LNFA Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed
Prior to removing equipment or features of a building that may now be in excess, a facility must get
approval from who? - Answers Texas Department of Human Services
What does OBRA stand for what, and which year is most often referred? - Answers Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1987
How does a facility decide what are a particular residents ADLs? - Answers Based on the comprehensive
assessment
How long is DAD's Rapid Response Team wait period? - Answers 60 days
What is the standard for air condition temperatures? - Answers 71-81 degrees F
Upon the completion of an assessment, how long does a facility have to transmit the MDS? - Answers 7
days
Who is CMS - Answers Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services
Who can SNFs not hire? - Answers Anyone found guilty of abusing, neglecting, or mistreating residents.
Have had a finding entered into the nurse aid registry for abuse, neglect, or mistreatment
When checking for proper lighting, how high off the floor should you check? - Answers 30 inches
Activities director minimum qualifications - Answers
Electrical and lighting standards must conform to what standards? - Answers In accordance with NFPA
70 and the Lighting handbook of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) of North America
For new construction, what is the fee DAD's charges for expedited Life Safety Code and physical plant
inspections on single level and multilevel - per bed? - Answers Single story - $30/bed minimum 3,600
Multiple story - $36/bed minimum 4,500
Emergency generators must be able to restore service within how long? - Answers 10 seconds
How long must a facility keep old menus and food purchases - Answers 30 days
How often must the facility give a statement to a resident regarding any funds the facility may be
holding for the resident? - Answers quarterly and as requested
How often must a facility dispose of medication of residents that are deceased or the medication is
expired? - Answers quarterly
The nurse's station must be equipped to receive calls from residents in what locations? - Answers
Resident rooms and toilet and bathing facilities
, Should the same initial assessments be used for quarterly assessments? - Answers No. They will use a
QA that has been approved by the state
The QA and Assurance Committee must meet how often - Answers At least quarterly
Resident bedrooms can accommodate no more than how many residents? - Answers 4
How many dietitian hours needed for SNF? - Answers 8 hours for each 60 residents and 4 hours for
every 30 after that
What is PASARR? - Answers Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident Review
In the event a facility must close voluntarily, how soon must the facility notify it's residents? - Answers
No later than one week, in writing, after the date on which the decision to close is made.
Every RN, LVN, and nurse assistant, must receive at least 1 hour of training on caring for what type of
people? - Answers People with dementia
The DON may serve as a charge nurse only when the facility has an average daily occupancy of how
many residents? - Answers 60 residents
The definition of involuntary seclusion is? - Answers Separation of a resident from others or from his
room against the resident's will or the will of the resident's legal representative.
In the event of an electrical interruption and the facility must use batteries, how long must it sustain
power? - Answers 1.5 hours
If restraints are used for a treating a residents medical condition, they must be released how often? -
Answers Every 2 hours and be left free for at least 10 minutes
After filing a phone report of abuse, the facility must conduct an investigation. A written report of the
investigation must be sent no later than how many days after the oral report? - Answers 5 working days
All SNFs must send DADs a report of the deaths of all persons residing in the facility within how many
working days after the last day of the month in which the resident death occurs? - Answers 10 working
days
Typical ADLs include? - Answers
Mental/psychological abuse is defined as what? - Answers mistreatment within the definition of abuse
not resulting in physical harm
certain requirements are specific to Medicaid certified facilities and are so designated. The Medicaid
specific requirements apply to all residents - Answers Private pay, VA, Medicaid, etc. All requirements
apply
Prior to removing equipment or features of a building that may now be in excess, a facility must get
approval from who? - Answers Texas Department of Human Services
What does OBRA stand for what, and which year is most often referred? - Answers Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1987
How does a facility decide what are a particular residents ADLs? - Answers Based on the comprehensive
assessment
How long is DAD's Rapid Response Team wait period? - Answers 60 days
What is the standard for air condition temperatures? - Answers 71-81 degrees F
Upon the completion of an assessment, how long does a facility have to transmit the MDS? - Answers 7
days
Who is CMS - Answers Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services
Who can SNFs not hire? - Answers Anyone found guilty of abusing, neglecting, or mistreating residents.
Have had a finding entered into the nurse aid registry for abuse, neglect, or mistreatment
When checking for proper lighting, how high off the floor should you check? - Answers 30 inches
Activities director minimum qualifications - Answers
Electrical and lighting standards must conform to what standards? - Answers In accordance with NFPA
70 and the Lighting handbook of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) of North America
For new construction, what is the fee DAD's charges for expedited Life Safety Code and physical plant
inspections on single level and multilevel - per bed? - Answers Single story - $30/bed minimum 3,600
Multiple story - $36/bed minimum 4,500
Emergency generators must be able to restore service within how long? - Answers 10 seconds
How long must a facility keep old menus and food purchases - Answers 30 days
How often must the facility give a statement to a resident regarding any funds the facility may be
holding for the resident? - Answers quarterly and as requested
How often must a facility dispose of medication of residents that are deceased or the medication is
expired? - Answers quarterly
The nurse's station must be equipped to receive calls from residents in what locations? - Answers
Resident rooms and toilet and bathing facilities
, Should the same initial assessments be used for quarterly assessments? - Answers No. They will use a
QA that has been approved by the state
The QA and Assurance Committee must meet how often - Answers At least quarterly
Resident bedrooms can accommodate no more than how many residents? - Answers 4
How many dietitian hours needed for SNF? - Answers 8 hours for each 60 residents and 4 hours for
every 30 after that
What is PASARR? - Answers Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident Review
In the event a facility must close voluntarily, how soon must the facility notify it's residents? - Answers
No later than one week, in writing, after the date on which the decision to close is made.
Every RN, LVN, and nurse assistant, must receive at least 1 hour of training on caring for what type of
people? - Answers People with dementia
The DON may serve as a charge nurse only when the facility has an average daily occupancy of how
many residents? - Answers 60 residents
The definition of involuntary seclusion is? - Answers Separation of a resident from others or from his
room against the resident's will or the will of the resident's legal representative.
In the event of an electrical interruption and the facility must use batteries, how long must it sustain
power? - Answers 1.5 hours
If restraints are used for a treating a residents medical condition, they must be released how often? -
Answers Every 2 hours and be left free for at least 10 minutes
After filing a phone report of abuse, the facility must conduct an investigation. A written report of the
investigation must be sent no later than how many days after the oral report? - Answers 5 working days
All SNFs must send DADs a report of the deaths of all persons residing in the facility within how many
working days after the last day of the month in which the resident death occurs? - Answers 10 working
days
Typical ADLs include? - Answers
Mental/psychological abuse is defined as what? - Answers mistreatment within the definition of abuse
not resulting in physical harm
certain requirements are specific to Medicaid certified facilities and are so designated. The Medicaid
specific requirements apply to all residents - Answers Private pay, VA, Medicaid, etc. All requirements
apply
