CERTIFIED ASSISTED LIVING ADMINISTRATOR
UPDATED FINAL EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The process of balancing resident choice and independence with the health and
safety of the resident and other persons in the facility or program. If a resident's
preference or decision places the resident or others at risk and is likely to lead to
adverse consequences, such risks or consequences are discussed with the resident,
and, if the resident agrees, a resident representative, and a formal plan to avoid or
reduce negative or adverse outcomes is negotiated, in accordance with the provisions
of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18. - ✔✔Managed Risk
✔✔The written formal plan developed in consideration of shared responsibility, bounded
choice and assisted living values and negotiated between the resident and the facility or
program to avoid or reduce the risk of adverse outcomes which may occur in an
assisted living environment. - ✔✔Manage Risk Agreement
✔✔A procedure in which a prescribed medication or biological is given to a resident by
an authorized individual in accordance with all laws and regulations governing such
procedures. - ✔✔Medication Administration
,✔✔1.) Removing an individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly labeled
container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited to the method of
administration, time administered, initials of individuals who administered the
medication, and effect of the medication when "PRN" or as-needed medications are
administered. - ✔✔Process of Medication Administration
✔✔The self-worth of a resident. - ✔✔Dignity
✔✔The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and facilitation of resident
abilities so that the resident's preferences and choices may be implemented within a
barrier-free environment. - ✔✔Independence
✔✔Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities, backgrounds and
preferences. - ✔✔Individuality
✔✔An individual resident record that contains, but is not limited to: resident name, date
of birth, diagnosis(es), age, physician, name and medication strength, dosage form,
route of administration, frequency, date and time of administration, initials of individual
administering the medication, a section containing the full signature and title of each
individual who initials it, date medication ordered, stop date if appliacable, allergies, and
all other professionally acceptable information that is appropriate. - ✔✔MAR
(Medication Administration Record)
✔✔A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation Program is a
department approved minimum ____________ training course conducted by a
Department approved registered professional nurse and registered pharmacist, to
instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs, in the administration of medications to residents, within
assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes and assisted living
programs. - ✔✔30-hour
✔✔An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:85-2.1. It is provided to
individuals who have chronic medical condition(s) resulting in moderate to severe
impairments in physical, behavioral, cognitive, and/or psychosocial functioning. It is
determined by a registered professional nurse and identified in a plan of care. -
✔✔Nursing Home-Level Care
✔✔In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-6, means the assessment of pain and, if
appropriate, treatment in order to assure the needs of patients or residents of health
care facilities who experience problems with pain are met. Treatment of pain may
include the use of medication or application of other modalities and medical devices
,such as, but not limited to, heat or cold, massage, transcutaneous electrical nerve
stimulation (TENS), acupuncture, and neurolytic techniques such as radiofrequency
coagulation and cryotherapy. - ✔✔Pain Management
✔✔A resident's degree of control over a specific physical area and/or time; levels of
intimacy with family and others; and communication and contact with others outside the
facility or program environment. - ✔✔Privacy
✔✔Residents (and if the resident wishes the resident's family) and providers of assisted
living services share responsibility for planning and decision making affecting residents.
To participate fully in this, residents shaw be provided with clear and understandable
information about the possible consequences of their decision-making, in accordance
with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:35-5.18(a)2. - ✔✔Shared Responsibility
✔✔Another term for resident census. - ✔✔Total Bed Complement
✔✔A system in which medications are delivered to the residents areas in single unit
packaging, and which meets the following criteria:
1.) Each medication shall be individually wrapped and labeled with the generic or trade
(brand) name and strength of medication, lot number or reference code, expiration date,
and manufacturer's name, and shall be ready for administration to the resident.
2.) Cautionary instructions shall appear on the resident's record of medication
administration, and the system shall include provisions for noting additional information,
including but no limited to, special times or routes of administration and storage
conditions.
3.) Commercial repackages shall comply with 21 CFR 201.1, incorporated herein by
reference, as amended and supplemented, and N.J.A.C. 8:39. - ✔✔Unit Dose Drug
Distribution System
✔✔A system of in which medications are delivered to the resident areas either in single
unity packaging, bingo or punch cards, blister or strip packs, or other system where
each medication is physically separate. Individually labeled unit dose medications may
be combined in a "bingo or punch card" to create a unit-of-dose drug distribution
system. - ✔✔Unit-of-Use
✔✔An assisted living facility shall indicate within 36 months of after licensure, at least
______________ of the facility's residents shall be individuals with nursing home-level
care. This percentage shall be computed based upon the number of residents days per
calendar year and may include direct admissions as well as maintained residents with
nursing home-level of care needs. - ✔✔20 percent
✔✔Each assisted living, comprehensive personal care home, and assisted living
program will be assessed and inspected __________________. - ✔✔Biennially
, ✔✔This may be made to a facility at any time by authorized staff of the Department .
Such may include, but not limited to, the review of all facility documents and resident
records and conferences with residents. - ✔✔Survey Visits
✔✔A licensure shall be granted for a period of one year or less as determined by the
Department. - ✔✔Facility Licensure
✔✔The license, unless suspended or revoked, shall be renewed annually on the
original license date, or within 30 days thereafter as of the original licensure date. The
facility will receive a request for renewal fee 30 days prior to the expiration of the
license. A renewal license will not be issued unless the licensure fee is received by the
Department. - ✔✔Facility Licensure Renewal
✔✔The facility shall notify each resident, the resident's physician, and any guarantors of
payment at least 30 days prior to the voluntary surrender of a license, or as directed
under an order of revocation, refusal to renew, or suspension of license. In such cases,
the license shall be returned to the Long-Term Care Licensing Program of the
Department within 7 working days after the voluntary surrender, revocation, non-
renewal, or suspension of license. - ✔✔Surrender of Facility License
✔✔1.) 21 years or older; 2.) Possess a high school diploma or equivalent; 3.) hold a
CALA or LNHA license. - ✔✔CALA Qualifications
✔✔An applicant for certification as an assisted living administrator shall sit for the
Assisted Living Competency Examination within ____________ of successful
completion of the assisted living training course. - ✔✔2 Years
✔✔An assisted living administrator certification shall be valid for a period of
____________ from date of issue. - ✔✔3 Years
✔✔At least once every ___________, on a schedule to be determined by the
Department, an assisted living administrator shall file an application for renewal of
current certification. - ✔✔3 Years
✔✔Complete at least ____________, of continuing education regarding assisted living
concepts and related topics, as specified and approved by the Department of Health
and Senior Services. - ✔✔30 hours
✔✔1.) Complete 30 hours of CEUs, 2.) Criminal History Background Check -
✔✔Eligibility for Renewal
✔✔The applicant shall be required to complete 10 hours of continuing education credit
for each year in which the certification was inactive in addition to the required 30 hours
UPDATED FINAL EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The process of balancing resident choice and independence with the health and
safety of the resident and other persons in the facility or program. If a resident's
preference or decision places the resident or others at risk and is likely to lead to
adverse consequences, such risks or consequences are discussed with the resident,
and, if the resident agrees, a resident representative, and a formal plan to avoid or
reduce negative or adverse outcomes is negotiated, in accordance with the provisions
of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18. - ✔✔Managed Risk
✔✔The written formal plan developed in consideration of shared responsibility, bounded
choice and assisted living values and negotiated between the resident and the facility or
program to avoid or reduce the risk of adverse outcomes which may occur in an
assisted living environment. - ✔✔Manage Risk Agreement
✔✔A procedure in which a prescribed medication or biological is given to a resident by
an authorized individual in accordance with all laws and regulations governing such
procedures. - ✔✔Medication Administration
,✔✔1.) Removing an individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly labeled
container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited to the method of
administration, time administered, initials of individuals who administered the
medication, and effect of the medication when "PRN" or as-needed medications are
administered. - ✔✔Process of Medication Administration
✔✔The self-worth of a resident. - ✔✔Dignity
✔✔The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and facilitation of resident
abilities so that the resident's preferences and choices may be implemented within a
barrier-free environment. - ✔✔Independence
✔✔Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities, backgrounds and
preferences. - ✔✔Individuality
✔✔An individual resident record that contains, but is not limited to: resident name, date
of birth, diagnosis(es), age, physician, name and medication strength, dosage form,
route of administration, frequency, date and time of administration, initials of individual
administering the medication, a section containing the full signature and title of each
individual who initials it, date medication ordered, stop date if appliacable, allergies, and
all other professionally acceptable information that is appropriate. - ✔✔MAR
(Medication Administration Record)
✔✔A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation Program is a
department approved minimum ____________ training course conducted by a
Department approved registered professional nurse and registered pharmacist, to
instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs, in the administration of medications to residents, within
assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes and assisted living
programs. - ✔✔30-hour
✔✔An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:85-2.1. It is provided to
individuals who have chronic medical condition(s) resulting in moderate to severe
impairments in physical, behavioral, cognitive, and/or psychosocial functioning. It is
determined by a registered professional nurse and identified in a plan of care. -
✔✔Nursing Home-Level Care
✔✔In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-6, means the assessment of pain and, if
appropriate, treatment in order to assure the needs of patients or residents of health
care facilities who experience problems with pain are met. Treatment of pain may
include the use of medication or application of other modalities and medical devices
,such as, but not limited to, heat or cold, massage, transcutaneous electrical nerve
stimulation (TENS), acupuncture, and neurolytic techniques such as radiofrequency
coagulation and cryotherapy. - ✔✔Pain Management
✔✔A resident's degree of control over a specific physical area and/or time; levels of
intimacy with family and others; and communication and contact with others outside the
facility or program environment. - ✔✔Privacy
✔✔Residents (and if the resident wishes the resident's family) and providers of assisted
living services share responsibility for planning and decision making affecting residents.
To participate fully in this, residents shaw be provided with clear and understandable
information about the possible consequences of their decision-making, in accordance
with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:35-5.18(a)2. - ✔✔Shared Responsibility
✔✔Another term for resident census. - ✔✔Total Bed Complement
✔✔A system in which medications are delivered to the residents areas in single unit
packaging, and which meets the following criteria:
1.) Each medication shall be individually wrapped and labeled with the generic or trade
(brand) name and strength of medication, lot number or reference code, expiration date,
and manufacturer's name, and shall be ready for administration to the resident.
2.) Cautionary instructions shall appear on the resident's record of medication
administration, and the system shall include provisions for noting additional information,
including but no limited to, special times or routes of administration and storage
conditions.
3.) Commercial repackages shall comply with 21 CFR 201.1, incorporated herein by
reference, as amended and supplemented, and N.J.A.C. 8:39. - ✔✔Unit Dose Drug
Distribution System
✔✔A system of in which medications are delivered to the resident areas either in single
unity packaging, bingo or punch cards, blister or strip packs, or other system where
each medication is physically separate. Individually labeled unit dose medications may
be combined in a "bingo or punch card" to create a unit-of-dose drug distribution
system. - ✔✔Unit-of-Use
✔✔An assisted living facility shall indicate within 36 months of after licensure, at least
______________ of the facility's residents shall be individuals with nursing home-level
care. This percentage shall be computed based upon the number of residents days per
calendar year and may include direct admissions as well as maintained residents with
nursing home-level of care needs. - ✔✔20 percent
✔✔Each assisted living, comprehensive personal care home, and assisted living
program will be assessed and inspected __________________. - ✔✔Biennially
, ✔✔This may be made to a facility at any time by authorized staff of the Department .
Such may include, but not limited to, the review of all facility documents and resident
records and conferences with residents. - ✔✔Survey Visits
✔✔A licensure shall be granted for a period of one year or less as determined by the
Department. - ✔✔Facility Licensure
✔✔The license, unless suspended or revoked, shall be renewed annually on the
original license date, or within 30 days thereafter as of the original licensure date. The
facility will receive a request for renewal fee 30 days prior to the expiration of the
license. A renewal license will not be issued unless the licensure fee is received by the
Department. - ✔✔Facility Licensure Renewal
✔✔The facility shall notify each resident, the resident's physician, and any guarantors of
payment at least 30 days prior to the voluntary surrender of a license, or as directed
under an order of revocation, refusal to renew, or suspension of license. In such cases,
the license shall be returned to the Long-Term Care Licensing Program of the
Department within 7 working days after the voluntary surrender, revocation, non-
renewal, or suspension of license. - ✔✔Surrender of Facility License
✔✔1.) 21 years or older; 2.) Possess a high school diploma or equivalent; 3.) hold a
CALA or LNHA license. - ✔✔CALA Qualifications
✔✔An applicant for certification as an assisted living administrator shall sit for the
Assisted Living Competency Examination within ____________ of successful
completion of the assisted living training course. - ✔✔2 Years
✔✔An assisted living administrator certification shall be valid for a period of
____________ from date of issue. - ✔✔3 Years
✔✔At least once every ___________, on a schedule to be determined by the
Department, an assisted living administrator shall file an application for renewal of
current certification. - ✔✔3 Years
✔✔Complete at least ____________, of continuing education regarding assisted living
concepts and related topics, as specified and approved by the Department of Health
and Senior Services. - ✔✔30 hours
✔✔1.) Complete 30 hours of CEUs, 2.) Criminal History Background Check -
✔✔Eligibility for Renewal
✔✔The applicant shall be required to complete 10 hours of continuing education credit
for each year in which the certification was inactive in addition to the required 30 hours
