Abacus College, Oxford

Who is responsible for the national licensure examination for nursing home administrators? A. NHAP B. CAHF C. NAB D. PES - C. NAB What is the crucial element for doing well on the examination? A. Sound knowledge of federal regs. B. Sound understanding of state and fed regs. C. Memorizing the pertinent study material. D. Sound understanding of task required of an administrator and knowledge and skills needed to perform that task. - D. Sound understanding of task required of an administr...

n the case of non-Medicare Part A residents, the initial resident assessment must be completed: 1. Within 10 days of admission 2. Within 14 days of admission 3. Within the first week of admission 4. Prior to formally admitting the resident - 2. Within 14 days of admission According to the federal certification standards, the QA committee is required to meet? - Quarterly A resident is admitted to a nursing home that has been certified as a SNF only. What is not required to be adhered to by ...

Gerontologists Categories - How is Young-Old Defined? - 65 to 74 years old Gerontologists Categories - How is Old-Old Defined? - 75 to 84 years old Gerontologists Categories - How is Oldest-Old Defined? - Over 85 + years old The morning meal must be served within how many hours after the previous meal? - 14 Hours, if the required evening snack is substantial and the resident approves 16 hours may elapse A full time social worker is required if the facility has more than how many beds? - 120...

research - Systematic, rigorous, critical investigation. Quantitative and qualitative. Study findings used to inform clinical decisions. EBP - The collection, interpretation, and integration of valid research evidence, combined with clinical expertise and an understanding of patient and family values and preferences to inform clinical decision making. Synthesis of literature. QI - Systematic use of data to monitor outcomes of care processes. - design and test changes in practice - improv...

adult male water composition - 60% adult female water composition - 50% neonate water composition - 70% intracellular fluid - 2/3 of total body water extracellular fluid - 1/3 of total body water interstitial + intravascular Osmosis - movement of water across a semipermeable membrane osmole - unit used to express osm

Symptoms of mild losses of potassium - ASYMPTOMATIC <3.5mEq/L 1st line of defense in the body - the skin What activates the mast cells - Direct contact with foreign object -Chemokines -Molecules released by invading bacteria Severe loss of Potassium symptoms - -Decreased neuromuscular excitability→ skeletal muscle weakness, smooth muscle atony, and cardiac dysrhythmias -Faster that K is depleted→ paralysis and respiratory arrest occurs -Chronic loss >1 month→ damage

Historical Fiction - -Set in particular historical periods (VW Orlando) *Picaresque: episodic adventures of rogue protagonist (Don Quixote) *Gothic: reaction against 18c rationalism, horror, mystery, superstition, madness, revenge, supernatural (Frankenstein) *Psychological: 17c France, character's motivations (Flaubert Madame Bovary) Novels of Manners - -Stories that observe, explore, analyze the social behaviors of a specific time/place -Descriptions of society w defined behavioral co...

Symptoms of cervical myelopathy - wide/ataxic gait, stiff/painful neck with dec ROM (extension), hyperreflexic below lesion, impaired fine motor skills, UE paresthesias, + babinksi/hoffman ABI of 1.4< - calcification ABI of 1.0-1.4 - normal ABI 0.8-0.9 - some arterial disease ABI 0.5-0.8 - moderate arterial disease ABI <0.5 - severe arterial disease Signs of angioma - bright red spot wi

Preview - Holding a performance outside of the actual production venue in order to solicit ideas for improving a show before its opening. Foreshadowing - Foreshadowing hints to the audience what will happen later on in the play. Two examples include Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. Hedda commits suicide in the play and plays with a gun in a earlier scene. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the witches speak in rhyme about events to come. An early form of Greco-Roman comedy called "mime." - Actors c...

an acute illness - a sudden illness from which a person should recover who has the most authority in a nursing service department - director of nursing a hospice is - a health care agency or program for persons who are dying the intentional mistreatment or harm of another person is - abuse threatening to touch a persons body without the persons consent is - assault unlawful restraint or restriction of a persons movement is - false imprisonment how many hours of instruction for nursing assi...