RCAL NAB ADMINISTRATOR EVALUATION TEST
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔culture change movement - ✔✔a person-centered philosophy that creates a more
homelike environment for residents of a nursing facility; culture change involves
providing individuals with privacy and the ability to make choices similar to what they
would experience were they living in their own homes
✔✔Transformational Leadership - ✔✔typically inspire staff through effective
communication and by creating an environment of intellectual stimulation.
✔✔Transactional Leadership - ✔✔focused on group organisation, establishing a clear
chain of command and implementing a carrot-and-stick approach to management
activities.
✔✔servant leadership - ✔✔prefer power-sharing models of authority, prioritising the
needs of their team and encouraging collective decision-making.
✔✔autocratic leadership - ✔✔significant control over staff and rarely consider worker
suggestions or share power.
✔✔laissez-faire leadership - ✔✔allows the group to function more or less on its own
✔✔democratic leadership - ✔✔A form of leadership in which the leader solicits input
from subordinates.
✔✔Beurocratic Leadership - ✔✔most often implemented in highly regulated or
administrative environments, where adherence to the rules and a defined hierarchy are
important.
✔✔Charasmatic Leadership - ✔✔Personality and charm>external power or authority;
not listening to a person because they have to but because they actually want to; Often
lose focus on something they are passionate about; Use their influence of others for
problem solving, crisis, or perceived injustice. Often they experience early success.
,(Characteristics): Self confident, effective communication skills, and desire to influence
others to accept their beliefs
✔✔Situational Leadership - ✔✔utilize a range of different styles depending on the
environment.
✔✔Power of Attorney (POA) - ✔✔legal document in which one person appoints another
person to act as an agent on his or her behalf
✔✔healthcare power of attorney - ✔✔also known as Durable Power of Attorney for
Healthcare; a document that designates someone else (known as a healthcare
surrogate, agent, or proxy) to make decisions on the patient's behalf if he or she is
unable to do so.
✔✔living will - ✔✔A document that indicates what medical intervention an individual
wants if he or she becomes incapable of expressing those wishes.
✔✔Omsbudsman - ✔✔an official appointed to investigate individuals' complaints
against maladministration, especially that of public authorities.
✔✔Personal Representative - ✔✔person who represents and administers the estate of
deceased persons; executor and/or administrator of an estate.
✔✔proxy decision maker - ✔✔the advocate for a patient who isn't competent to make
decisions about his or her own medical care
✔✔surrogate decision maker - ✔✔a person designated by a patient to make health care
decisions as the patient would want when the patient becomes incapable of making
decisions
✔✔legal representation - ✔✔lawyer
✔✔Guardian appointed order - ✔✔a person, association or corporation appointed by a
probate court to be legally responsible for an incompetent person and/or the person's
property.
✔✔self-determination act - ✔✔Passed in 1991, and gave patients the right to make
health care decisions on entering the hospital. It is now referred as advance directive.
✔✔Oregon Death with Dignity Act of 1994 - ✔✔Allows a terminally ill Oregon resident to
obtain a lethal dose of medication from his or her physician.
✔✔advance directives - ✔✔A legal document designed to indicate a person's wishes
regarding care in case of a terminal illness or during the dying process
, ✔✔healthcare power of attorney - ✔✔also known as Durable Power of Attorney for
Healthcare; a document that designates someone else (known as a healthcare
surrogate, agent, or proxy) to make decisions on the patient's behalf if he or she is
unable to do so.
✔✔DNR (do not resuscitate) - ✔✔an order that tells medical professionals not to
perform CPR
✔✔last will and testament - ✔✔Document disposing of property after one's death
✔✔living trust - ✔✔A trust created by a property owner during his/ her life time for the
purpose of providing financial care for the family or self.
✔✔Right of Survivorship - ✔✔Upon the death of a joint tenant or tenant by the entirety
the interest does not pass to the tenant's heirs but to the other join tenant(s).
✔✔Appointment of Executor Clause - ✔✔A clause in a will that identifies the executor
and any successor executor. This clause may also define the extent of the executor's
powers and may grant specific or general powers.
✔✔medical order for life-sustaining treatment (MOLST) form - ✔✔a medical order
indicating a patient's wishes regarding treatments commonly used in a medical crisis
✔✔Depression - ✔✔One of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses in the
elderly.
✔✔Person-centered Care - ✔✔a philosophical approach to nursing home care that
honors and respects the voice of elders and those working closest with them; it involves
a continuing process of listening, trying new things, seeing how they work, and
changing things in an effort to individualize care and de-institutionalize the nursing
home environment.
✔✔Consumer-Directed model - ✔✔Is a Person-centered Care that has transformed
from an institutional model of care
✔✔delirium - ✔✔an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication,
and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of
thought and speech.
✔✔Ethics - ✔✔the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making
decisions
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔culture change movement - ✔✔a person-centered philosophy that creates a more
homelike environment for residents of a nursing facility; culture change involves
providing individuals with privacy and the ability to make choices similar to what they
would experience were they living in their own homes
✔✔Transformational Leadership - ✔✔typically inspire staff through effective
communication and by creating an environment of intellectual stimulation.
✔✔Transactional Leadership - ✔✔focused on group organisation, establishing a clear
chain of command and implementing a carrot-and-stick approach to management
activities.
✔✔servant leadership - ✔✔prefer power-sharing models of authority, prioritising the
needs of their team and encouraging collective decision-making.
✔✔autocratic leadership - ✔✔significant control over staff and rarely consider worker
suggestions or share power.
✔✔laissez-faire leadership - ✔✔allows the group to function more or less on its own
✔✔democratic leadership - ✔✔A form of leadership in which the leader solicits input
from subordinates.
✔✔Beurocratic Leadership - ✔✔most often implemented in highly regulated or
administrative environments, where adherence to the rules and a defined hierarchy are
important.
✔✔Charasmatic Leadership - ✔✔Personality and charm>external power or authority;
not listening to a person because they have to but because they actually want to; Often
lose focus on something they are passionate about; Use their influence of others for
problem solving, crisis, or perceived injustice. Often they experience early success.
,(Characteristics): Self confident, effective communication skills, and desire to influence
others to accept their beliefs
✔✔Situational Leadership - ✔✔utilize a range of different styles depending on the
environment.
✔✔Power of Attorney (POA) - ✔✔legal document in which one person appoints another
person to act as an agent on his or her behalf
✔✔healthcare power of attorney - ✔✔also known as Durable Power of Attorney for
Healthcare; a document that designates someone else (known as a healthcare
surrogate, agent, or proxy) to make decisions on the patient's behalf if he or she is
unable to do so.
✔✔living will - ✔✔A document that indicates what medical intervention an individual
wants if he or she becomes incapable of expressing those wishes.
✔✔Omsbudsman - ✔✔an official appointed to investigate individuals' complaints
against maladministration, especially that of public authorities.
✔✔Personal Representative - ✔✔person who represents and administers the estate of
deceased persons; executor and/or administrator of an estate.
✔✔proxy decision maker - ✔✔the advocate for a patient who isn't competent to make
decisions about his or her own medical care
✔✔surrogate decision maker - ✔✔a person designated by a patient to make health care
decisions as the patient would want when the patient becomes incapable of making
decisions
✔✔legal representation - ✔✔lawyer
✔✔Guardian appointed order - ✔✔a person, association or corporation appointed by a
probate court to be legally responsible for an incompetent person and/or the person's
property.
✔✔self-determination act - ✔✔Passed in 1991, and gave patients the right to make
health care decisions on entering the hospital. It is now referred as advance directive.
✔✔Oregon Death with Dignity Act of 1994 - ✔✔Allows a terminally ill Oregon resident to
obtain a lethal dose of medication from his or her physician.
✔✔advance directives - ✔✔A legal document designed to indicate a person's wishes
regarding care in case of a terminal illness or during the dying process
, ✔✔healthcare power of attorney - ✔✔also known as Durable Power of Attorney for
Healthcare; a document that designates someone else (known as a healthcare
surrogate, agent, or proxy) to make decisions on the patient's behalf if he or she is
unable to do so.
✔✔DNR (do not resuscitate) - ✔✔an order that tells medical professionals not to
perform CPR
✔✔last will and testament - ✔✔Document disposing of property after one's death
✔✔living trust - ✔✔A trust created by a property owner during his/ her life time for the
purpose of providing financial care for the family or self.
✔✔Right of Survivorship - ✔✔Upon the death of a joint tenant or tenant by the entirety
the interest does not pass to the tenant's heirs but to the other join tenant(s).
✔✔Appointment of Executor Clause - ✔✔A clause in a will that identifies the executor
and any successor executor. This clause may also define the extent of the executor's
powers and may grant specific or general powers.
✔✔medical order for life-sustaining treatment (MOLST) form - ✔✔a medical order
indicating a patient's wishes regarding treatments commonly used in a medical crisis
✔✔Depression - ✔✔One of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses in the
elderly.
✔✔Person-centered Care - ✔✔a philosophical approach to nursing home care that
honors and respects the voice of elders and those working closest with them; it involves
a continuing process of listening, trying new things, seeing how they work, and
changing things in an effort to individualize care and de-institutionalize the nursing
home environment.
✔✔Consumer-Directed model - ✔✔Is a Person-centered Care that has transformed
from an institutional model of care
✔✔delirium - ✔✔an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication,
and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of
thought and speech.
✔✔Ethics - ✔✔the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making
decisions
