Nursing Home Administrators Test Federal

Assistant to the administrator - ANSWER-Among the following positions, the _________ has no authority to make decisions for the facility. The administrator - ANSWER-Decisions made by persons on the staff to whom the administrator has delegated line authority are, in the final analysis, regarded as decisions by__________. Undermined - ANSWER-When the nurse practioner , who is more highly qualified then the director of nursing, gives orders to nurses in the hallways, the director of nurses should feel________. Paying too much for acquisitions in 1998 and 1999 - ANSWER-The most likely single cause for the series of bankruptcies among larger nursing home chains around the year 2000 was ______. Be distressed - ANSWER-In a chance conversation with the owner of an eight facility chain, the newly hired administrator for the oldest facility in the chain indicates that, because the mortgage was fully retired, the Administrator will concentrate more on being effective than efficient since quality indicators are all at or above the state average. The owner would likely_______. Seek a new Administrator - ANSWER-Occupancy a facility A has been a steady 70% since the prospective payment system was introduced. Two weeks ago, a new 120 bed, equally equip facility open several blocks away. Facility A administrator tells the admissions counselor to continue the usual recruitment approach. The cha