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EXAM 2025 TESTS!!
Oral orders shall be immediately written, signed and dated by the nurse, pharmacist or therapist on the
prescriber's order sheet, and shall be countersigned by the prescriber and filed in the resident's clinical
record within how many days of the order?
Ans: 10 days
Quiz In a nursing home, medication may be administered only by....
Ans: A nurse, a practitioner, or a person who has completed training in a drug administration course
approved by the department
Quiz The same person shall prepare, administer, and immediately record in the resident's clinical record
the administration of medications except when?
Ans: When a single unit does package distribution system is used.
Quiz Physical or chemical restraints shall be applied or administered only on the written order of a
physician which shall indicate what?
Ans: -The resident's name
,-The reason for restraint
-The period during which the restraint is to be applied
Quiz What conditions must be met of physical restraints?
Ans: -They must be able to be removed promptly in an emergency
-They shall be the least restrictive type appropriate to the resident
Quiz How often shall nursing personnel check a physically restrained resident?
Ans: Nursing personnel shall check a physically restrained resident as necessary, but at least every 2
hours to see that the resident's personal needs are met and to change the resident's position.
Quiz Except in the case of a person admitted for short-term care, within how many weeks following
admission must a written care plan be developed?
Ans: Within 4 weeks
Quiz Nursing personnel
Ans: Nurses, nurses aides, nursing assistants, and orderlies
Quiz Every skilled care facility and immediate care facility shall employ a full-time director of nursing
services who must be an RN and is responsible for:
Ans: a) Supervising the functions, activities and training of the nursing personnel
, b) Developing and maintaining standard nursing practice, nursing policy and procedure manuals, and
written job descriptions for each level of nursing personnel
c) Coordinating nursing services with other resident services
d) Designating the charge nurses
e) Being on call at all times
f) Ensuring that the duties of nursing personnel shall be clearly defined and assigned to staff members
consistent with level of education, preparation, experience, and licensing of each
Quiz A skilled nursing facility must have at least ____ charge nurse on duty at all times
Ans: 1
Quiz A facility with fewer than _____ residents in need of skilled nursing care shall have at least one RN
(who may be the DON) on duty as charge nurse every daytime tour of duty
Ans: 60
Quiz A facility with 60-74 residents in need of skilled nursing care, in addition to a DON, shall have at
least ____ RN on duty as charge nurse during every daytime tour of duty
Ans: 1
Quiz A facility with _____ to ____ residents in need of skilled nursing care shall have, in addition to the
DON, at least 1 RN on duty as charge nurse during every daytime tour of duty. In addition, the facility
shall have at least one RN on duty as charge nurse every day on at least one other non-daytime tour of
duty.
Ans: 75 to 99