November 2011 CE Pre-Test

November 8, 2011 by root
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Continuing Education Test #168 Based on Long-Term Living November 2011 Continuing Education Test Now Online

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  • Taking the Pre-Test below is strongly encouraged

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PRE-TEST

1. According to Fannon (“Developing Healthcare Referral Sources”), LTC providers should first educate referral sources on their own unique:

  1. services

  2. facilities

  3. residents

  4. caregivers

2. Wang (“The Bumpy Journey to Adopt HIT”) says that a survey of Texas LTC facilities showed that what percentage had fully or partially implemented an HIT (health information technology) system?

  1. 10.5 percent

  2. 18.9 percent

  3. 25.4 percent

  4. 37.3 percent

3. Wang says that the most significant barrier to HIT adoption is:

  1. finance factors

  2. product complexity

  3. lack of HIT knowledge

  4. lack of technical support staff

4. Which of the following is not a UAP as described by Lightfoot (“Nurse Delegation in LTC and Assisted Living”)?

  1. physical therapists

  2. certified nursing assistants

  3. personal care workers

  4. family caregivers

5. Lightfoot advises nurses to consider the “five rights” of nurse delegation, which are the right:

  1. task, level of care, circumstances, person and experience

  2. task, circumstances, staffing level, person and experience

  3. task, circumstances, direction/communication, supervision and outcome

  4. task, circumstances, person, direction/communication and supervision

6. Gatty (View on Washington) reports that the Obama administration claims that nearly what percentage of Medicare patients that are discharged from a hospital to a SNF are readmitted for avoidable conditions?

  1. 5 percent

  2. 9 percent

  3. 14 percent

  4. 20 percent

7. To envision LTC in 2061 (Field Studies), a student team will focus on four areas of function-sleep/rest, eating/dining, hygiene and:

  1. rehabilitation

  2. longevity

  3. exercise

  4. engagement

8. Ronch describes this team as comprised of students who are:

  1. all administrative majors

  2. geriatrics majors

  3. different majors

  4. technology majors

9. Graves, Hollenack and Meyer (Clinically Speaking) base their discussion of “transition of care” on a definition by:

  1. American Medical Association

  2. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  3. American Geriatrics Society

  4. National Association of Geriatric Care Managers

10. Maher (MDS Monitor) writes that the assessment reference date of the Change of Therapy (COT) OMRA must be what day of the COT observation period?

  1. day 5

  2. day 6

  3. day 7

  4. day 9

PRE-TEST ANSWERS

1. a-services

2. d-37.3 percent

3. a-finance factors

4. a-physical therapists

5. d-task, circumstances, person, direction/communication and supervision

6. c-14 percent

7. d-engagement

8. c-different majors

9. c-American Geriatrics Society

10. c-day 7

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Long-Term Living 2011 November;60(11):53