and Correct Answers
5 - Correct Answer: According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Regulations,
healthcare organizations must retain records of recordable incidents for how many years?
Care instead of treatment - Correct Answer: The model of person-centered care known as the Eden
Alternative focuses on:
a) Advocating for change
b) Reducing staff turnover
c) Increased companionship
d) Care instead of treatment
Inventory control - Correct Answer: An administrator should evaluate which of the following first when
there are supply shortages and an increase in rush order costs?
a) Inventory control
b) Accounts payable
c) Possible employee misappropriation
d) Quality control
Procedures - Correct Answer: 4) Which of the following is best described as a step-by-step guide that
helps attain a specific task?
,General in-patient care - Correct Answer: An elderly care recipient has prostate cancer. He has been
through several surgeries and treatment plans, and his pain and symptoms have now become
unmanageable. Which level of hospice care would be required?
a) Continuous home care
b) Routine home care
c) General in-patient care
d) Respite care
Cash budget - Correct Answer: An estimate of receipts (inflows) and disbursements (outflows) for each
month is called a
Regular handwashing - Correct Answer: The single most important element for reducing the spread of
infection is
Assistive device - Correct Answer: To accommodate a bilingual care recipient, a communication board is
provided with phrases and words posted in both languages. This type of device might be described as
a/an
Safe harbor - Correct Answer: Which of the following includes regulations that guide administrators to
comply with the federal prohibitions against illegal payments for services or items reimbursed under
Medicare and Medicaid?
Alzheimer's disease - Correct Answer: Which of the following is generally considered a chronic illness
that must be managed?
Heart disease - Correct Answer: 11) One of the most prevalent and underdiagnosed conditions found in
the elderly is
,Hazardous chemicals - Correct Answer: In accordance with OSHA requirements, which of the following
must have safety data sheets?
Physician - Correct Answer: The responsibility of identifying the social services needs of a care recipient
falls upon the
a) Family
b) Power of attorney
c) Staff
d) Physician
Straight-line depreciation - Correct Answer: The practice of making equal periodic charges to expenses
over the estimated life of an asset is known as
Governing body - Correct Answer: Evaluation of a healthcare organization efficiency, effectiveness, and
economy is the ultimate responsibility of the
Residents rights and privacy - Correct Answer: If a healthcare organization provides an alert residents
medical records to a family member without the residents consent, which key component of HIPPA does
this violate?
Medicaid - Correct Answer: Which government program has a means test and provides healthcare
services to the medically indigent?
10.1 - Correct Answer: An administrator has 198 staff members on the payroll for august, 196 for
September and 200 for October. Twenty staff members have resigned or been terminated during this
three-month period. What is the turnover rate for this quarter
, Tailored to a healthcare organizations unique circumstances - Correct Answer: A disaster plan should be
Has been determined by a court of law to have mistreated care recipients - Correct Answer: A
healthcare organization may not employ an individual who
a) Is not on the state registry
b) Has been found guilty of cashing checks without sufficient funds
c) Has been charged with domestic abuse
d) Has been determined by a court of law to have mistreated care recipients
Change employee behavior - Correct Answer: The purpose of employee discipline is to
Develop a written orientation and training program to inform employees of the risks - Correct Answer: If
hazardous materials are located within a healthcare organization, the healthcare organization must
a) Instruct employees to store these hazards as far away from care recipient areas as possible
b) Develop a policy to prohibit hazardous materials from being located within care recipient areas
c) Evacuate the healthcare organization until these hazards are removed
d) Develop a written orientation and training program to inform employees of the risks
Enable the care recipient to live to his or her fullest potential - Correct Answer: The goal of all
rehabilitation is to
a) Attempt to return the care recipient to the former level of functioning