October 2011 CE Pre-Test

October 11, 2011 by root
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Continuing Education Test #167 Based on Long-Term Living October 2011 Continuing Education Test Now Online

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  • Taking the Pre-Test below is strongly encouraged

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  • Each Post-Test is approved for 2 CE Credits for nursing home administrators and 2 contact hours for nurses. Any questions concerning the online portion of the test should be directed to michelle@achca.org.

  • The American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) is certified sponsor of professional continuing education with the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB). This course has been approved for 2 clock hours and 2 participant hours. State licensure boards have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses.

  • ACHCA is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver of the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

  1. The upsurge in mergers and acquisitions activity (“Still Waiting for Easy Capital”) in the first half of 2011 was driven mainly by:

    • a robust stock market

    • REITs

    • easy access to capital

    • economic recovery

  2. According to Gale (“Alternative Senior Housing Funding Options”), Federal Home Loan Bank credit enhancement is available to:

    • for-profit providers only

    • nonprofit providers only

    • both for-profit and nonprofit providers

    • neither for-profit nor nonprofit providers

  3. In her story, “Nursing Home Bathing Transformed,” Barbera writes that providing a good bathing experience can be an issue of:

    • culture change

    • customer service

    • psychotherapy

    • none of the above

  4. Barbera cites research that states a pleasurable resident shower experience can reduce:

    • depression

    • aggression

    • isolation

    • socialization

  5. According to Frandsen (“Transitioning to QIS”), the most valuable change from Traditional to QIS for surveyors is the availability of:

    • downloadable investigative tools

    • clinical assessment tools

    • QIS-DCT (data collection tool)

    • larger resident pool

  6. Robbins and Norton (“The Effects of Snoezelen Intervention”) write that the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory assesses how many behaviors?

    • 15

    • 21

    • 27

    • 33

  7. Under the new rule proposed June 21 by the National Labor Relations Board (View on Washington), the timeline between filing a petition for certification and a union election would be:

    • lengthened

    • subject to negotiation

    • shortened

    • none of the above

  8. According to Oatway (Tech Notes) it is common practice in nursing homes to manually complete the MDS 3.0 at what location?

    • at the resident's bedside

    • at the administrator's office

    • at the resident activity room

    • at the nurses' station

  9. Approximately how many patients (Clinically Speaking) die from complications related to pressure ulcers each year?

    • 200,000

    • 400,000

    • 600,000

    • 800,000

  10. Helping Hands, a program described by Tellis-Nayak (Exemplars in LTC), supports its mission of feeding the homeless by raising funds through the sale of:

    • custom-designed afghans

    • scented homemade soaps

    • baked goods

    • greeting cards

PRE-TEST ANSWERS

1. b-REITs

2. c-both for-profit and nonprofit providers

3. b-customer service

4. a-depression

5. a-downloadable investigative tools

6. c-27

7. c-shortened

8. a-at the resident's bedside

9. c-600,000

10. b-scented homemade soaps

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