NORTH CAROLINA NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR (ACTUAL
2025/2026) STUDY SET EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
After the licensure survey or complaint investigation exit
conference and the Administrator submits a plan of correction,
the Department has _______ days to review then accept or
reject the plan of correction and reply to the Administrator. - -
--Answers___10 working days.
The administrator shall prepare a written plan of correction
and mail it to the Department within 10 working days following
receipt of any statement of deficiencies or violations. The
Department shall review and accept or reject the plan of
correction, with written notice given to the administrator
within 10 working days following receipt of the plan.
A C.N.A. has the flu and is running a temperature. The Director
of Nursing needs her hours for the ppd, what should the
facility do? - ---Answers___Send the C.N.A. home until she is
no longer sick.
The facility shall prohibit any employee with a communicable
disease or infected skin lesion from direct contact with
patients or their food, if direct contact is the mode of
transmission of the disease.
Staff of the inpatient rehabilitation facility or unit shall include
at a minimum: - ---Answers___5.5.
,(a) The staff of the inpatient rehabilitation facility or unit shall
include at a minimum:(2) The minimum nursing hours per
patient in the rehabilitation unit shall be 5.5 nursing hours per
patient day. At no time shall direct care nursing staff be less
than two full-time equivalents, one of which shall be a
registered nurse.
The medical records manager shall ensure that medical
records, whether original, computer media or microfilm, be
kept on file for a minimum of _________ following the discharge
of an adult patient. - ---Answers___five years.
The manager of medical records shall ensure that medical
records, whether original, computer media or microfilm, be
kept on file for a minimum of five years following the
discharge of an adult patient.
A nursing facility must provide emergency training for all of its
employee's at least ______, emergency procedures. - ---
Answers___At the time being hired and annually.
The facility shall have detailed written plans and procedures to
meet potential emergencies and disasters, including but not
limited to fire, severe weather and missing patients or
residents.(b) The plans and procedures shall be made
available upon request to local or regional emergency
management offices.(c) The facility shall provide training for
all employees in emergency procedures upon employment and
annually.
,A resident at a nursing facility, is leaving the facility for 2
weeks while he has surgery on his knee. He has arranged to
return and resume everything just the same. Can the facility
keep his medication? - ---Answers___Yes, they can keep his
medication up to 30 calendar days if he is to return.
Upon discontinuation of a drug or upon discharge of a patient,
the remainder of the drug supply shall be disposed of
promptly. If it is reasonably expected that the patient shall
return to the facility and that the drug therapy will be resumed,
the remaining drug supply may be held for not more than 30
calendar days after the date of discharge or discontinuation.
Hot foods shall leave the kitchen (or steam table) above
________ degrees F; and cold foods below ________ degrees F;
and freezer temperatures at ________ - ---Answers___above
140 degrees F; and cold foods below 41 degrees F, and freezer
temperatures at 0 degrees F or below.
Food shall be served at the preferred temperature as
discerned by the resident and customary practice ....Hot foods
shall leave the kitchen (or steam table) above 140 degrees F;
and cold foods below 41 degrees F; and freezer temperatures
at 0 degrees F or below.
On June 1, 2000, a resident was discharged home from the
facility. She was only 18 years old and turned 19 on September
1, 2000. How long does the medical records manager have to
, keep the resident's files from the date of discharge? - ---
Answers___5 years and 3 months
The manager of medical records shall ensure that if the
patient is a minor when discharged from the nursing facility,
records shall be kept on file until his or her 19th birthday and,
then, for five years.
Patients admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility or unit
must be able to tolerate a minimum of _______ hours of
rehabilitation therapy, _______ days a week, including at least
________ of the following rehabilitation services: physical,
occupational or speech - ---Answers___3, 5, 2....
Patients admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility or unit
must be able to tolerate a minimum of three hours of
rehabilitation therapy, five days a week, including at least two
of the following rehabilitation services: physical therapy,
occupational therapy or speech therapy.
Direct care nursing personnel staffing ratios for patients who
require brain injury long-term care. The minimum direct care
nursing staff shall be ________ hours per patient day. - ---
Answers___5.5 hours per patient day
Direct care nursing personnel staffing ratios established in
Rule .2303 of this Subchapter shall not be applied to nursing
services for patients who require brain injury long-term care.
The minimum direct care nursing staff shall be 5.5 hours per
2025/2026) STUDY SET EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
After the licensure survey or complaint investigation exit
conference and the Administrator submits a plan of correction,
the Department has _______ days to review then accept or
reject the plan of correction and reply to the Administrator. - -
--Answers___10 working days.
The administrator shall prepare a written plan of correction
and mail it to the Department within 10 working days following
receipt of any statement of deficiencies or violations. The
Department shall review and accept or reject the plan of
correction, with written notice given to the administrator
within 10 working days following receipt of the plan.
A C.N.A. has the flu and is running a temperature. The Director
of Nursing needs her hours for the ppd, what should the
facility do? - ---Answers___Send the C.N.A. home until she is
no longer sick.
The facility shall prohibit any employee with a communicable
disease or infected skin lesion from direct contact with
patients or their food, if direct contact is the mode of
transmission of the disease.
Staff of the inpatient rehabilitation facility or unit shall include
at a minimum: - ---Answers___5.5.
,(a) The staff of the inpatient rehabilitation facility or unit shall
include at a minimum:(2) The minimum nursing hours per
patient in the rehabilitation unit shall be 5.5 nursing hours per
patient day. At no time shall direct care nursing staff be less
than two full-time equivalents, one of which shall be a
registered nurse.
The medical records manager shall ensure that medical
records, whether original, computer media or microfilm, be
kept on file for a minimum of _________ following the discharge
of an adult patient. - ---Answers___five years.
The manager of medical records shall ensure that medical
records, whether original, computer media or microfilm, be
kept on file for a minimum of five years following the
discharge of an adult patient.
A nursing facility must provide emergency training for all of its
employee's at least ______, emergency procedures. - ---
Answers___At the time being hired and annually.
The facility shall have detailed written plans and procedures to
meet potential emergencies and disasters, including but not
limited to fire, severe weather and missing patients or
residents.(b) The plans and procedures shall be made
available upon request to local or regional emergency
management offices.(c) The facility shall provide training for
all employees in emergency procedures upon employment and
annually.
,A resident at a nursing facility, is leaving the facility for 2
weeks while he has surgery on his knee. He has arranged to
return and resume everything just the same. Can the facility
keep his medication? - ---Answers___Yes, they can keep his
medication up to 30 calendar days if he is to return.
Upon discontinuation of a drug or upon discharge of a patient,
the remainder of the drug supply shall be disposed of
promptly. If it is reasonably expected that the patient shall
return to the facility and that the drug therapy will be resumed,
the remaining drug supply may be held for not more than 30
calendar days after the date of discharge or discontinuation.
Hot foods shall leave the kitchen (or steam table) above
________ degrees F; and cold foods below ________ degrees F;
and freezer temperatures at ________ - ---Answers___above
140 degrees F; and cold foods below 41 degrees F, and freezer
temperatures at 0 degrees F or below.
Food shall be served at the preferred temperature as
discerned by the resident and customary practice ....Hot foods
shall leave the kitchen (or steam table) above 140 degrees F;
and cold foods below 41 degrees F; and freezer temperatures
at 0 degrees F or below.
On June 1, 2000, a resident was discharged home from the
facility. She was only 18 years old and turned 19 on September
1, 2000. How long does the medical records manager have to
, keep the resident's files from the date of discharge? - ---
Answers___5 years and 3 months
The manager of medical records shall ensure that if the
patient is a minor when discharged from the nursing facility,
records shall be kept on file until his or her 19th birthday and,
then, for five years.
Patients admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility or unit
must be able to tolerate a minimum of _______ hours of
rehabilitation therapy, _______ days a week, including at least
________ of the following rehabilitation services: physical,
occupational or speech - ---Answers___3, 5, 2....
Patients admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility or unit
must be able to tolerate a minimum of three hours of
rehabilitation therapy, five days a week, including at least two
of the following rehabilitation services: physical therapy,
occupational therapy or speech therapy.
Direct care nursing personnel staffing ratios for patients who
require brain injury long-term care. The minimum direct care
nursing staff shall be ________ hours per patient day. - ---
Answers___5.5 hours per patient day
Direct care nursing personnel staffing ratios established in
Rule .2303 of this Subchapter shall not be applied to nursing
services for patients who require brain injury long-term care.
The minimum direct care nursing staff shall be 5.5 hours per
