Continuing Education Test #181 Based on Long-Term Living March 2013
How to Use the ACHCA Continuing Education Test
- Reviewing the test, below, is strongly encouraged.
- Click here to register, pay, and take the post-test online. You will receive your certificate of completion immediately.
- Each test is approved for 1 CE Credit for nursing home administrators and 1 contact hour for nurses. Any questions concerning the online portion of the test should be directed to [email protected].
- 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 1 clock hours and 1 participant hours. State licensure boards have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses.
- The American College of Health Care Administrators is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
1. According to Thompson (“Race to Reduce Readmissions”), a strategy used by Hebrew SeniorLife is to have an on-site:
a. Discharge nurse
b. Full-time medical staff
c. Emergency service
d. Pharmacy
2. A Namaste room (King: “Namaste: Honoring the spirit Within”), is designed to focus on residents with:
a. Alzheimer’s/dementia
b. Parkinson’s
c. Behavioral issues
d. End-of-life issues
3. In “Managing Risk in Volunteer Programs,” Folk notes that to alleviate risks that volunteers present, some organizations protect volunteers with:
a. Workers compensation policy
b. Health insurance
c. Accidental Death & Dismemberment policy
d. Waivers of responsibility
4. Marinelli (“Prepare for Disaster Before Disaster Strikes”) says that if a facility decides to shelter-in-place, it will need sufficient supplies of food and water to last:
a. 3–5 days
b. 3–7 days
c. 3–10 days
d. 3–14 days
5. The MDS assessments, according to Shephard (“The MDS’s Impact on Quality Care, Quality of Life”) can be used to analyze the quality of care and quality of life in areas such as:
a. activity preferences, oral/dental status and fall risk.
b. activity preferences, language barriers and physical environment
c. physical environment, fall risk, activity preferences
d. dietary staffing, physical environment, fall risk
6. Which of the following help to identify a resident’s risk for falls as described by Shephard?
a. Signs/symptoms of delirium
b. Oral/dental status
c. Language barriers
d. Comfortable sound levels
7. What percentage of people who suffer hip fractures die within the year of their injury (Robins: “Beyond Fall Prevention: Solving the Hip Fracture Crisis”)?
a. 10–15 percent
b. 15–20 percent
c. 20–25 percent
d. 25–30 percent
8. Hip fractures represent what percentage of fall-related injuries in nursing homes, according to a study cited by Robins?
a. 10–20 percent
b. 20–30 percent
c. 30–50 percent
d. 40–60 percent
ONLINE ONLY QUESTIONS
9. The Mayer and Rohde (“New Healthcare Design Guidelines Address Long-Term Care”) indicate that one of the unintended barriers to creating person-centered care models is:
a. Outdated design regulations for licensing
b. Resistance to new technologies
c. Cost-prohibitive design
d. Federal government building codes
10. According to Horowitz (“Inappropriate use of psychotropic drugs lands former DON in prison, others plead 'no contest'”), forcing a nursing home resident to take psychotropic medication for the convenience of the staff can be considered:
a. appropriate for residents with advanced dementia
b. a violation of the resident’s advanced directive
c. domestic abuse
d. assault with a deadly weapon
