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Who is responsible for the overall functioning of the facility? - ANSWER: upper
management
Who is responsible for interacting directly with the board of directors and/or owners
and multiple inspectors - ANSWER: upper management
Who is responsible for formulating policies that will be applied to the entire facility -
ANSWER: upper management
What position would be considered upper management? - ANSWER: administrator
Who reports to upper management? - ANSWER: middle management
Who interacts with lower level managers? - ANSWER: middle management
What position would be considered middle management? - ANSWER: Director of
Nursing
Who has direct supervisory responsibilities for the staff that actually does the work?
- ANSWER: Lower-level management
What position(s) would be considered lower level management? - ANSWER: nurse
supervisor or charge nurse
What type of authority does a person who is empowered by the administrator to
make decisions have? - ANSWER: line authority
What role is considered a line position? - ANSWER: Director of Nurses
What positions are expected to advise the administrator or appropriate others in the
facility on what to do, but they have been given no authority by the administrator to
make decisions on behalf of the facility? - ANSWER: Staff Position
What are positions in a nursing facility that are considered staff positions? -
ANSWER: accountant in business office
paid consultants (local pharmacists, registered dietitian)
What is forecasting? - ANSWER: trend identification and analysis
, What skills are needed for forecasting? - ANSWER: ability to accurately predict the
future implications for the nursing facility of new trends to which the current
environment may offer clues.
What will survival in the nursing home industry depend on? - ANSWER: ability to
forecast the future and to learn entirely new ways of thinking, behaving, motivating,
and communicating in the nursing facility.
It will also depend on the ability and willingness to change.
What is the purpose of planning - ANSWER: provide an integrated decision system
that, based on the changes forecast by the administrator, establishes the framework
for all facility activities.
What are plans? - ANSWER: statements of the organizational goals of the facility
What is strategic planning? - ANSWER: process of analyzing the facility's competitive
position, developing the strategic goals, devising a plan of action, and allocating the
resources that will best achieve those goals.
What is phase one in planning? - ANSWER: Decide what ought to be done:
governmental permissions, analyzing the competition, factoring in economic
considerations, account for marketing concerns.
What is phase two in planning? - ANSWER: Set short and long range goals
What is phase three in planning? - ANSWER: Decide on the means to achieve the
objectives
In assessing your community, what three areas must an administrator appraise? -
ANSWER: governmental permissions, competition and economic considerations
What are some of the governmental permissions an administrator should consider
when appraising their community - ANSWER: zoning requirements, building codes
and local fire codes
what competition should the administrator assess when appraising for their
community? - ANSWER: the level of unmet need -
would the facility fill up sufficiently and maintain the desired level of occupancy over
an extended period of at least 5 years, preferably 10 years -
local hospital with long term care facilities
what economic considerations should the administrator assess when appraising their
community - ANSWER: are the residents apt to have the present and future income
to keep occupancy levels high and with the desired mix of resident..
Would the facility be competitive with daily charges?
what are the trends among third-party payers in the community?