QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ 2) Nursing homes are responsible for obtaining and providing
dental care for residents. Who usually pays for dental services?
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: Answer: Co-pays
◉ 4) You calculate the average percent of occupancy by: 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: Answer: Prior to admission
◉ 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: Answer: Administrator
◉ 7) Federal law states that facilities must retain menus of food
actually served for at least: 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? 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? Answer:
Tell the doctor the law gives the resident the right to view the
medical records
◉ 10) Medical records belong to: Answer: Facility
◉ 11) When a resident passes away, the personal funds deposited
with the facility must be given to the resident's estate with a final
accounting of the funds within: Answer: 30 days
◉ 12) The suffix "algia" refers to: Answer: Pain
◉ 13) Physical restraints must be removed: Answer: Every two
hours
◉ 14) Depression is one of many psychological changes related to
the aging process. Others include the following except for: Answer:
Hearing loss
,◉ 15) "Nosocomal" refers to Answer: Infection occurring inside the
facility (institutionalized)
◉ 17) A capital budget is mostly about: Answer: Equipment and real
estate
◉ 18) Current debts are debts that are: Answer: Due within one year
◉ 19) A ledger is a complete listing of: Answer: Accounts payable
and receivable
◉ 20) Which resource usually provides the least revenue for a
nursing home? Answer: Insurance
◉ 20) Past due accounts should not exceed: Answer: 5%
◉ 21) All of the following are a cash expense except: Answer:
Depreciation
◉ 22) A pro forma is primarily Answer: A financial statement or
prediction
◉ 23) A function of management is controlling, which means:
Answer: Measuring outcomes against benchmarks, then responding
, ◉ 24) OBRA requires every facility to have: Answer: A governing
body - The Omnibus Reconciliation Act
◉ 25) Management by objectives means: Answer: A system that
determines goals and objectives
◉ 26) Policies are: Answer: General and flexible statements that
guid thinking
◉ 27) Procedures are: Answer: Not flexable
◉ 28) Short range (tactical) goals can be accomplished Answer: In
less than one year
◉ 29) Policies should be developed by the: Answer: Governing body
◉ 30) The charge nurse is considered Answer: Line level
management
◉ 31) McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y discuss individual's:
Answer: Employees's attitudes towards work