NJ CALA
Newest Version Questions with Answers
1. Aging in Place - Answer>>-A process whereby individuals remain
in their living environment despite the physical and/mental decline
and growing needs for supportive services that may occur in the
course of aging.
2. ADLs (Activity of Daily Living) - Answer>>-The functions or
tasks for self-care, which are performed either independently or
with supervision or assistance, such as: dressing, bathing, toileting,
transfer, locomotion, bed mobility, and eating.
3. Assisted Living - Answer>>-A coordinated array of supportive
personal and health services 24 hours per day, to residents who
have been assessed to need these services including persons who
require nursing home level care. It promotes resident self direction
and participation in decisions that emphasize independence,
individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.
4. Bounded Choice - Answer>>-Limits places on a resident's choice
as a result of an assessment, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-
5.18, which indicates that such resident's choices or preference
place the resident or others at a risk of harm or lead to
consequences which violate the norms of the facility or program or
the rights of others.
5. CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home) - Answer>>-A
facility which is licensed by the Department of Health and Senior
Services to provide room and board and to assure that assisted
living services are available when needed, to four or more adults
unrelated to the proprietor. Residential units in this type of facility
have no more than two residents and have a lockable door on the
unit entrance.
,6. CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - Answer>>-A
facility that has received a certificate of authority pursuant to the
_________ and Financial Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et
seq.
7. Customized Resident Medication Package - Answer>>-A unit-of-
use package prepared by a pharmacist for a specific resident
comprising a series of containers and containing two or more
prescribed sold oral dosage forms, and so designed or labeled as to
indicate the day and time, or period of time, that the contents
within each container are to be taken.
8. Guardian - Answer>>-A person appointed by a court of competent
jurisdiction to handle the affairs and protect the rights of any
resident of the facility who has been declared a mental
incompetent. This does not include a person affiliated with the
facility, its operations or personnel, unless so ordered by the court.
9. Health Care Service - Answer>>-Any service provided to a
resident of an assisted living or comprehensive personal care home
that is ordered by a physician and required to be provided or
delegated by a licensed, registered or certified health care
professional.
10. Hospice - Answer>>-A program of palliative and supportive
services provided to terminally ill persons and their families in the
form of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care.
11. Managed Risk - Answer>>-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.
12. Manage Risk Agreement - Answer>>-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.
13. Medication Administration - Answer>>-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.
14. Process of Medication Administration - Answer>>-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.
15. Dignity - Answer>>-The self-worth of a resident.
16. Independence - Answer>>-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.
, 17. Individuality - Answer>>-Each resident's unique needs,
capabilities, personalities, backgrounds and preferences.
18. MAR (Medication Administration Record) - Answer>>-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.
19. 30-hour - Answer>>-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.
20. Nursing Home-Level Care - Answer>>-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.
21. Pain Management - Answer>>-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
Newest Version Questions with Answers
1. Aging in Place - Answer>>-A process whereby individuals remain
in their living environment despite the physical and/mental decline
and growing needs for supportive services that may occur in the
course of aging.
2. ADLs (Activity of Daily Living) - Answer>>-The functions or
tasks for self-care, which are performed either independently or
with supervision or assistance, such as: dressing, bathing, toileting,
transfer, locomotion, bed mobility, and eating.
3. Assisted Living - Answer>>-A coordinated array of supportive
personal and health services 24 hours per day, to residents who
have been assessed to need these services including persons who
require nursing home level care. It promotes resident self direction
and participation in decisions that emphasize independence,
individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.
4. Bounded Choice - Answer>>-Limits places on a resident's choice
as a result of an assessment, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-
5.18, which indicates that such resident's choices or preference
place the resident or others at a risk of harm or lead to
consequences which violate the norms of the facility or program or
the rights of others.
5. CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home) - Answer>>-A
facility which is licensed by the Department of Health and Senior
Services to provide room and board and to assure that assisted
living services are available when needed, to four or more adults
unrelated to the proprietor. Residential units in this type of facility
have no more than two residents and have a lockable door on the
unit entrance.
,6. CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - Answer>>-A
facility that has received a certificate of authority pursuant to the
_________ and Financial Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et
seq.
7. Customized Resident Medication Package - Answer>>-A unit-of-
use package prepared by a pharmacist for a specific resident
comprising a series of containers and containing two or more
prescribed sold oral dosage forms, and so designed or labeled as to
indicate the day and time, or period of time, that the contents
within each container are to be taken.
8. Guardian - Answer>>-A person appointed by a court of competent
jurisdiction to handle the affairs and protect the rights of any
resident of the facility who has been declared a mental
incompetent. This does not include a person affiliated with the
facility, its operations or personnel, unless so ordered by the court.
9. Health Care Service - Answer>>-Any service provided to a
resident of an assisted living or comprehensive personal care home
that is ordered by a physician and required to be provided or
delegated by a licensed, registered or certified health care
professional.
10. Hospice - Answer>>-A program of palliative and supportive
services provided to terminally ill persons and their families in the
form of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care.
11. Managed Risk - Answer>>-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.
12. Manage Risk Agreement - Answer>>-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.
13. Medication Administration - Answer>>-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.
14. Process of Medication Administration - Answer>>-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.
15. Dignity - Answer>>-The self-worth of a resident.
16. Independence - Answer>>-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.
, 17. Individuality - Answer>>-Each resident's unique needs,
capabilities, personalities, backgrounds and preferences.
18. MAR (Medication Administration Record) - Answer>>-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.
19. 30-hour - Answer>>-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.
20. Nursing Home-Level Care - Answer>>-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.
21. Pain Management - Answer>>-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
