NAB CORE ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+|
Residency Agreement - (ANSWER)Written, legally enforceable agreement between a
facility and an individual (or their legal representative) who is receiving services in
a care residential setting
Service Plan - (ANSWER)Written, individualized plan for services developed by a
service planning team and the care recipient or the care recipient's@#$%^&*(
legal
representative, that reflects the care recipient capabilities, choices, and if necessary,
applicable, measurable goals, and managed risk issues @#$%^&*
()_
Risk Agreement - (ANSWER)Process where a care recipient's high-risk behavior or
choices are reviewed with the care recipient. Alternatives to and consequences of
the behavior or choices are explained to the care recipient and the care recipient's
decision to modify behavior or accept the consequences is documented.
Pediatric home health care - (ANSWER)Home health care that is provided to
children with illnesses and special needs.
Data Assessment and Verification (DAVE) - (ANSWER)Program administered by
CMS designed to ensure accuracy of MDS data accomplished through data analysis,
off-site review, on-site review, and provider education.
Case Mix - (ANSWER)A system that uses residents (patient) attributes (e.g.
functional status in ADLs or cognitive abilities) to classify residents (patients) for
purposes such as reimbursement OR a measure of the intensity of care and services
used by a group of residents in a nursing facility.
Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs) - (ANSWER)A collection of nursing facility care
recipient classification systems used in a variety of case mix indexed reimbursement
systems. Using assessment tools like the MDS 3.0, these systems group care
recipients by expected level of resource utilization, usually based upon staff time
measurements per care recipient per day.
Substantial Compliance - (ANSWER)Minor deficiencies or violations, but a facility
generally meets the intent of federal or state regulations. On the Federal
Enforcement Grid, this equates to boxes A-C.
Nursing Home Quality Improvement Initiative - (ANSWER)A program of CMS and
the U.S, Department of Health and Human Services that compiles information about
nursing home care recipients on eight situations/conditions called quality measures
(QM) and makes the information available to consumers.
WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+|
Residency Agreement - (ANSWER)Written, legally enforceable agreement between a
facility and an individual (or their legal representative) who is receiving services in
a care residential setting
Service Plan - (ANSWER)Written, individualized plan for services developed by a
service planning team and the care recipient or the care recipient's@#$%^&*(
legal
representative, that reflects the care recipient capabilities, choices, and if necessary,
applicable, measurable goals, and managed risk issues @#$%^&*
()_
Risk Agreement - (ANSWER)Process where a care recipient's high-risk behavior or
choices are reviewed with the care recipient. Alternatives to and consequences of
the behavior or choices are explained to the care recipient and the care recipient's
decision to modify behavior or accept the consequences is documented.
Pediatric home health care - (ANSWER)Home health care that is provided to
children with illnesses and special needs.
Data Assessment and Verification (DAVE) - (ANSWER)Program administered by
CMS designed to ensure accuracy of MDS data accomplished through data analysis,
off-site review, on-site review, and provider education.
Case Mix - (ANSWER)A system that uses residents (patient) attributes (e.g.
functional status in ADLs or cognitive abilities) to classify residents (patients) for
purposes such as reimbursement OR a measure of the intensity of care and services
used by a group of residents in a nursing facility.
Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs) - (ANSWER)A collection of nursing facility care
recipient classification systems used in a variety of case mix indexed reimbursement
systems. Using assessment tools like the MDS 3.0, these systems group care
recipients by expected level of resource utilization, usually based upon staff time
measurements per care recipient per day.
Substantial Compliance - (ANSWER)Minor deficiencies or violations, but a facility
generally meets the intent of federal or state regulations. On the Federal
Enforcement Grid, this equates to boxes A-C.
Nursing Home Quality Improvement Initiative - (ANSWER)A program of CMS and
the U.S, Department of Health and Human Services that compiles information about
nursing home care recipients on eight situations/conditions called quality measures
(QM) and makes the information available to consumers.
