NJ CALA QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Aging in Place - ans- xz xz xz xz
A process whereby individuals remain in their living environment despite the physical and/
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mental decline and growing needs for supportive services that may occur in the course of a
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ging.
ADLs (Activity of Daily Living) - ans-The functions or tasks for self-
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care, which are performed either independently or with supervision or assistance, such as:
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dressing, bathing, toileting, transfer, locomotion, bed mobility, and eating.
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Assisted Living - ans- xz xz xz
A coordinated array of supportive personal and health services 24 hours per day, to residen
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ts who have been assessed to need these services including persons who require nursing
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home level care. It promotes resident self direction and participation in decisions that emph
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asize independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.
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Bounded Choice - ans- xz xz xz
Limits places on a resident's choice as a result of an assessment, in accordance with N.J.A.
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C. 8:36- xz
5.18, which indicates that such resident's choices or preference place the resident or other
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s at a risk of harm or lead to consequences which violate the norms of the facility or program
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or the rights of others.
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CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home) - ans- xz xz xz xz xz xz
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services to provide roo
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m and board and to assure that assisted living services are available when needed, to four
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or more adults unrelated to the proprietor. Residential units in this type of facility have no m
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ore than two residents and have a lockable door on the unit entrance.
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CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - ans- xz xz xz xz xz xz
A facility that has received a certificate of authority pursuant to the _________ and Financia
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l Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et seq.
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Customized Resident Medication Package - ans-A unit-of- xz xz xz xz xz xz
use package prepared by a pharmacist for a specific resident comprising a series of contain
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ers and containing two or more prescribed sold oral dosage forms, and so designed or label
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ed as to indicate the day and time, or period of time, that the contents within each container
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are to be taken. xz xz xz
Guardian - ans- xz xz
A person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to handle the affairs and protect the
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rights of any resident of the facility who has been declared a mental incompetent. This does
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not include a person affiliated with the facility, its operations or personnel, unless so ordere
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d by the court.
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,Health Care Service - ans- xz xz xz xz
Any service provided to a resident of an assisted living or comprehensive personal care ho
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me that is ordered by a physician and required to be provided or delegated by a licensed, re
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gistered or certified health care professional. xz xz xz xz xz
Hospice - ans- xz xz
A program of palliative and supportive services provided to terminally ill persons and their f
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amilies in the form of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care.
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Managed Risk - ans- xz xz xz
The process of balancing resident choice and independence with the health and safety of th
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e resident and other persons in the facility or program. If a resident's preference or decision
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places the resident or others at risk and is likely to lead to adverse consequences, such risk
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s or consequences are discussed with the resident, and, if the resident agrees, a resident re
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ed, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18.
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Manage Risk Agreement - ans- xz xz xz xz
The written formal plan developed in consideration of shared responsibility, bounded choic
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e and assisted living values and negotiated between the resident and the facility or program
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to avoid or reduce the risk of adverse outcomes which may occur in an assisted living envir
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onment.
Medication Administration - ans- xz xz xz
A procedure in which a prescribed medication or biological is given to a resident by an auth
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orized individual in accordance with all laws and regulations governing such procedures.
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Process of Medication Administration - ans- xz xz xz xz xz
1.) Removing an individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly labeled container (i
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ncluding a unit dose or unit-of-use container). xz xz xz xz xz xz
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
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3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
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4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
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5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited to the method of administra
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tion, time administered, initials of individuals who administered the medication, and effect o
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f the medication when "PRN" or as-needed medications are administered.
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Dignity - ans-The self-worth of a resident. xz xz xz xz xz xz
Independence - ans- xz xz
The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and facilitation of resident abilities s
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o that the resident's preferences and choices may be implemented within a barrier-
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free environment. xz
,Individuality - ans- xz xz
Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities, backgrounds and preferences.
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MAR (Medication Administration Record) - ans-
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An individual resident record that contains, but is not limited to: resident name, date of birth,
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diagnosis(es), age, physician, name and medication strength, dosage form, route of admini xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
stration, frequency, date and time of administration, initials of individual administering the
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medication, a section containing the full signature and title of each individual who initials it,
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date medication ordered, stop date if appliacable, allergies, and all other professionally acc
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eptable information that is appropriate. xz xz xz xz
30-hour - ans- xz xz
A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation Program is a departm
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ent approved minimum ____________ training course conducted by a Department approv
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ed registered professional nurse and registered pharmacist, to instruct CNA, CHHA, or PC
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As, in the administration of medications to residents, within assisted living residences, com
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prehensive personal care homes and assisted living programs. xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
Nursing Home-Level Care - ans-An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:85-
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2.1. It is provided to individuals who have chronic medical condition(s) resulting in moderat
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e to severe impairments in physical, behavioral, cognitive, and/
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or psychosocial functioning. It is determined by a registered professional nurse and identifi
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ed in a plan of care.
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Pain Management - ans-In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-
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6, means the assessment of pain and, if appropriate, treatment in order to assure the needs
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of patients or residents of health care facilities who experience problems with pain are met.
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Treatment of pain may include the use of medication or application of other modalities and
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medical devices such as, but not limited to, heat or cold, massage, transcutaneous electric
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al nerve stimulation (TENS), acupuncture, and neurolytic techniques such as radiofrequen
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cy coagulation and cryotherapy.
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Privacy - ans-A resident's degree of control over a specific physical area and/
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or time; levels of intimacy with family and others; and communication and contact with other
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s outside the facility or program environment.
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Shared Responsibility - ans- xz xz xz
Residents (and if the resident wishes the resident's family) and providers of assisted living s
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ervices share responsibility for planning and decision making affecting residents. To partici
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pate fully in this, residents shaw be provided with clear and understandable information abo
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ut the possible consequences of their decision-
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making, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:35-5.18(a)2.
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Total Bed Complement - ans-Another term for resident census.
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, Unit Dose Drug Distribution System - ans-
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A system in which medications are delivered to the residents areas in single unit packaging,
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and which meets the following criteria:
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1.) Each medication shall be individually wrapped and labeled with the generic or trade (bra
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nd) name and strength of medication, lot number or reference code, expiration date, and m
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anufacturer's name, and shall be ready for administration to the resident. xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
2.) Cautionary instructions shall appear on the resident's record of medication administrati
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on, and the system shall include provisions for noting additional information, including but n
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o limited to, special times or routes of administration and storage conditions.
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3.) Commercial repackages shall comply with 21 CFR 201.1, incorporated herein by refere
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nce, as amended and supplemented, and N.J.A.C. 8:39.
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Unit-of-Use - ans- xz xz
A system of in which medications are delivered to the resident areas either in single unity pa
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ckaging, bingo or punch cards, blister or strip packs, or other system where each medicatio
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n is physically separate. Individually labeled unit dose medications may be combined in a "
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bingo or punch card" to create a unit-of-dose drug distribution system.
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20 percent - ans-
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An assisted living facility shall indicate within 36 months of after licensure, at least _______
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_______ of the facility's residents shall be individuals with nursing home-
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level care. This percentage shall be computed based upon the number of residents days pe
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r calendar year and may include direct admissions as well as maintained residents with nur
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sing home-level of care needs.
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Biennially - ans- xz xz
Each assisted living, comprehensive personal care home, and assisted living program will
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be assessed and inspected __________________.
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Survey Visits - ans- xz xz xz
This may be made to a facility at any time by authorized staff of the Department . Such may i
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nclude, but not limited to, the review of all facility documents and resident records and confe
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rences with residents. xz xz
Facility Licensure - ans- xz xz xz
A licensure shall be granted for a period of one year or less as determined by the Departme
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nt.
Facility Licensure Renewal - ans- xz xz xz xz
The license, unless suspended or revoked, shall be renewed annually on the original licens
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e date, or within 30 days thereafter as of the original licensure date. The facility will receive a
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request for renewal fee 30 days prior to the expiration of the license. A renewal license will
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not be issued unless the licensure fee is received by the Department.
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Surrender of Facility License - ans- xz xz xz xz xz
The facility shall notify each resident, the resident's physician, and any guarantors of paym
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Aging in Place - ans- xz xz xz xz
A process whereby individuals remain in their living environment despite the physical and/
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mental decline and growing needs for supportive services that may occur in the course of a
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ging.
ADLs (Activity of Daily Living) - ans-The functions or tasks for self-
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care, which are performed either independently or with supervision or assistance, such as:
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dressing, bathing, toileting, transfer, locomotion, bed mobility, and eating.
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Assisted Living - ans- xz xz xz
A coordinated array of supportive personal and health services 24 hours per day, to residen
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ts who have been assessed to need these services including persons who require nursing
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home level care. It promotes resident self direction and participation in decisions that emph
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asize independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.
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Bounded Choice - ans- xz xz xz
Limits places on a resident's choice as a result of an assessment, in accordance with N.J.A.
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C. 8:36- xz
5.18, which indicates that such resident's choices or preference place the resident or other
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s at a risk of harm or lead to consequences which violate the norms of the facility or program
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or the rights of others.
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CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home) - ans- xz xz xz xz xz xz
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services to provide roo
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m and board and to assure that assisted living services are available when needed, to four
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or more adults unrelated to the proprietor. Residential units in this type of facility have no m
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ore than two residents and have a lockable door on the unit entrance.
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CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - ans- xz xz xz xz xz xz
A facility that has received a certificate of authority pursuant to the _________ and Financia
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l Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et seq.
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Customized Resident Medication Package - ans-A unit-of- xz xz xz xz xz xz
use package prepared by a pharmacist for a specific resident comprising a series of contain
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ers and containing two or more prescribed sold oral dosage forms, and so designed or label
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ed as to indicate the day and time, or period of time, that the contents within each container
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are to be taken. xz xz xz
Guardian - ans- xz xz
A person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to handle the affairs and protect the
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rights of any resident of the facility who has been declared a mental incompetent. This does
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not include a person affiliated with the facility, its operations or personnel, unless so ordere
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d by the court.
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,Health Care Service - ans- xz xz xz xz
Any service provided to a resident of an assisted living or comprehensive personal care ho
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me that is ordered by a physician and required to be provided or delegated by a licensed, re
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gistered or certified health care professional. xz xz xz xz xz
Hospice - ans- xz xz
A program of palliative and supportive services provided to terminally ill persons and their f
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amilies in the form of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care.
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Managed Risk - ans- xz xz xz
The process of balancing resident choice and independence with the health and safety of th
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e resident and other persons in the facility or program. If a resident's preference or decision
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places the resident or others at risk and is likely to lead to adverse consequences, such risk
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s or consequences are discussed with the resident, and, if the resident agrees, a resident re
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ed, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18.
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Manage Risk Agreement - ans- xz xz xz xz
The written formal plan developed in consideration of shared responsibility, bounded choic
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e and assisted living values and negotiated between the resident and the facility or program
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to avoid or reduce the risk of adverse outcomes which may occur in an assisted living envir
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onment.
Medication Administration - ans- xz xz xz
A procedure in which a prescribed medication or biological is given to a resident by an auth
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orized individual in accordance with all laws and regulations governing such procedures.
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Process of Medication Administration - ans- xz xz xz xz xz
1.) Removing an individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly labeled container (i
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ncluding a unit dose or unit-of-use container). xz xz xz xz xz xz
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
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3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
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4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
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5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited to the method of administra
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tion, time administered, initials of individuals who administered the medication, and effect o
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f the medication when "PRN" or as-needed medications are administered.
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Dignity - ans-The self-worth of a resident. xz xz xz xz xz xz
Independence - ans- xz xz
The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and facilitation of resident abilities s
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o that the resident's preferences and choices may be implemented within a barrier-
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free environment. xz
,Individuality - ans- xz xz
Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities, backgrounds and preferences.
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MAR (Medication Administration Record) - ans-
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An individual resident record that contains, but is not limited to: resident name, date of birth,
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diagnosis(es), age, physician, name and medication strength, dosage form, route of admini xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
stration, frequency, date and time of administration, initials of individual administering the
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medication, a section containing the full signature and title of each individual who initials it,
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date medication ordered, stop date if appliacable, allergies, and all other professionally acc
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eptable information that is appropriate. xz xz xz xz
30-hour - ans- xz xz
A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation Program is a departm
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ent approved minimum ____________ training course conducted by a Department approv
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ed registered professional nurse and registered pharmacist, to instruct CNA, CHHA, or PC
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As, in the administration of medications to residents, within assisted living residences, com
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prehensive personal care homes and assisted living programs. xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
Nursing Home-Level Care - ans-An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:85-
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2.1. It is provided to individuals who have chronic medical condition(s) resulting in moderat
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e to severe impairments in physical, behavioral, cognitive, and/
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or psychosocial functioning. It is determined by a registered professional nurse and identifi
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ed in a plan of care.
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Pain Management - ans-In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-
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6, means the assessment of pain and, if appropriate, treatment in order to assure the needs
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of patients or residents of health care facilities who experience problems with pain are met.
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Treatment of pain may include the use of medication or application of other modalities and
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medical devices such as, but not limited to, heat or cold, massage, transcutaneous electric
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al nerve stimulation (TENS), acupuncture, and neurolytic techniques such as radiofrequen
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cy coagulation and cryotherapy.
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Privacy - ans-A resident's degree of control over a specific physical area and/
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or time; levels of intimacy with family and others; and communication and contact with other
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s outside the facility or program environment.
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Shared Responsibility - ans- xz xz xz
Residents (and if the resident wishes the resident's family) and providers of assisted living s
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ervices share responsibility for planning and decision making affecting residents. To partici
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pate fully in this, residents shaw be provided with clear and understandable information abo
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ut the possible consequences of their decision-
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making, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:35-5.18(a)2.
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Total Bed Complement - ans-Another term for resident census.
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, Unit Dose Drug Distribution System - ans-
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A system in which medications are delivered to the residents areas in single unit packaging,
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and which meets the following criteria:
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1.) Each medication shall be individually wrapped and labeled with the generic or trade (bra
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nd) name and strength of medication, lot number or reference code, expiration date, and m
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anufacturer's name, and shall be ready for administration to the resident. xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
2.) Cautionary instructions shall appear on the resident's record of medication administrati
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on, and the system shall include provisions for noting additional information, including but n
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o limited to, special times or routes of administration and storage conditions.
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3.) Commercial repackages shall comply with 21 CFR 201.1, incorporated herein by refere
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nce, as amended and supplemented, and N.J.A.C. 8:39.
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Unit-of-Use - ans- xz xz
A system of in which medications are delivered to the resident areas either in single unity pa
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ckaging, bingo or punch cards, blister or strip packs, or other system where each medicatio
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n is physically separate. Individually labeled unit dose medications may be combined in a "
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bingo or punch card" to create a unit-of-dose drug distribution system.
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20 percent - ans-
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An assisted living facility shall indicate within 36 months of after licensure, at least _______
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_______ of the facility's residents shall be individuals with nursing home-
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level care. This percentage shall be computed based upon the number of residents days pe
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r calendar year and may include direct admissions as well as maintained residents with nur
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sing home-level of care needs.
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Biennially - ans- xz xz
Each assisted living, comprehensive personal care home, and assisted living program will
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be assessed and inspected __________________.
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Survey Visits - ans- xz xz xz
This may be made to a facility at any time by authorized staff of the Department . Such may i
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nclude, but not limited to, the review of all facility documents and resident records and confe
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rences with residents. xz xz
Facility Licensure - ans- xz xz xz
A licensure shall be granted for a period of one year or less as determined by the Departme
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nt.
Facility Licensure Renewal - ans- xz xz xz xz
The license, unless suspended or revoked, shall be renewed annually on the original licens
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e date, or within 30 days thereafter as of the original licensure date. The facility will receive a
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request for renewal fee 30 days prior to the expiration of the license. A renewal license will
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not be issued unless the licensure fee is received by the Department.
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Surrender of Facility License - ans- xz xz xz xz xz
The facility shall notify each resident, the resident's physician, and any guarantors of paym
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