Nursing Home Administration Practice
Exam
1.
When it comes to dining services, professional input from a __________ is required by
Medicare, Medicaid, and many commercial insurers.
A.
Dietary manager
B.
Registered dietitian
C.
Head chef
D.
Culinary expert - ANS-B.
None of the third-party programs listed require input from a dietary manager, head chef, or
culinary expert.
10.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a social worker for a
Medicare-certified skilled nursing facility with more than 120 beds must hold at least a
__________ degree in __________.
A.
Graduate, social work
B.
Associate, social sciences
C.
Bachelor's, social sciences
D.
Bachelor's, social work - ANS-D.
42 CFR 483.15 requires a skilled nursing facility to provide "medically related social services
to attain or maintain the highest practicable resident physical, mental and psychosocial
well-being"; more than 120 beds require a full-time social worker with at least a bachelor's
degree in the discipline.
11.
The current name for the professional association formerly known as the American Medical
Directors Association is the __________.
A.
International Medical Directors Association
B.
Physicians for ElderCare
C.
American Geriatricians Society
D.
Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine - ANS-D.
,The alternate response options are fictional organizations.
12.
The credential that requires a physician to demonstrate knowledge and skills regarding
geriatric medicine and relevant regulatory compliance in long-term care settings is
__________.
A.
Board-certified geriatrician
B.
Certified medical director
C.
Qualified postacute care physician
D.
Advanced geriatric practitioner - ANS-B.
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine developed this credentialing
program in collaboration with professional organizations representing the interests of
physicians specializing in internal medicine, family practice, and geriatrics.
13.
The development of the elements of the QAPI programs was largely supported by the
__________.
A.
Health Service Research
B.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
C.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
D.
Department of Health and Human Services
answer - ANS-C.
As part of the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was
directed to launch a focus on quality best practices that would support improvements in long
term care. They combined the terms "quality assurance" and "performance improvement" to
describe taking a systematic, comprehensive, and data-driven approach to maintaining and
improving safety and quality in nursing homes.
14.
QAPI programs typically target issues concerning comfort, safety, quality, and __________.
A.
Regulatory compliance
B.
Infection control
C.
Disaster preparedness
D.
Life satisfaction - ANS-D.
Life satisfaction is the only response option that is not a subset of one of the three issues
included in the question stem; regulatory compliance and infection control are closely related
to either safety or quality, and disaster preparedness is related to safety.
15.
, An __________ assessment form is completed for each care recipient, regardless of
payment source, upon admission and then periodically.
A.
Individual Service Plan
B.
Minimum Data Set
C.
Outcome and Assessment Information Set
D.
Patient Assessment Instrument - ANS-B.
The Minimum Data Set is required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the
skilled nursing facility setting.
16.
Each of the following describes a section of the Minimum Data Set except __________.
A.
Cardiovascular system
B.
Functional status
C.
Mood
D.
Restraints - ANS-A.
The Minimum Data Set has 21 sections; all three of the other response options are section
titles.
17.
The patient assessment tool used in a Medicare-certified inpatient rehabilitation facility is
known as the __________.
A.
Minimum data set
B.
Patient Assessment Instrument
C.
Outcome and Assessment Information Set
D.
Individual Service Plan - ANS-B.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services inpatient rehabilitation facility quality
reporting program describes the Patient Assessment Instrument; it expects
Medicare-certified providers to utilize the program.
18.
The resident assessment tool used in a Medicare-certified skilled nursing facility is called the
__________.
A.
Outcome and Assessment Information Set
B.
Individual Service Plan
C.
Minimum Data Set
D.
Exam
1.
When it comes to dining services, professional input from a __________ is required by
Medicare, Medicaid, and many commercial insurers.
A.
Dietary manager
B.
Registered dietitian
C.
Head chef
D.
Culinary expert - ANS-B.
None of the third-party programs listed require input from a dietary manager, head chef, or
culinary expert.
10.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a social worker for a
Medicare-certified skilled nursing facility with more than 120 beds must hold at least a
__________ degree in __________.
A.
Graduate, social work
B.
Associate, social sciences
C.
Bachelor's, social sciences
D.
Bachelor's, social work - ANS-D.
42 CFR 483.15 requires a skilled nursing facility to provide "medically related social services
to attain or maintain the highest practicable resident physical, mental and psychosocial
well-being"; more than 120 beds require a full-time social worker with at least a bachelor's
degree in the discipline.
11.
The current name for the professional association formerly known as the American Medical
Directors Association is the __________.
A.
International Medical Directors Association
B.
Physicians for ElderCare
C.
American Geriatricians Society
D.
Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine - ANS-D.
,The alternate response options are fictional organizations.
12.
The credential that requires a physician to demonstrate knowledge and skills regarding
geriatric medicine and relevant regulatory compliance in long-term care settings is
__________.
A.
Board-certified geriatrician
B.
Certified medical director
C.
Qualified postacute care physician
D.
Advanced geriatric practitioner - ANS-B.
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine developed this credentialing
program in collaboration with professional organizations representing the interests of
physicians specializing in internal medicine, family practice, and geriatrics.
13.
The development of the elements of the QAPI programs was largely supported by the
__________.
A.
Health Service Research
B.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
C.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
D.
Department of Health and Human Services
answer - ANS-C.
As part of the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was
directed to launch a focus on quality best practices that would support improvements in long
term care. They combined the terms "quality assurance" and "performance improvement" to
describe taking a systematic, comprehensive, and data-driven approach to maintaining and
improving safety and quality in nursing homes.
14.
QAPI programs typically target issues concerning comfort, safety, quality, and __________.
A.
Regulatory compliance
B.
Infection control
C.
Disaster preparedness
D.
Life satisfaction - ANS-D.
Life satisfaction is the only response option that is not a subset of one of the three issues
included in the question stem; regulatory compliance and infection control are closely related
to either safety or quality, and disaster preparedness is related to safety.
15.
, An __________ assessment form is completed for each care recipient, regardless of
payment source, upon admission and then periodically.
A.
Individual Service Plan
B.
Minimum Data Set
C.
Outcome and Assessment Information Set
D.
Patient Assessment Instrument - ANS-B.
The Minimum Data Set is required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the
skilled nursing facility setting.
16.
Each of the following describes a section of the Minimum Data Set except __________.
A.
Cardiovascular system
B.
Functional status
C.
Mood
D.
Restraints - ANS-A.
The Minimum Data Set has 21 sections; all three of the other response options are section
titles.
17.
The patient assessment tool used in a Medicare-certified inpatient rehabilitation facility is
known as the __________.
A.
Minimum data set
B.
Patient Assessment Instrument
C.
Outcome and Assessment Information Set
D.
Individual Service Plan - ANS-B.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services inpatient rehabilitation facility quality
reporting program describes the Patient Assessment Instrument; it expects
Medicare-certified providers to utilize the program.
18.
The resident assessment tool used in a Medicare-certified skilled nursing facility is called the
__________.
A.
Outcome and Assessment Information Set
B.
Individual Service Plan
C.
Minimum Data Set
D.
