurses, NPs, dentists,
MHPs, and others who are permitted by law to evaluate and care for patients
Health care liaison - ANSWER-Correction officer or other person without a health care
license who is trained/instructed by the responsible physician in limited aspects of
health care coordination and coordinates services on days when no qualified health
care professionals are available for 24 hours
RHA - ANSWER-Responsible Health Authority
When should initial assessments (physicals) occur? - ANSWER-Prisons--> within 7
days
, Jails-->within 14 days if full population assessments are done
Juveniles - ANSWER-Need greater opportunity to work large muscles, more food, more
rec
How long should health records be retained? - ANSWER-According to the legal
requirement of the jurisdiction the facility is in
Final clinical judgment - ANSWER-Single, designated licensed responsible physician
RHA when there is a separate organizational structure for MH services - ANSWER-
Designated MH clinician
How often are health care polices and procedures reviewed? - ANSWER-At least
annually, signed by the RHA and responsible physician
CQI Thresholds - ANSWER-Expected level of performance stabled by the quality
improvement committee
CQI committee meets how often to review the effectiveness of the CQI program? -
ANSWER-Annually
Examples of interference with medical autonomy - ANSWER-Cancellation of scheduled
community consultants' appointments, discontinuance of necessary medical diets
without QHP approval
Policy - ANSWER-Official position on a particular issue related to operations
Procedure - ANSWER-Describes in detail how a policy is to be carried out
Is Hepatitis C a special need? - ANSWER-No
Chronic disease - ANSWER-An illness or condition that affects an individual's wellbeing
for an extended interval, usually at least 6 months
Safety concerns, full privacy lacking? - ANSWER-Alternative strategies for partial visual
privacy and partial auditory privacy to be considered
Primary method of infection control - ANSWER-Standard precautions
When can health care professionals father forensic evidence from a victim? - ANSWER-
With a sexual abuse victim's permission
What type of license is not in compliance with NCCHC credentialing standards? -
ANSWER-Restricted license that limits practice to correctional institutions
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