DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|GRADED A+
A care recipient has been diagnosed with a terminal disease to participate in therapies
to prolong life. The healthcare organization should offer consultation on which of the
following services? - ANS1. Physiatrist
2. Oncology
3. Palliative care
4. Hospice care
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A care recipient in a long-term care healthcare organization disagrees with
management's decision regarding an aspect of care. The care recipient feels that is
could adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights of care recipients. The
individual or group most responsible for acknowledging, investing, and resolving the
concern is the: - ANS1. ombudsman
2. social worker
3. care recipient council president
4. governing body
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A care recipient who uses a walker to get to the dining room is told by an employee to
leave the walker outside the room. With regard to the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 (ADA), the healthcare organization: - ANS1. must provide a space in the dining
room for wheelchairs and walkers
2. may formulate its own regarding the use of walkers
3. must discipline the employee for violating the care recipient's rights
4. should have a caregiver escort the care recipient to the dining room
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A cognitive care recipient, whose spouse is living, does not have an advance directive
or a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order. The care recipient's daughter has financial Power
of Attorney, and the son has Healthcare of Power of Attorney. A DNR order can be
authorized by the: - ANS1. care recipient's son
2. care recipient
3. care recipient's spouse
4. physician
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A comprehensive decision-making process based on future predictions that establishes
the blueprint for a healthcare organization strategy is: - ANS1. the best way to establish
day-to-day staffing needs
2. an effective process in analyzing market conditions
3. an effective tool to create a mission statement
4. the purpose of planning
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, A direct cost is: - ANS1. allocated equally to all areas of the budget
2. charged to a specific billing period
3. documented by proper accounting procedures
4. linked to a specific objective, responsibility, or function
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A foreign-language-speaking care recipient is admitted to a healthcare organization.
The foreign language spoken by the care recipient is not commonly spoken in the
region where the organization is located. As part of communicating care recipient rights,
the organization should: - ANS1. have the care recipient write a signed statement
verifying that the care recipient understands care recipient rights
2. explain the rights to a representative of the care recipient who can then explain the
rights to the care recipient
3. use pictures to explain the rights to the care recipient
4. provide a written translation to the care recipient
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A guest falls and is injured while visiting a healthcare organization's office. Which one of
the following types of insurance would cover this injury? - ANS1. General liability
insurance
2. Property insurance
3. Professional liability insurance
4. Workers' compensation insurance
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A healthcare organization has just purchased equipment for a total cost of $15,000. The
equipment has a useful life of five years and the administrator is planning to charge a
depreciation expense of $3,000 per year. Which depreciation method is being used? -
ANS1. Sum of the years' digits depreciation
2. Declining balance depreciation
3. Straight-line depreciation
4. Accelerated depreciation
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A healthcare organization's employee handbook: - ANS1. is generally considered the
property of the employer
2. can be considered an enforceable contact between employer and employee
3. should be written clearly enough to leave no latitude for interpretation
4. should be written in lay terms and kept in the administrator's office
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A program that is designed to maintain equipment in order to keep it working properly is
known as a/an? - ANS1. preventive maintenance program
2. equipment replacement program
3. preventative repair program