NAB EXAM - NHA LOS EXAM 1 2024 DUE 10TH OCTOBER.

NAB EXAM - NHA LOS EXAM 1 2024
DUE 10TH OCTOBER.

OccupancyloflFacilitylAlhaslbeenlalsteadyl70%lsincelthelPatientlDrivenlPaymentlModell(PD
PM)lwaslintroduced.lTwolweekslago,lalnewl120-
bed,lequallylequippedlfacilitylopenedlseverallblockslaway.lThelFacilitylAladministratorltellslt
heladmissionslcounselorltolcontinuelthelusuallrecruitmentlapproach.lThelchainlownersloug
htltol_____.
A.lRestlcomfortably
B.lSeeklalnewladministrator
C.lAppointlalnewladmissionslcounselor
D.lTakelnolactionl-lCORRECTlANSWER-B.lSeeklalnewladministrator.

Theladministratorlfailsltolanticipatelthatltheloccupancylrateloflthelfacilitylisllikelyltolfalllandltha
t,linlanylcase,lwithlthelnewlcompetitionlalnewlapproachltoladmissionslwilllmostllikelylbelnece
ssary.lTheladministratorlislfailingltolreactlappropriatelyltolchangeslinlthelenvironmentlthatlwi
llllikelylimpactlthelfacility.

ThelnurselnewlylpromotedltoldirectorloflnursinglinsistslonlpersonallylgivinglfourlRNlhoursloflr
esidentlcareleachldaylonlthelAlzheimer'slwinglinlthel175-
bedlfacility.lTheladministratorlshouldl_____.
A.lPraiselthelnewldirectorloflnursinglforltheirlresidentlcenteredness
B.lAppointlanlassistantldirectorloflnursing
C.lAdaptltheljobldescriptionltolfitltheldirectorloflnursing'slpattern
D.lSeeklalnewldirectorloflnursingl-lCORRECTlANSWER-D.lSeeklalnewldirectorloflnursing.

TheldirectorloflnursinglfailsltolunderstandlthatlusinglexpensivelRNlhourslwhenllesslexpensiv
ellicensedlpracticallnursel(LPN)landlcertifiedlnurse'slassistantl(CNA)lhourslarelthelindustryl
standardlwilllbelunsustainablylexpensivelforlthelfacility.lAdditionally,ltheldirectorloflnursingli
slnotlaldirectlcarelrole,landltheirltimelshouldlbelspentlinlotherlapplicablelareaslforltheirlpositio
n.

Thelnewlylhiredlassistantltoltheladministratorlinsistslthatlthelorganizationallchartldottedllinel
betweenlthislpositionlandlthelDepartmentloflNursinglshouldlbelalsolidlline.lTheladministrator
lshouldl_____.

A.lAgreelinlgeneral
B.lAgreeltolthislspeciallcase
C.lAskltheldirectorloflnursinglforltheirlopinion
D.lBelforewarnedl-lCORRECTlANSWER-D.lBelforewarned.

Theldirectorloflnursinglnormallylreportsldirectlyltoltheladministrator.lThelassistantladministr
atorlwantsltoolmuchlpowerlorldoeslnotlunderstandlhowlnormallnursinglfacilitieslfunction

, Thelnursinglfacilityladministratorlwho,lusinglthelleadershiplbylwalkinglaroundl(LBWA)ltechn
ique,lsucceedslinlmakinglappropriatelcorrectionslonlthelspotlduringltheirlroundsl_____.
A.lIsleffectivelylimplementinglthelconcept
B.lGainsladditionallpowerlthroughlthelprocess
C.lExhibitslappropriatelleadership
D.lDoeslnotlunderstandlLBWAl-lCORRECTlANSWER-D.lDoeslnotlunderstandlLBWA.

Itlislnormallylbetterltolgolthroughlthelchainloflcommandlandlletlthelemployees'limmediatelsu
pervisorlrequestlthelcorrections.

Whenltheladministratorlnoticeslthatltheldirectorloflnursinglseeksltolturnlaslmanyldutieslaslpo
ssibleloverltolhousekeeping,ltheladministratorlshouldlconcludelthatltheldirectorloflnursinglisl
_____.
A.lBehavinglnormally,lbutlworthylofloversight
B,lHoldinglalgrudgelagainstlhousekeeping
C.lUnwillingltolbelcooperative
D.lWieldinglpowerldesirablyl-lCORRECTlANSWER-
A.lBehavinglnormally,lbutlworthylofloversight.

Itlislnormallforlthelvariousldepartmentslsuchlaslnursing,lhousekeeping,landldietaryltolseeklt
ol"turnlover"laslmuchlworkltolotherldepartmentslasltheylcan.

Theladministratorlnoticeslthatlincidentlreportslarelbeinglinsufficientlylfilledlout,lbutldoeslnoth
ing,lbelievinglthatlthelsituationlwillllikelylcorrectlitself.lTheladministratorlisl_____.
A.lPracticingleffectivelcontrol
B.lLikelyltolbelcorrect
C.lFailingltolcontrolleffectively
D.lRightltolmonitorlthelsituationlforlalperiodl-lCORRECTlANSWER-
C.lFailingltolcontrolleffectively.

Correctlylfilled-
outlincidentlreportslarelalmustlforlthelfacilitylandlthislsituationlislnotllikelyltol"correctlitself"lwit
houtltheladministrator'slactivelintervention.lThislislalverylsignificantlarealoflconcernlandlcanl
quicklylleadltolimmediateljeopardyllevellcitationslshouldlitlremainluncorrected.

Theladministratorloflalnursinglfacilitylmustlorganizelthel_____landl_____lavailableltolbestlm
eetlthelneedsloflthelresidents.
A.lCare/staffing
B.lStaffing/employees
C.lEmployees/resources
D.lResources/financesl-lCORRECTlANSWER-D.lResources/finances.

Theladministratorlmustlbelcapableloflorganizinglresourceslandlfinanceslsolthatlthelneedslofl
thelresidentslcanlbelmet.lThelresourceslincludeleverythinglthatlalfacilityldoeslorloffers.lThelfi