Long Term Care Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Nursing Facilities AKA - CORRECT ANSWER - Nursing homes (both)
skilled nursing facilities (medicare) (SNF)
Intermediate care facilities (medicaid)
Nursing Facilities - CORRECT ANSWER - Provide a broad range of personal, social, and
medical services to assist people with functional or cognitive limitations
What type of nursing facilities are available? - CORRECT ANSWER - nursing, rehab,
custodial care
What person provides custodial care - CORRECT ANSWER - CNAs
When we say nursing, what types of services are offered in these facilities? - CORRECT
ANSWER - passing out medications, assessments, nurses are also the ones who carry out
physician orders (like new meds or service), wound dressings, feeding, IVs, etc.
How did nursing facilities come about? - CORRECT ANSWER - grew out of charity-
based almshouses
What was the private industry of nursing facilites stimulated by? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The passage of Medicare and Medicaid
Almshouses- - CORRECT ANSWER - to house the poor, provide basic
custodial/functional care, provides shelter and food
, when did the development of hospital facilities come about - CORRECT ANSWER - early
1900s. these left the almshouses to care for the older people because other people were seeking
care in other facilities and that is how nursing homes came about
Development of Nursing facilities - CORRECT ANSWER - negative public image
throughout much of their history:
a place you go to die, being put away, and poor care. Yet there were no real other alternatives,
they had little trouble maintaining occupancy
when did increased government oversight happen in Nursing facilities - CORRECT
ANSWER - in 1970s-1980s
OBRA - CORRECT ANSWER - omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1987- greatly
increased regulations of nursing facilities. These regulations affect residents, employees and
building construction and safety
AHCA, NAB, ACHCA - CORRECT ANSWER - they are professional, regulatory, and
industry associations that strive to improve quality of care and reputation of nursing facilities
NAB - CORRECT ANSWER - national association of long term care administrator
boards- oversee training and licensure, they give out the national exam to become administrator
of nursing home, advising new curriculum
Medical Vs. Social Model - CORRECT ANSWER - medical model puts emphasis on
clinical care ("cure") cersus social aspects of care ("care")
What philosophy do nursing facilities use? - CORRECT ANSWER - Multidisciplinary
approach
what is multidisciplinary approach? - CORRECT ANSWER - blend of medical, social,
residential, and other allied professionals to provide needed services
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Nursing Facilities AKA - CORRECT ANSWER - Nursing homes (both)
skilled nursing facilities (medicare) (SNF)
Intermediate care facilities (medicaid)
Nursing Facilities - CORRECT ANSWER - Provide a broad range of personal, social, and
medical services to assist people with functional or cognitive limitations
What type of nursing facilities are available? - CORRECT ANSWER - nursing, rehab,
custodial care
What person provides custodial care - CORRECT ANSWER - CNAs
When we say nursing, what types of services are offered in these facilities? - CORRECT
ANSWER - passing out medications, assessments, nurses are also the ones who carry out
physician orders (like new meds or service), wound dressings, feeding, IVs, etc.
How did nursing facilities come about? - CORRECT ANSWER - grew out of charity-
based almshouses
What was the private industry of nursing facilites stimulated by? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The passage of Medicare and Medicaid
Almshouses- - CORRECT ANSWER - to house the poor, provide basic
custodial/functional care, provides shelter and food
, when did the development of hospital facilities come about - CORRECT ANSWER - early
1900s. these left the almshouses to care for the older people because other people were seeking
care in other facilities and that is how nursing homes came about
Development of Nursing facilities - CORRECT ANSWER - negative public image
throughout much of their history:
a place you go to die, being put away, and poor care. Yet there were no real other alternatives,
they had little trouble maintaining occupancy
when did increased government oversight happen in Nursing facilities - CORRECT
ANSWER - in 1970s-1980s
OBRA - CORRECT ANSWER - omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1987- greatly
increased regulations of nursing facilities. These regulations affect residents, employees and
building construction and safety
AHCA, NAB, ACHCA - CORRECT ANSWER - they are professional, regulatory, and
industry associations that strive to improve quality of care and reputation of nursing facilities
NAB - CORRECT ANSWER - national association of long term care administrator
boards- oversee training and licensure, they give out the national exam to become administrator
of nursing home, advising new curriculum
Medical Vs. Social Model - CORRECT ANSWER - medical model puts emphasis on
clinical care ("cure") cersus social aspects of care ("care")
What philosophy do nursing facilities use? - CORRECT ANSWER - Multidisciplinary
approach
what is multidisciplinary approach? - CORRECT ANSWER - blend of medical, social,
residential, and other allied professionals to provide needed services
