NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR
COMPREHENSIVE UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔When must a patients money be returned if they expire? - ✔✔30 days after death.
✔✔When must prepaid room and board be returned upon discharge? - ✔✔Within 2
weeks
✔✔Are nurses progress notes necessary? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔How long must a bed be held should a patient go to an acute care facility? - ✔✔7
Days
✔✔What is the minimum amount of light required for reading in a patient room? - ✔✔30
ft candles
✔✔What is the minimum amount of light required in nonreading areas of patient room? -
✔✔20 ft. candles
✔✔How often must drinking water be tested? - ✔✔Every 3 Months
,✔✔How often must Ice be tested? - ✔✔Every Month
✔✔What is the minimum width of handicap parking spaces? - ✔✔13 Feet
✔✔What is the acceptable height range for hand rails? - ✔✔34 Inches to 38 inches high
✔✔What is the maximum height of the bottom of the window in a patient room? - ✔✔36
Inches
✔✔Curtains must be how many inches below fire sprinklers? - ✔✔18 Inches
✔✔How often must the autoclave be tested? - ✔✔Monthly
✔✔How often must the autoclave thermometer be tested? - ✔✔Weekly
✔✔When must DHS (Department of Health Services) be notified of construction? -
✔✔Within 5 Days
✔✔Hot water for resident use must be how hot? - ✔✔Between 105F and 120F
✔✔A warning sign must be posted if water from a faucet is over what temperature? -
✔✔125F (Sign must be at least 2 inch high letters)
✔✔When must a C.N.A.'s training be completed? - ✔✔Within 4 months
✔✔How many wires per square inch must a bug screen have? - ✔✔16 Wires per
square inch
✔✔How often must residents be weighed? - ✔✔Monthly
✔✔When must an admission evaluation be performed? - ✔✔From 5 days prior to 48
hours after admission.
✔✔What documentation is required for the HVAC system? - ✔✔Written Manual
✔✔Drugs brought into the building must be checked by? - ✔✔Physician and Pharmacist
✔✔What is the minimum RN hours in a day? - ✔✔8 Hours
✔✔What Medicare info must be posted on the facility info board? - ✔✔Medicare fraud
unit contact info
, ✔✔During survey what three items do surveyors review? - ✔✔Facility Characteristics,
QI profile, Resident Level Summary
✔✔What is the penalty if not in compliance with surveyors in 3 months? - ✔✔No
payment on new admits
✔✔What is the penalty if not in compliance with surveyors in 6 months? - ✔✔23 Day
fast track to termination
✔✔How must no contest citations be handled? - ✔✔Pay 25% in 4 days
✔✔How are the temperatures of pipes regulated? - ✔✔Title 24
✔✔What type of equipment requires a 3 prong hospital grade plug? - ✔✔Oxygen
Equipment
✔✔Which type of survey follows a standard survey? - ✔✔Extended Survey
✔✔What entity must approve the conversion a utility room to an office? - ✔✔DHS
(Department of Health Services)
✔✔What items must be present if storing non-legend (not ordered by prescriber) drugs
at bedside? - ✔✔Original Container, Recorded in Chart, Record of Amount
✔✔Who acts as the liaison between the administrator and the physicians? - ✔✔Medical
Director
✔✔What is the isolation bed ratio? - ✔✔0.0659722222222222
✔✔Who dictates the administrative policy and procedures for a facility? - ✔✔The
Governing Body
✔✔Who makes up the PCP committee? - ✔✔DON, Activities Director, Administrator,
Pharmacist and at least one Physician
✔✔Should power from the grid fail the generator must come on in how many second? -
✔✔10 Seconds
✔✔How long must a generator be able to provide power to the building? - ✔✔6 Hours
✔✔How many beds must a facility have to require an RN at all times who is not the
DON? - ✔✔100+ beds
COMPREHENSIVE UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔When must a patients money be returned if they expire? - ✔✔30 days after death.
✔✔When must prepaid room and board be returned upon discharge? - ✔✔Within 2
weeks
✔✔Are nurses progress notes necessary? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔How long must a bed be held should a patient go to an acute care facility? - ✔✔7
Days
✔✔What is the minimum amount of light required for reading in a patient room? - ✔✔30
ft candles
✔✔What is the minimum amount of light required in nonreading areas of patient room? -
✔✔20 ft. candles
✔✔How often must drinking water be tested? - ✔✔Every 3 Months
,✔✔How often must Ice be tested? - ✔✔Every Month
✔✔What is the minimum width of handicap parking spaces? - ✔✔13 Feet
✔✔What is the acceptable height range for hand rails? - ✔✔34 Inches to 38 inches high
✔✔What is the maximum height of the bottom of the window in a patient room? - ✔✔36
Inches
✔✔Curtains must be how many inches below fire sprinklers? - ✔✔18 Inches
✔✔How often must the autoclave be tested? - ✔✔Monthly
✔✔How often must the autoclave thermometer be tested? - ✔✔Weekly
✔✔When must DHS (Department of Health Services) be notified of construction? -
✔✔Within 5 Days
✔✔Hot water for resident use must be how hot? - ✔✔Between 105F and 120F
✔✔A warning sign must be posted if water from a faucet is over what temperature? -
✔✔125F (Sign must be at least 2 inch high letters)
✔✔When must a C.N.A.'s training be completed? - ✔✔Within 4 months
✔✔How many wires per square inch must a bug screen have? - ✔✔16 Wires per
square inch
✔✔How often must residents be weighed? - ✔✔Monthly
✔✔When must an admission evaluation be performed? - ✔✔From 5 days prior to 48
hours after admission.
✔✔What documentation is required for the HVAC system? - ✔✔Written Manual
✔✔Drugs brought into the building must be checked by? - ✔✔Physician and Pharmacist
✔✔What is the minimum RN hours in a day? - ✔✔8 Hours
✔✔What Medicare info must be posted on the facility info board? - ✔✔Medicare fraud
unit contact info
, ✔✔During survey what three items do surveyors review? - ✔✔Facility Characteristics,
QI profile, Resident Level Summary
✔✔What is the penalty if not in compliance with surveyors in 3 months? - ✔✔No
payment on new admits
✔✔What is the penalty if not in compliance with surveyors in 6 months? - ✔✔23 Day
fast track to termination
✔✔How must no contest citations be handled? - ✔✔Pay 25% in 4 days
✔✔How are the temperatures of pipes regulated? - ✔✔Title 24
✔✔What type of equipment requires a 3 prong hospital grade plug? - ✔✔Oxygen
Equipment
✔✔Which type of survey follows a standard survey? - ✔✔Extended Survey
✔✔What entity must approve the conversion a utility room to an office? - ✔✔DHS
(Department of Health Services)
✔✔What items must be present if storing non-legend (not ordered by prescriber) drugs
at bedside? - ✔✔Original Container, Recorded in Chart, Record of Amount
✔✔Who acts as the liaison between the administrator and the physicians? - ✔✔Medical
Director
✔✔What is the isolation bed ratio? - ✔✔0.0659722222222222
✔✔Who dictates the administrative policy and procedures for a facility? - ✔✔The
Governing Body
✔✔Who makes up the PCP committee? - ✔✔DON, Activities Director, Administrator,
Pharmacist and at least one Physician
✔✔Should power from the grid fail the generator must come on in how many second? -
✔✔10 Seconds
✔✔How long must a generator be able to provide power to the building? - ✔✔6 Hours
✔✔How many beds must a facility have to require an RN at all times who is not the
DON? - ✔✔100+ beds
