Mississippi Nursing Home Administrator
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Food Supply - CORRECT ANSWER - ________________ of perishable foods for at least
a (24) hour period and or non-perishable foods for a (3) day period shall be on the premises to
meet the requirements of the planned menus. The non-perishable foods shall consist of
commercial type processed foods.
Codes and Ordinances - CORRECT ANSWER - Every facility located inside the
boundaries of a municipality shall comply with all local municipal
____________________________ applicable thereto. In addition, each facility shall comply
with all applicable state and federal laws.
Fire Safety - CORRECT ANSWER - No facility may be licensed until it shows
conformance to the safety regulations providing minimum standards for prevention and detection
of fire as well as for protection of life and property against fire.
Duty to Report - CORRECT ANSWER - All fires, explosions, natural disasters as well as
avoidable deaths or avoidable, serious, or life-threatening injuries to residents resulting from
fires, explosions, and natural disasters is a ___________________ by telephone to the Life
Safety Code Division of the licensing agency by the next working day after the occurrence.
The term "administrator - CORRECT ANSWER - The ______________ shall mean a
person who is delegated the responsibility for the interpretation, implementation, and proper
application of policies and programs established by the governing authority and are delegated
responsibility for the establishment of safe and effective administrative management, control,
and operation of the services provided. The administrator may be titled manager, superintendent,
director, or otherwise
Bed Capacity - CORRECT ANSWER - __________________ is largest number which
can be installed or set up in a facility at any given time for use of residents, as printed on the
certificate of licensure.
,Bed Count - CORRECT ANSWER - ________________ is the number of beds that are
actually installed or set up for residents in a facility at a given time
Change of Ownership - CORRECT ANSWER - This happens
___________________________ when an entity acquires a majority interest (Fifty percent
[50%] or more) of the facility or services, which includes, but is not limited to, intervivos gifts,
purchases, transfers, leases, cash and/or stock transactions or other comparable arrangements
whenever the person acquires 50% or more.
Affidavit - CORRECT ANSWER - An ___________ is the use of Mississippi State
Department of Health (MSDH) Form #210, or a copy thereof, which shall be placed in the
individual's personal file.
Employee - CORRECT ANSWER - An _________________, shall mean any individual
employed by a covered entity, also includes any individual who by contract with the covered
entity provides direct patient care in a patient's, resident's, or client's room or in treatment rooms.
Covered Entity - CORRECT ANSWER - A _______________________ means a licensed
entity or a healthcare professional staffing agency.
Licensed Entity - CORRECT ANSWER - A ___________________ is a hospital, nursing
home, personal care home, home health agency or hospice.
Health Care Professional/Vocational Technical Academic Program - CORRECT
ANSWER - A ____________________________purpose is to prepare professionals to
render patient care services in medicine, nursing, dentistry, occupational therapy, physical
therapy, social services, speech therapy, or other allied-health professional.
Health Care Professional/Vocational Technical Student - CORRECT ANSWER - This
person, _____________, is enrolled in a healthcare professional/vocational technical academic
program.
,Direct Patient Care or Services - CORRECT ANSWER -
___________________________ means direct hands-on medical patient care and services
provided by an individual in a patient's, resident's or client's room, treatment room or recovery
room. Individuals providing direct patient care may be directly employed by the facility or
provides patient care on a contractual basis.
Documented Disciplinary Action - CORRECT ANSWER - ____________________
means any action taken against an employee for abuse or neglect of a patient.
Day Shift - CORRECT ANSWER - _______________ is a minimum of eight (8) hour
period between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m
Dentist - CORRECT ANSWER - ________________ is a person currently licensed to
practice dentistry in Mississippi by the State Board of Dental Examiners
Dietitian - CORRECT ANSWER - ___________ is a person who is licensed as a dietitian
in the State of Mississippi, or a Registered Dietitian exempted from licensure by statute
Existing Facility - CORRECT ANSWER - _______________ is a facility that has
obtained licensure prior to the adoption of these regulations
Governing Authority - CORRECT ANSWER - A _____________________ are owner(s),
Board of Governors, Board of Trustees, or any other comparable body duly organized and
constituted for the purpose of owning, acquiring, constructing, equipping, operating and/or
maintaining a facility, and exercising control over the internal affairs of said facility
Infectious Medical Waste - CORRECT ANSWER - ____________________________
includes solid or liquid wastes which may contain pathogens with sufficient virulence and
quantity such that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host has been proven to result in an
infectious disease.
Infectious - CORRECT ANSWER - _____________ Medical Wastes resulting from the
care of residents and animals who have
, 1. Class I and (or) II diseases that are transmitted by blood and body fluid,
2. Cultures and stocks of infectious agents; including specimen cultures collected from medical
and pathological laboratories,
3. Blood and blood products such as serum, plasma, and other blood components, and
4. All discarded sharps (e.g., hypodermic needles, syringes, Pasteur pipettes, broken glass,
scalpel blades) which have come into contact with infectious agents
Institutions for the Aged or Infirm (Facility/ies). - CORRECT ANSWER -
__________________________ a place either governmental or private which provides group
living arrangements for four (4) or more persons who are unrelated to the operator and who are
being provided food, shelter, and personal care whether any such place be organized or operated
for profit or not. also, includes nursing homes, pediatric skilled nursing facilities, psychiatric
residential treatment facilities, convalescent homes and homes for the aged, provided that these
institutions fall within the scope of the definition set forth above
License - CORRECT ANSWER - _______________________ is a document issued by
the licensing agency and signed by the State Health Officer of the Mississippi State Department
of Health. Licensure shall constitute authority to receive residents and perform the services
included within the scope of these rules, regulations, and minimum standards.
Licensed Facility Representative - CORRECT ANSWER - ____________________ is an
employee of the licensed facility (i.e., including, but not limited to, administrator, assistant
administrator, director of nursing, director of social services, and others), as designated by the
administrator of the licensed facility.
Licensed Practical Nurse - CORRECT ANSWER - _____________________________ is
a person who is currently licensed by the Mississippi Board of Nursing as a Licensed Practical
Nurse.
Licensee - CORRECT ANSWER - _______________________ is the person to which the
license is issued and upon whom rests the responsibility for the operation of the institution in
compliance with these rules, regulations, and minimum standards
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Food Supply - CORRECT ANSWER - ________________ of perishable foods for at least
a (24) hour period and or non-perishable foods for a (3) day period shall be on the premises to
meet the requirements of the planned menus. The non-perishable foods shall consist of
commercial type processed foods.
Codes and Ordinances - CORRECT ANSWER - Every facility located inside the
boundaries of a municipality shall comply with all local municipal
____________________________ applicable thereto. In addition, each facility shall comply
with all applicable state and federal laws.
Fire Safety - CORRECT ANSWER - No facility may be licensed until it shows
conformance to the safety regulations providing minimum standards for prevention and detection
of fire as well as for protection of life and property against fire.
Duty to Report - CORRECT ANSWER - All fires, explosions, natural disasters as well as
avoidable deaths or avoidable, serious, or life-threatening injuries to residents resulting from
fires, explosions, and natural disasters is a ___________________ by telephone to the Life
Safety Code Division of the licensing agency by the next working day after the occurrence.
The term "administrator - CORRECT ANSWER - The ______________ shall mean a
person who is delegated the responsibility for the interpretation, implementation, and proper
application of policies and programs established by the governing authority and are delegated
responsibility for the establishment of safe and effective administrative management, control,
and operation of the services provided. The administrator may be titled manager, superintendent,
director, or otherwise
Bed Capacity - CORRECT ANSWER - __________________ is largest number which
can be installed or set up in a facility at any given time for use of residents, as printed on the
certificate of licensure.
,Bed Count - CORRECT ANSWER - ________________ is the number of beds that are
actually installed or set up for residents in a facility at a given time
Change of Ownership - CORRECT ANSWER - This happens
___________________________ when an entity acquires a majority interest (Fifty percent
[50%] or more) of the facility or services, which includes, but is not limited to, intervivos gifts,
purchases, transfers, leases, cash and/or stock transactions or other comparable arrangements
whenever the person acquires 50% or more.
Affidavit - CORRECT ANSWER - An ___________ is the use of Mississippi State
Department of Health (MSDH) Form #210, or a copy thereof, which shall be placed in the
individual's personal file.
Employee - CORRECT ANSWER - An _________________, shall mean any individual
employed by a covered entity, also includes any individual who by contract with the covered
entity provides direct patient care in a patient's, resident's, or client's room or in treatment rooms.
Covered Entity - CORRECT ANSWER - A _______________________ means a licensed
entity or a healthcare professional staffing agency.
Licensed Entity - CORRECT ANSWER - A ___________________ is a hospital, nursing
home, personal care home, home health agency or hospice.
Health Care Professional/Vocational Technical Academic Program - CORRECT
ANSWER - A ____________________________purpose is to prepare professionals to
render patient care services in medicine, nursing, dentistry, occupational therapy, physical
therapy, social services, speech therapy, or other allied-health professional.
Health Care Professional/Vocational Technical Student - CORRECT ANSWER - This
person, _____________, is enrolled in a healthcare professional/vocational technical academic
program.
,Direct Patient Care or Services - CORRECT ANSWER -
___________________________ means direct hands-on medical patient care and services
provided by an individual in a patient's, resident's or client's room, treatment room or recovery
room. Individuals providing direct patient care may be directly employed by the facility or
provides patient care on a contractual basis.
Documented Disciplinary Action - CORRECT ANSWER - ____________________
means any action taken against an employee for abuse or neglect of a patient.
Day Shift - CORRECT ANSWER - _______________ is a minimum of eight (8) hour
period between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m
Dentist - CORRECT ANSWER - ________________ is a person currently licensed to
practice dentistry in Mississippi by the State Board of Dental Examiners
Dietitian - CORRECT ANSWER - ___________ is a person who is licensed as a dietitian
in the State of Mississippi, or a Registered Dietitian exempted from licensure by statute
Existing Facility - CORRECT ANSWER - _______________ is a facility that has
obtained licensure prior to the adoption of these regulations
Governing Authority - CORRECT ANSWER - A _____________________ are owner(s),
Board of Governors, Board of Trustees, or any other comparable body duly organized and
constituted for the purpose of owning, acquiring, constructing, equipping, operating and/or
maintaining a facility, and exercising control over the internal affairs of said facility
Infectious Medical Waste - CORRECT ANSWER - ____________________________
includes solid or liquid wastes which may contain pathogens with sufficient virulence and
quantity such that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host has been proven to result in an
infectious disease.
Infectious - CORRECT ANSWER - _____________ Medical Wastes resulting from the
care of residents and animals who have
, 1. Class I and (or) II diseases that are transmitted by blood and body fluid,
2. Cultures and stocks of infectious agents; including specimen cultures collected from medical
and pathological laboratories,
3. Blood and blood products such as serum, plasma, and other blood components, and
4. All discarded sharps (e.g., hypodermic needles, syringes, Pasteur pipettes, broken glass,
scalpel blades) which have come into contact with infectious agents
Institutions for the Aged or Infirm (Facility/ies). - CORRECT ANSWER -
__________________________ a place either governmental or private which provides group
living arrangements for four (4) or more persons who are unrelated to the operator and who are
being provided food, shelter, and personal care whether any such place be organized or operated
for profit or not. also, includes nursing homes, pediatric skilled nursing facilities, psychiatric
residential treatment facilities, convalescent homes and homes for the aged, provided that these
institutions fall within the scope of the definition set forth above
License - CORRECT ANSWER - _______________________ is a document issued by
the licensing agency and signed by the State Health Officer of the Mississippi State Department
of Health. Licensure shall constitute authority to receive residents and perform the services
included within the scope of these rules, regulations, and minimum standards.
Licensed Facility Representative - CORRECT ANSWER - ____________________ is an
employee of the licensed facility (i.e., including, but not limited to, administrator, assistant
administrator, director of nursing, director of social services, and others), as designated by the
administrator of the licensed facility.
Licensed Practical Nurse - CORRECT ANSWER - _____________________________ is
a person who is currently licensed by the Mississippi Board of Nursing as a Licensed Practical
Nurse.
Licensee - CORRECT ANSWER - _______________________ is the person to which the
license is issued and upon whom rests the responsibility for the operation of the institution in
compliance with these rules, regulations, and minimum standards
