ADMINISTRATOR EXCELLENCE 2026:
DOMINATE THE TEXAS NURSING HOME
EXAM WITH A+ PRECISION
Certification - THE CORRECT ANSWER-The determination by HHSC
that a nursing facility meets all the requirements of the
Medicaid or Medicare programs.
Change of ownership - THE CORRECT ANSWER-An event that results
in a change to the federal taxpayer identification number of the
license holder of a facility. The substitution of a personal
representative for a deceased license holder is not a change of
ownership.
CFR - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Code of Federal Regulations.
Complaint - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Any allegation received by HHSC
other than an incident reported by the facility. Such allegations
include, but are not limited to, abuse, neglect, exploitation, or
violation of state or federal standards.
Completion date - THE CORRECT ANSWER-The date an RN
assessment coordinator signs an MDS assessment as complete.
Comprehensive assessment - THE CORRECT ANSWER-An
interdisciplinary description of a resident's needs and
,capabilities including daily life functions and significant
impairments of functional capacity.
Comprehensive care plan - THE CORRECT ANSWER-A plan of care
prepared by an interdisciplinary team that includes measurable
short-term and long-term objectives and timetables to meet the
resident's needs developed for each resident after admission.
The plan addresses at least the following needs: medical,
nursing, rehabilitative, psychosocial, dietary, activity, and
resident's rights. The plan includes strategies developed by the
team, consistent with the physician's prescribed plan of care, to
assist the resident in eliminating, managing, or alleviating
health or psychosocial problems identified through assessment.
Comprehensive Care Plan includes? - THE CORRECT ANSWER-(A) goal
setting;
(B) establishing priorities for management of care;
(C) making decisions about specific measures to be used to
resolve the resident's problems; and
(D) assisting in the development of appropriate coping
mechanisms.
Covert electronic monitoring - THE CORRECT ANSWER-The placement
and use of an electronic monitoring device that is not open and
obvious, and the facility and HHSC have not been informed
about the device by the resident, by a person who placed the
device in the room, or by a person who uses the device.
DADS - THE CORRECT ANSWER-The term referred to the Department
of Aging and Disability Services; it now refers to HHSC.
,DHS - THE CORRECT ANSWER-This term referred to the Texas
Department of Human Services; it now refers to HHSC, unless
the context concerns an administrative hearing. Administrative
hearings were formerly the responsibility of DHS; they now are
the responsibility of the HHSC.
Dietitian - THE CORRECT ANSWER-A qualified dietitian is one who is
qualified based upon either:
(A) registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of
the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; or
(B) licensure, or provisional licensure, as a dietitian under
Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 701 and one year of
supervisory experience in dietetic service of a health care
facility.
Direct care by licensed nurses - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Direct care
consonant with the physician's planned regimen of total
resident care includes:
(A) assessment of the resident's health care status;
(B) planning for the resident's care;
(C) assignment of duties to achieve the resident's care;
(D) nursing intervention; and
(E) evaluation and change of approaches as necessary.
Direct ownership interest - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Ownership of
equity in the capital, stock, or profits of, or a membership
interest in, an applicant or license holder.
, Disclosure interest - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Five percent or more
direct or indirect ownership interest in an applicant or license
holder.
Distinct part - THE CORRECT ANSWER-That portion of a facility
certified to participate in the Medicaid Nursing Facility
program.
Drug (also referred to as medication) - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Any of
the following:
(A) any substance recognized as a drug in the official US
Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the
US, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of
them;
(B) any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man;
(C) any substance (other than food) intended to affect the
structure or any function of the body of man; and
(D) any substance intended for use as a component of any
substance specified in (A) - (C). It does not include devices or
their components, parts, or accessories.
Electronic monitoring device - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Video
surveillance cameras and audio devices installed in a resident's
room, designed to acquire communications or other sounds
that occur in the room. An electronic, mechanical, or other
device used specifically for the nonconsensual interception of
wire or electronic communication is excluded from this
definition.
DOMINATE THE TEXAS NURSING HOME
EXAM WITH A+ PRECISION
Certification - THE CORRECT ANSWER-The determination by HHSC
that a nursing facility meets all the requirements of the
Medicaid or Medicare programs.
Change of ownership - THE CORRECT ANSWER-An event that results
in a change to the federal taxpayer identification number of the
license holder of a facility. The substitution of a personal
representative for a deceased license holder is not a change of
ownership.
CFR - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Code of Federal Regulations.
Complaint - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Any allegation received by HHSC
other than an incident reported by the facility. Such allegations
include, but are not limited to, abuse, neglect, exploitation, or
violation of state or federal standards.
Completion date - THE CORRECT ANSWER-The date an RN
assessment coordinator signs an MDS assessment as complete.
Comprehensive assessment - THE CORRECT ANSWER-An
interdisciplinary description of a resident's needs and
,capabilities including daily life functions and significant
impairments of functional capacity.
Comprehensive care plan - THE CORRECT ANSWER-A plan of care
prepared by an interdisciplinary team that includes measurable
short-term and long-term objectives and timetables to meet the
resident's needs developed for each resident after admission.
The plan addresses at least the following needs: medical,
nursing, rehabilitative, psychosocial, dietary, activity, and
resident's rights. The plan includes strategies developed by the
team, consistent with the physician's prescribed plan of care, to
assist the resident in eliminating, managing, or alleviating
health or psychosocial problems identified through assessment.
Comprehensive Care Plan includes? - THE CORRECT ANSWER-(A) goal
setting;
(B) establishing priorities for management of care;
(C) making decisions about specific measures to be used to
resolve the resident's problems; and
(D) assisting in the development of appropriate coping
mechanisms.
Covert electronic monitoring - THE CORRECT ANSWER-The placement
and use of an electronic monitoring device that is not open and
obvious, and the facility and HHSC have not been informed
about the device by the resident, by a person who placed the
device in the room, or by a person who uses the device.
DADS - THE CORRECT ANSWER-The term referred to the Department
of Aging and Disability Services; it now refers to HHSC.
,DHS - THE CORRECT ANSWER-This term referred to the Texas
Department of Human Services; it now refers to HHSC, unless
the context concerns an administrative hearing. Administrative
hearings were formerly the responsibility of DHS; they now are
the responsibility of the HHSC.
Dietitian - THE CORRECT ANSWER-A qualified dietitian is one who is
qualified based upon either:
(A) registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of
the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; or
(B) licensure, or provisional licensure, as a dietitian under
Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 701 and one year of
supervisory experience in dietetic service of a health care
facility.
Direct care by licensed nurses - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Direct care
consonant with the physician's planned regimen of total
resident care includes:
(A) assessment of the resident's health care status;
(B) planning for the resident's care;
(C) assignment of duties to achieve the resident's care;
(D) nursing intervention; and
(E) evaluation and change of approaches as necessary.
Direct ownership interest - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Ownership of
equity in the capital, stock, or profits of, or a membership
interest in, an applicant or license holder.
, Disclosure interest - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Five percent or more
direct or indirect ownership interest in an applicant or license
holder.
Distinct part - THE CORRECT ANSWER-That portion of a facility
certified to participate in the Medicaid Nursing Facility
program.
Drug (also referred to as medication) - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Any of
the following:
(A) any substance recognized as a drug in the official US
Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the
US, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of
them;
(B) any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man;
(C) any substance (other than food) intended to affect the
structure or any function of the body of man; and
(D) any substance intended for use as a component of any
substance specified in (A) - (C). It does not include devices or
their components, parts, or accessories.
Electronic monitoring device - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Video
surveillance cameras and audio devices installed in a resident's
room, designed to acquire communications or other sounds
that occur in the room. An electronic, mechanical, or other
device used specifically for the nonconsensual interception of
wire or electronic communication is excluded from this
definition.
