Continuing Education Test #175 Based on Long-Term Living June 2012
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 1.75 CE Credits for nursing home administrators and 1.75 contact hours 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 1.75 clock hours and 1.75 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. The best defense in risk management claims, according to Abell (“Risky Business”), is:
a. documentation
b.legal representation
c. adequate insurance coverage
d. detailed policies and procedures
2. According to Graham (“Restorative Nursing: It Takes a Facility”), a restorative programs needs to be intense enough to:
a. ensure resident success
b. create weight loss
c. challenge the resident
d. maintain resident interest
3. Graham indicates that two approaches to restorative nursing are:
a. the designated model and the integrated model
b. the personalized model and the unstructured model
c. the designated model and the group model
d. the designated model and the structured model
4. Bremhorst (“Making Project Development Manageable”) suggests that repositioning a facility’s brand status should take a:
a. bottom-line approach
b. care-focused approach
c. holistic approach
d. marketing research approach
5. Marks and Wendel ("Practical Tips to Promote Continence") suggest that to encourage fluid intake, which of the following snacks should be offered?
a. tea
b. broth
c. chocolate milk shake
d. iced coffee
6. For bed-ridden residents, bladder emptying can be facilitated by:
a. raising the head of the bed
b. sitting with legs over the side of the bed
c. lowering the foot of the bed
d. drinking a glass of water while on the bedpan
7. With best-of breed (Woodka: "Technology Adoption: Best-of-Breed or Bust") one adopts products from:
a. no vendor
b. a single vendor
c. no more than two vendors
d. multiple vendors
8. If a vendor claims they integrate with products that compete with their own, one should:
a. raise a red flag
b. adopt the system
c. immediately source another vendor
d. talk to a consultant
9. Clinical evidence ("Safe Patient Handling Program Pays Off") indicates that lifting more than how many pounds of a patient’s weight is not safe?
a. 15 pounds
b. 25 pounds
c. 35 pounds
d. 45 pounds
10. A study found that by implementing safe patient handling practices worker’s compensation injury rates could be reduced by what percent?
a. 20 percent
b. 34 percent
6. 53 percent
d. 61 percent
