NAB EXAM - NHA LOS (LINE OF SERVICE) EXAM COVERAGE
The NAB Exam NHA LOS (Line of Service) section evaluates an
administrator's ability to manage and oversee the major operational
departments within a nursing home or long-term care facility. The
exam coverage includes supervision of nursing services, admissions
and marketing, housekeeping, dietary, maintenance, and other key
facility service lines. It also assesses leadership decision-making,
staffing management, delegation practices, organizational structure,
and proper chain of command.
,The newly hired assistant to the administrator insists that the
organizational chart dotted line between this position and the
Department of Nursing should be a solid line. The administrator
should _____.
A. Agree in general
B. Agree to this special case
C. Ask the director of nursing for their opinion
D. Be forewarned
D. Be forewarned.
The director of nursing normally reports directly to the administrator.
The assistant administrator wants too much power or does not
understand how normal nursing facilities function
,The nurse newly promoted to director of nursing insists on personally
giving four RN hours of resident care each day on the Alzheimer's
wing in the 175-bed facility. The administrator should _____.
A. Praise the new director of nursing for their resident centeredness
B. Appoint an assistant director of nursing
C. Adapt the job description to fit the director of nursing's pattern
D. Seek a new director of nursing
D. Seek a new director of nursing.
The director of nursing fails to understand that using expensive RN
hours when less expensive licensed practical nurse (LPN) and certified
nurse's assistant (CNA) hours are the industry standard will be
unsustainably expensive for the facility. Additionally, the director of
, nursing is not a direct care role, and their time should be spent in
other applicable areas for their position.