FEDERAL NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR

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FEDERAL NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR

EXAM

CORRECT SOLUTIONS.

1) OBRA asserts some separate committees can be folded into the quality improvement/assurance committee. Safety, Pharmacy and which committee below can be added into QA/QI committee? - correct answer- Infection Control

2) Nursing homes are responsible for obtaining and providing dental care for residents. Who usually pays for dental services?

• correct answer- The resident or a family member

3) A facility is not allowed to charge a resident who is Medicaid

and Medicare eligible except for: - correct answer- Co-pays

4) You calculate the average percent of occupancy by: - correct

answer- Dividing the total census (occupied bed days) by the total number of days, then multiply by 100

5) Resident's rights should be explained to the resident and or

family member: - correct answer- Prior to admission

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6) In case of an emergency, when no attending or back up physician is available, the decision as to who will attend to the

resident is to be made by the: - correct answer- Administrator

7) Federal law states that facilities must retain menus of food

actually served for at least: - correct answer- 30 days

8) A resident with a living will and DPOA specified she wants to receive heroic measures if necessary. Six months later the resident requires CPR, but is now incompetent and the son request CPR be withheld. What is the right thing to do? - correct answer- Provide the CPR

9) A resident asks to see his chart. The doctor tells the nurse not to allow the resident access to the chart. What do you do? - correct answer- Tell the doctor the law gives the resident the right to view the medical records

10) Medical records belong to: - correct answer- Facility

11) When a resident passes away, the personal funds deposited with the facility must be given to the resident's estate 2 / 4

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with a final accounting of the funds within: - correct answer- 30

days

12) The suffix "algia" refers to: - correct answer- Pain

13) Physical restraints must be removed: - correct answer-

Every two hours

14) Depression is one of many psychological changes related

to the aging process. Others include the following except for: -

correct answer- Hearing loss

15) "Nosocomal" refers to - correct answer- Infection occurring inside the facility (institutionalized)

17) A capital budget is mostly about: - correct answer-

Equipment and real estate

18) Current debts are debts that are: - correct answer- Due

within one year

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19) A ledger is a complete listing of: - correct answer- Accounts

payable and receivable

20) Which resource usually provides the least revenue for a nursing home? - correct answer- Insurance

20) Past due accounts should not exceed: - correct answer- 5%

21) All of the following are a cash expense except: - correct

answer- Depreciation

22) A pro forma is primarily - correct answer- A financial statement or prediction

23) A function of management is controlling, which means: -

correct answer- Measuring outcomes against benchmarks, then responding

24) OBRA requires every facility to have: - correct answer- A

governing body - The Omnibus Reconciliation Act

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