NATIONAL NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
INCOME STATEMENT or PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT - Answers It details operating income
and expenses and how efficiently the NHA is managing the facility.
Anticoagulant medication - Answers It is a blood thinner used to prevent blood clots and to
reduce clots.
Union Shop Steward - Answers An employee who works for the company and is a union
member who acts as the local union rep.
minimum length of a telephone cord - Answers 29 inches.
current asset or liability - Answers Must be sold or paid within 12 months.
physiatrist - Answers A sports doctor who specializes in musculoskeletal injuries and works
closely with PT & OT.
three budgets we work with - Answers Operating, cash and capital.
2 main strategic budgets - Answers The operating and capital budgets.
limited liability partnership or Limited Liability Corporation - Answers If sued, can only collect
against the assets of the partnership or corporation and not individuals.
key to an effective emergency management plan - Answers Must identify all potential disasters
and dangers that may threaten the facility and plan of action to address those threats.
deposit of money to ensure the performance of an obligation - Answers A surety bond or
performance bond.
who must be on a surety bond - Answers The residents and the State.
ADL - Answers Activities of Daily Living.
ADL - Answers Personal care - showering, grooming, eating, dressing and transferring
Instrumental ADL - Answers Housekeeping, managing finances by writing checks, going to
doctor appointments, going to the store to buy food, going to the mall
Hyper - Answers High or elevated
Hypo - Answers Low
Indirect expenses - Answers Expenses that cannot be charged to a particular department, such
as depreciation or insurance.
, Respondent superior - Answers Holding employers responsible for acts of their employees.
Strict liability - Answers Another name for Respondent Superior.
Vicarious liability - Answers Another name for Respondent Superior.
Capital budget - Answers Planned purchase of physical assets or capital assets.
Impact of failure to record depreciation - Answers The facility will overstate its assets.
Minimum wage - Answers Imposed by the Fair Labor Standards Act which requires a federal
minimum wage and overtime.
Department of Labor - Answers The entity that enforces the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Swing bed - Answers A hospital in a rural area with 100,000 or fewer people that can swing a
bed from acute to sub-acute and bill under nursing home PPS rates.
Medicare Part A - Answers Allows a patient to receive skilled care once acute hospital care is no
longer required and they are transferred to a nursing home.
Hazard Communication Standard - Answers Under OSHA, it requires informing employees of
chemicals in the workplace (MSDS or SDS).
Carcinoma - Answers Cancer.
Ophthalmologist - Answers An eye doctor.
Audiologist - Answers An ear doctor or hearing specialist.
OIG - Answers Office of Inspector General.
Role of OIG - Answers Investigates Medicare and Medicaid fraud and is under the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Life safety Code - Answers The primary focus is fire safety in buildings and structures.
Minimum staff requirements for dietary staff - Answers Must have sufficient staff to meet the
needs of residents.
Complaint survey - Answers An abbreviated standard survey used for all surveys other than
annual survey and changes in NHA, DON, owner of corporate officers can trigger a complaint
survey.
Over medication - Answers When a patient takes unnecessary medications or more than
prescribed.
Diathermy - Answers A modality used by physical therapists to generate heat inside the body to
LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
INCOME STATEMENT or PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT - Answers It details operating income
and expenses and how efficiently the NHA is managing the facility.
Anticoagulant medication - Answers It is a blood thinner used to prevent blood clots and to
reduce clots.
Union Shop Steward - Answers An employee who works for the company and is a union
member who acts as the local union rep.
minimum length of a telephone cord - Answers 29 inches.
current asset or liability - Answers Must be sold or paid within 12 months.
physiatrist - Answers A sports doctor who specializes in musculoskeletal injuries and works
closely with PT & OT.
three budgets we work with - Answers Operating, cash and capital.
2 main strategic budgets - Answers The operating and capital budgets.
limited liability partnership or Limited Liability Corporation - Answers If sued, can only collect
against the assets of the partnership or corporation and not individuals.
key to an effective emergency management plan - Answers Must identify all potential disasters
and dangers that may threaten the facility and plan of action to address those threats.
deposit of money to ensure the performance of an obligation - Answers A surety bond or
performance bond.
who must be on a surety bond - Answers The residents and the State.
ADL - Answers Activities of Daily Living.
ADL - Answers Personal care - showering, grooming, eating, dressing and transferring
Instrumental ADL - Answers Housekeeping, managing finances by writing checks, going to
doctor appointments, going to the store to buy food, going to the mall
Hyper - Answers High or elevated
Hypo - Answers Low
Indirect expenses - Answers Expenses that cannot be charged to a particular department, such
as depreciation or insurance.
, Respondent superior - Answers Holding employers responsible for acts of their employees.
Strict liability - Answers Another name for Respondent Superior.
Vicarious liability - Answers Another name for Respondent Superior.
Capital budget - Answers Planned purchase of physical assets or capital assets.
Impact of failure to record depreciation - Answers The facility will overstate its assets.
Minimum wage - Answers Imposed by the Fair Labor Standards Act which requires a federal
minimum wage and overtime.
Department of Labor - Answers The entity that enforces the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Swing bed - Answers A hospital in a rural area with 100,000 or fewer people that can swing a
bed from acute to sub-acute and bill under nursing home PPS rates.
Medicare Part A - Answers Allows a patient to receive skilled care once acute hospital care is no
longer required and they are transferred to a nursing home.
Hazard Communication Standard - Answers Under OSHA, it requires informing employees of
chemicals in the workplace (MSDS or SDS).
Carcinoma - Answers Cancer.
Ophthalmologist - Answers An eye doctor.
Audiologist - Answers An ear doctor or hearing specialist.
OIG - Answers Office of Inspector General.
Role of OIG - Answers Investigates Medicare and Medicaid fraud and is under the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Life safety Code - Answers The primary focus is fire safety in buildings and structures.
Minimum staff requirements for dietary staff - Answers Must have sufficient staff to meet the
needs of residents.
Complaint survey - Answers An abbreviated standard survey used for all surveys other than
annual survey and changes in NHA, DON, owner of corporate officers can trigger a complaint
survey.
Over medication - Answers When a patient takes unnecessary medications or more than
prescribed.
Diathermy - Answers A modality used by physical therapists to generate heat inside the body to
