NHA CCMA EXAMS COMBINED | |
Questions and 100% Verified Answers| 2023/ 2024 Update
QUESTION
A Medical Assistant is preparing a patient who has anemia for an examination by a provider.
what manifestation should the assistant expect to find?
Answer:
irregular heartbeat
QUESTION...
QUESTION
A Medical Assistant is preparing a patient who has anemia for an examination by a provider.
what manifestation should the assistant expect to find?
Answer:
irregular heartbeat
QUESTION
The patient's bill of rights protects individuals from
Answer:
denial of care due to the patient's age
QUESTION
A provider has requested a dissecting instrument on a sterile tray that a medical assistant is
preparing. what instrument should the assistant include on the tray?
Answer:
scissors
QUESTION
what technique should a medical assistant use for the routine cleaning of EKG cables?
Answer:
Disinfection
QUESTION
What additive should be used when performing a CBC?
,Answer:
EDTA
QUESTION
what dressing should a medical assistant use on a partial-thickness burn?
Answer:
non adherent dressing
QUESTION
A medical assistant is caring for a patient who has recently received a terminal diagnosis and is
crying? what action should the assistant take?
Answer:
allow the patient to cry
QUESTION
what position is appropriate for a pelvic examination?
Answer:
lithotomy
QUESTION
what document indicates how a patient's medical records will be used and disclosed by a
medical office?
Answer:
Notice of Private Practices (NPP)
QUESTION
A medical assistant is reinforcing instructions with a patient about how to take a buccal tablet.
what instructions should the assistant give the patient?
Answer:
,"place the tablet between the gums and cheek."
QUESTION
A medical assistant is cleaning an examination room after assisting a provider with a biopsy.
what action should the assistant take?
Answer:
hold sharps by the blunt end to avoid needlestick injury
QUESTION
a medical assistant is monitoring an infant patient for mircocephaly. what describes the
anthropometric measurement that the assistant should perform?
Answer:
head circumference
QUESTION
what action should a medical assistant take when obtaining the length of an infant during a well-
child visit?
Answer:
position the infant on his back
QUESTION
what instructions should a medical assistant give to a patient when administering an enteric-
coated tablet?
Answer:
"swallow the tablet whole with a glass of water."
QUESTION
A provider examines an older adult patient who is disabled and has a lesion on her arm. And
medical assistant should anticipate a referral for this patient to which of the following ancillary
services?
, Answer:
Home health care
QUESTION
A medical assistant in an emergency clinic is admitting several patients. The assistant should
recognize that the provider should see which patient first?
Answer:
an older adult patient who has diabetes and has a high blood pressure of 80/42 mm Hg
QUESTION
a medical assistant is checking a patient's hearing using the Weber test. what action should the
assistant take?
Answer:
ask the patient if he hears the vibration louder in one ear than the other
QUESTION
a medical assistant is reviewing laboratory requisitions. For which of the following patient
conditions should assistant perform a capillary collection rather than a venipuncture?
Answer:
previous thromboses
QUESTION
when performing the palpatory method for obtaining blood pressure, what is the level at which
the medical assistant should inflate the cuff?
Answer:
30 mm Hg above the radial pulse cessation
QUESTION
a medical assistant should insert the needle at what angle during a venipuncture?
Answer:
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