NAB Domain 2: Human Resources with 100% correct answers

2.1 Organization Of The Nursing Facility And Its Staff: Emergence Of The "MDS Coordinator" One practical reason the administrator must rely more and more on the expertise of department heads is 1. requirements are too numerous for one person to remember 2. department heads are better trained 3. department heads come with more experience 4. department heads care more 1. requirements are too numerous for one person to remember One overarching consideration in deciding at what level, that is, the number of nursing hours per patient day, to staff the facility is 1. ownership needs 2. medical complexity of care given 3. number of patients 4. state and federal minimum staffing requirements 2. medical complexity of care given The one person most responsible for resident rights in the nursing facility is the 1. administrator 2. direct caregiver 3. director of nursing 4. resident council president 1. administrator Quality assessment and control, infection control, and physical plant health and safety are 1. new requirements 2. long-standing requirements 3. federally required committees 4. federally required committees and/or functions 4. federally required committees and/or functions Generally, the percentage of nursing facilities with deficiencies for resident rights in 2015 was 1. more than 15 2. unacceptable 3. less than 3 4. less than 15 3. less than 3 In the typical nursing facility of 100 patients, the administrator normally has _______ reporting to him or her 1. seventeen department heads 2. six middle-level managers 3. eight or nine department heads 4. three of four department heads 3. eight or nine department heads Larger facilities (200 or more patients) might consider the appointment of perhaps ______ middle-level managers to whom two or more department heads may report 1. two 2. three 3. four 4. half a dozen 4. half a dozen Activities such as ensuring quality of care for all residents, advocating for all residents, and developing and managing the budget are normally associated most closely with the 1. business office 2. admissions team 3. nursing area 4. administrators office 4. administrators office In 2015, U.S. nursing facilities achieved ______ compliance with physician services 1. 50% 2. 60% 3. 75% 4. 98% or more 4. 98% or more Activities such as empowering department heads, setting the tone, and settling territorial disputes are normally associated most closely with the 1. business office 2. admissions team 3. nursing area 4. administrators office 4. administrators office The rate of compliance with dental requirements in U.S. facilities in 2015 was 1. less than 50% 2. 80% 3. 99% 4. 100% 3. 99% Federal, congressionally written requirements for the role(s) the medical director may/must play are 1. brief/vague 2. detailed and extensive 3. constantly changing 4. becoming increasingly burdensome in recent years 1. brief/vague When attending physicians fail to visit their patients on a timely basis, the medical director 1. often substitutes and accomplishes the required physician services 2. never substitutes 3. must send federally required reminder notices 4. must provide mandator counseling with these physicians 1. often substitutes and accomplishes the required physician services