NAB Sample Exam 2023 Questions and Answers with complete solution

According to former Senator Claude Pepper, the most frequently unrecognized and unmet resident need in a nursing facility is: 1) guilt 2) privacy 3) freedom 4) participation - CORRECT ANS 2 Mental changes in elderly residents are usually caused by: 1) diabetes 2) arteriosclerosis 3) inadequate diet 4) frequent minor accidents - CORRECT ANS 2 Regarding the care planning process, the director of nursing should: 1) insist that the attending physician attend all the meetings 2) require surrogates to attend the care planning meeting 3) make the process understandable to the resident and the family 4) request that therapists ( physical, speech, and occupational) be involved - CORRECT ANS 3 The most valid generalization is that a majority of the elderly: 1) want to work 2) are dependent on others 3) want to live with their children 4) function well despite increasing disabilities - CORRECT ANS 4 The key to a good bowel training program is: 1) administer laxatives nightly 2) keep the resident in bed and use bedpans 3) schedule enemas to be given at least weekly 4) establish a regular time of day for bowel evacuation - CORRECT ANS 4 Assume that 140 doses of medication were prescribed by the resident's physician to be administered in a given time period. However, 5 doses ordered were not given and 1 dose were incorrectly administered as prescribed. What was the medication error rate? 1) 2.3 percent 2 3.6 percent 3) 4.3 percent 4) 6.0 percent - CORRECT ANS 3 The starting point for planning long-term care services is the: 1) available cash flow 2) availability of land for expansion 3) market area's population census 4) needs and wants of those who will use the nursing facilities' services. - CORRECT ANS 4 If a resident wants to self-administer medication, who is responsible for drug storage and recording the self-administered doses? 1) the resident 2) the nursing staff 3) a family member 4) the legal guardian - CORRECT ANS 2