QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS. 100% PASS ASSURED
1. A comprehensive care plan must be completed within how many days once the
comprehensive assessment is made?: 7 Days
2. One who dies leaving a will?: Testator
3. The sum of all the activities which create the desired and needed changes in quality
care are?: Quality Improvement
4. Who determines if it is safe/unsafe for a resident to self-administer drugs?:
Interdisciplinary Team
5. An admission assessment is to be complete with how many hours of
admission?: 8 Hours (RN's responsibility)
6. What is a drug holiday?: A break from the drug to see how the patient
responds
7. To what does the physicians desk reference relate?: Drugs
8. Can a pharmacist order that a certain lab be taken?: Yes, the physician is involved
but doesn't necessarily have to agree with the pharmacist.
9. When must I-9 forms be completed for new employees?: Within 3 business days of
start of employment
10. What may an administrator ask if employees attempt to organize a labor union?: If
the employee has signed a union card
11. When must all investigations of abuse be reported to the proper state
authorities?: Within 5 working days
12. Under COBRA when does coverage begin?: Coverage begins on the date coverage
would otherwise have ended
13. Under COBRA how long may coverage be extended?: 18 months
14. Whom is most affected by Title 1 of the ADA?: The health care facility
administrator
15. What is the typical cost of fringe benefits for a an employee?: 15-30% of wages
16. What does the Wagner Act guarantee?: Bargaining rights for employees
17. A phrase meaning let the employer answer for the acts of his/her employees?:
Respondeat Superior
18. Under OSHA what is the maximum penalty for each "serious violation"?-
: $7,000
19. Under OSHA what is the maximum penalty for falsifying records?: -
$70,000
20. Generally, cost reports are due within how many days of the end of the fiscal
year?: 90 Days
21. Journals include the following?: Payroll, investments, cash receipts (not
depreciation schedule)
,22. What are three typical types of ledgers?: Accounts Payable (ap), Accounts Receivable
(ar), and General
23. The minimum square footage calculation in a room excludes the following areas?:
Toilet, Closets, and Wardrobe (the area the bed occupies is included in the sq.ft. calculation.
24. The travel distance between Class B or C fire extinguishers may not be more than
how many feet?: 50 Feet
25. How must light must a reading light at the bed yield in illumination?: 30 Foot
Candles
26. Handicap parking must be at least how wide?: 13 Feet
27. What document establishes the fire rating of building materials?: The Life Safety
Code
28. How are ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standards en- forced?:
Agencies within the individual states
29. According to OSHA what is the color for safety and first aid?: Green
30. A resident who dies with leaving a will is said to have died how?: Intestate
31. What must be provided to a resident prior to transfer?: A written notice detailing
right to refuse transfer, the transfer location, a written statement letting the resident know
they can appeal the transfer to the state.
32. Will Medicare pay for adult day care?: No, Medicare does not pay for adult day care
33. What is significant weight loss?: 5% in a month; 7.5% in 3 months; or 10%
in 6 months
34. A facility must be free of med errors greater than what percentage?: 5% or greater
35. How many hours must an employee work to be full time?: 35+ hours a week
36. Food should be served at what temperatures?: 140F for hot items and at or below
41F for refrigerated items
37. The freezer should be kept at or below what temperature?: 0 F
38. The Refrigerator should be kept below what temperature?: 41 F
39. What water temperature is required when washing dishes?: 140 F
40. What water temperature is required when rinsing dishes?: 180 F, if washing
manually hot immersion for at least 30 seconds at 170 F is OK
41. How often must a physician visit a patient during the first 90 days?: Every 30 days,
visits are considered timely if they occur no later than 10 days after the date the visit was
required.
, 42. How often must a physician visit a patient after the first 90 days?: At least every 60
days, visits are considered timely is they occur no later than 10 days after the date required.
43. How often must dental services be provide?: Annual Inspection
44. How many hours of state approved training are required for a C.N.A.?: 75 hours of
training
45. C.N.A. must undergo retraining and testing if they have been out of paid aide
position for how long?: 2 Years
46. Actual organ loss or failure is termed?: Impairment
47. The failure to function at a "normal" level is termed?: Disability
48. To be disadvantaged for fulfilling customary roles is termed?: Handicap
49. List the 4 unnecessary drugs in Category 4?: 1)Benzodiazepine or other
anxialytic/sedative drugs; 2)Long acting benzodiazepines; 3)sedative hypnotic drugs;
4)anti psychotic drugs
50. Benzodiazepine or other anxialytic/sedative drugs (Category 4 drugs) are used to?:
Control anxiety or agitation
51. Long-acting benzodiazepines (Category 4 drugs) are used only when?: -
Short acting ones have failed
52. Sedative hypnotic drugs (Category 4 drugs) are used for?: For sleep induction.
53. Anti psychotic drugs (Category 4 drugs) are used for?: Treating organic mental
syndromes.
54. There must be at least how many windows in a resident room?: At least One, may
not have more than 4 windows.
55. A condition continuing over a long period of time or recurring frequent- ly?: Chronic
Condition
56. A condition that often begins inconspicuously and symptoms are less pronounced
than acute conditions?: Chronic Condition
57. A disease the happens suddenly and lasts a short time?: Acute Condition
58. A temporary disorder?: Acute Condition
59. The 5 steps of the grieving process?: Denial - Anger - Bargaining - Depression -
Acceptance
60. What are the qualifications of an Activities Director?: Meet state regulations, be
eligible for certification by accrediting body. To direct activities, have 2 years of experience
within the past 5 years, or be an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.
61. PASARR (preadmission screening and an annual review) determines whether what
type of patients may be admitted?: Patients with active diagnoses of Mental Illness or
Mental Retardation. Patients must have a primary diagnose
requiring skilled nursing care to be admitted. Exceptions are made for organic disorders (ex.
Alzheimer's, multi-infarct dementia, and similar senile dementias). Second exception made for
persons who have lived in the facility for 30 months or more.
62. Gerontologists Categories - How is Young-Old Defined?: 65 to 74 years old