Federal Nursing Home Administrator
UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
When must the initial resident assessment be completed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 48
hours
How many months must assessments be kept in the resident's active record? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 15 months
Assessments are due when? - CORRECT ANSWER - 14 days, annually, quarterly, after
sig change
Baseline care plan must be developed and implemented in how many hours of admission? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 48 hours
Comprehensive Care Plan must be developed no later than how many days of admission? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 21 days
Frequency of Medicare Assessments? - CORRECT ANSWER - 5 day, 14 day, 30 day, 60
day and 90 day
Late Loss ADL's - CORRECT ANSWER - Transfer, bed mobility, toileting, eating
What is preferred treatment for contractures? - CORRECT ANSWER - ROM
Reality orientation - CORRECT ANSWER - method of care used to promote awareness of
reality in confused or disoriented patients
,CASPER - CORRECT ANSWER - CMS database that includes demographics, onsite
survey results, and comparison info for state and national peer info
Continuing Care Retirement Community - CORRECT ANSWER - independent living
with different levels of service
Iatrogenic - CORRECT ANSWER - complications caused by the process of medical care
Title 19 of the Social Security Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Medicaid
Title 18 of the Social Security Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Medicare
MDCN - CORRECT ANSWER - Medicare Data Communication Network
OBRA (1987) is responsible for - CORRECT ANSWER - restraint reduction, MDS, and
resident rights
Quality Assurance (QA) - CORRECT ANSWER - monitor and study the quality of a
facility's services
Quality Indicators (QI) - CORRECT ANSWER - provider level and resident level status
derived from MDS (OASIS), structure survey process.
Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) - CORRECT ANSWER - laptop completed facility survey
process
Quality Measure (QM) - CORRECT ANSWER - Publicly reported info to help consumers
assess the quality of a nursing home
, Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) - CORRECT ANSWER - helps facility identify
resident needs and strengths to develop an appropriate care plan
Significant change in condition - CORRECT ANSWER - requires new assessment using
the MDS instrument
Significant weight loss, what % over 30 days? - CORRECT ANSWER - 5%
Significant weight loss, what % over 90 days? - CORRECT ANSWER - 7.5%
Significant weight loss, what % over 180 days? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10%
Validation Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - accepting that a patient is actually living in
the past
coaching - CORRECT ANSWER - help given by a superior to a subordinate
Compensation Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - wage and benefits motivate employees o
meet requirements
Employee Handbook - CORRECT ANSWER - a compilation of the facility policies that
directly relate to work conditions. It is often treated as a binding contract by the courts.
EEOC - CORRECT ANSWER - Created by the Civil Rights act of 1964. Administers the
ADA, ADEA, EPA
Expectancy Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the theory that the level of motivation to
perform is a mathematical function of the expectations individuals have about future outcomes
multiplied by the value the employee places on these outcomes
UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
When must the initial resident assessment be completed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 48
hours
How many months must assessments be kept in the resident's active record? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 15 months
Assessments are due when? - CORRECT ANSWER - 14 days, annually, quarterly, after
sig change
Baseline care plan must be developed and implemented in how many hours of admission? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 48 hours
Comprehensive Care Plan must be developed no later than how many days of admission? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 21 days
Frequency of Medicare Assessments? - CORRECT ANSWER - 5 day, 14 day, 30 day, 60
day and 90 day
Late Loss ADL's - CORRECT ANSWER - Transfer, bed mobility, toileting, eating
What is preferred treatment for contractures? - CORRECT ANSWER - ROM
Reality orientation - CORRECT ANSWER - method of care used to promote awareness of
reality in confused or disoriented patients
,CASPER - CORRECT ANSWER - CMS database that includes demographics, onsite
survey results, and comparison info for state and national peer info
Continuing Care Retirement Community - CORRECT ANSWER - independent living
with different levels of service
Iatrogenic - CORRECT ANSWER - complications caused by the process of medical care
Title 19 of the Social Security Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Medicaid
Title 18 of the Social Security Act - CORRECT ANSWER - Medicare
MDCN - CORRECT ANSWER - Medicare Data Communication Network
OBRA (1987) is responsible for - CORRECT ANSWER - restraint reduction, MDS, and
resident rights
Quality Assurance (QA) - CORRECT ANSWER - monitor and study the quality of a
facility's services
Quality Indicators (QI) - CORRECT ANSWER - provider level and resident level status
derived from MDS (OASIS), structure survey process.
Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) - CORRECT ANSWER - laptop completed facility survey
process
Quality Measure (QM) - CORRECT ANSWER - Publicly reported info to help consumers
assess the quality of a nursing home
, Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) - CORRECT ANSWER - helps facility identify
resident needs and strengths to develop an appropriate care plan
Significant change in condition - CORRECT ANSWER - requires new assessment using
the MDS instrument
Significant weight loss, what % over 30 days? - CORRECT ANSWER - 5%
Significant weight loss, what % over 90 days? - CORRECT ANSWER - 7.5%
Significant weight loss, what % over 180 days? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10%
Validation Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER - accepting that a patient is actually living in
the past
coaching - CORRECT ANSWER - help given by a superior to a subordinate
Compensation Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - wage and benefits motivate employees o
meet requirements
Employee Handbook - CORRECT ANSWER - a compilation of the facility policies that
directly relate to work conditions. It is often treated as a binding contract by the courts.
EEOC - CORRECT ANSWER - Created by the Civil Rights act of 1964. Administers the
ADA, ADEA, EPA
Expectancy Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the theory that the level of motivation to
perform is a mathematical function of the expectations individuals have about future outcomes
multiplied by the value the employee places on these outcomes
