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The candidate for administrator said she used a variety of administrative styles, but
could't say exactly which she would use in every circumstance. The interviewer
should be - ANSWER ✓ favorable impress
The candidate for administrator indicated that she consistently choose the
charismatic style of leadership. This should __________the interviewer. -
ANSWER ✓ Alert
The cost of providing subacute care to nursing home residents _________ -
ANSWER ✓ Is perhaps triple that of more typical patient
The nurse supervisor who had just been appointed DON announced at the first
department head meeting that she had circulated a memo among the nurses that
only formal communications were to be allowed in the nursing department. The
administrator should - ANSWER ✓ Anticipate problems
The department head was not surprised to learn that the employee had only heard
his positive comments to the employee and ignored his criticism. The department
head's grasp of the communicationn process is - ANSWER ✓ Appropriate
The administrator routinely accepted as his nearly exclusive information source
the director of nursing's positive reports on how nursing was going well. The
administrator is - ANSWER ✓ Placing him at risk
Periodic shortage of nurses available for nursing home employment _________ -
ANSWER ✓ Is likely to remain for the foreseeable future
, Congress and the Federal rule makers behave as if the facility will run
successfully if congress and CMS can write enough rules. They are - ANSWER ✓
Incorrect
When the administrator notices the DON seeks to turn many duties as possible
over to housekeeping, the administrator should conclude that the DON is -
ANSWER ✓ Behaving normally
The administrator insist that a timely copy of all reports generated within the
facility come across her desk before anyone signs them. The administrator is
_______ - ANSWER ✓ Not rationalizing her managemnt information system
The administrator notices that incident reports are being insufficiently filled out,
but does nothing, believing that the situation will likely correct itself. The
administrator is ______ - ANSWER ✓ Failing to control effectively
Corporate sends a directive its flagship facility administrator, directing the
administrator's attention more towards outcome of resident care than cost of
resident care during the coming 12 months. Corporate is more concerned with
__________than with _________. - ANSWER ✓ Effectiveness/efficiency
The long term care sector receiving increased funding and attention from the
federal government is the ________________. - ANSWER ✓ Home health care
sector
The concept that nursing homes should be reimbursed by states for their actual
costs was part of the _______ - ANSWER ✓ Hatch Amendment
The intense health care cost-shifting efforts among providers such as Medicare,
Medicaid and local governments is _____________ - ANSWER ✓ Likely to
continue
Worried about the level of actual resident care being achieved in the facility, the
administrator directs the nurses to spend less time charting and more time focusing
on the effeciveness of care being given to residents. The likely result will be
________ - ANSWER ✓ Better resident care, possible increase in deficiency
citations
, The new social worker informs the head of nursing that admissions is all she has
time for and that nursing must monitor and document each resident's
socipsychological experience. - ANSWER ✓ Responding appropriately to
priorities
Attempting to find the right person for each well-defined job is known as the
management function of __________ - ANSWER ✓
The administrator who takes steps that insure the goals are accomplished and that
each job is done as planned is successfully ______________ - ANSWER ✓
Controlling quality
The administrators' job is to assure that the ________employees do the tasks of
the organization at an acceptable quality level. - ANSWER ✓ Appropriate
The administrator who conducts a national search for a director of nursing position
and interviews 20 candidates from 7 different surrounding states by phone is
engaged in the managerial function of ______ - ANSWER ✓ Staffing
Corporate sends a directiveto its flagship facility administrator, directing the
administrator's attention more towards outcome of resident care than cost of
resudent care during the coming 12 months. Corporate is more concerned with
______than with _____. - ANSWER ✓ Effectiveness/efficiency
The long-term care receiving increased funding and attention from the federal
government is the _______. - ANSWER ✓ Home health care sector
The concept that nursing homes should be reimbursed by states for their actual
cost was part of the _____. - ANSWER ✓ Hatch Amendment
The intense health care costshifting efforts among providers such as Medicare,
Medicaid, and local governments is ____. - ANSWER ✓ Likely to continue
Worried about the level of actual resident care achieved in the facility, the
administrator directs the nurse to spend less time charting and more time focusing
on the effectiveness of care being given to the residents. The likely result will
be___ - ANSWER ✓ Better resident care, but increased deficiency citatons