The Licensing Exam Review Guide in Nursing Home Administration
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Praise for a previous edition: "Serves as an excellent study guide for students or as a source of course examination questions for the instructor...The author has skillfully taken the format of the National Association of the Boards of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators and utilized them as a basis for this text."--Journal of Health Administration EducationThis revised and updated study guide is based on the same format as the actual exam and provides an easy-to-use, effective way to review essential concepts and practice test-taking skills. Serving as the key companion to Nursing Home Administration, 5th Edition (Springer Publishing, 2008), this up-to-the-minute guide reflects the latest changes in the domains of practice for nursing home administrators.The Guide features:Over 800 test questionsOver 1000, Key terms and concepts
Introduction: Uses of This Study Guide for the 2008-2012 Domains of Practice ixFormat of the National Exam ixThe One Best Answer Testing Format xDeciding What the Question Is xiDeciding What the Answer Is xiiStrategies for Test Taking xiiDomains of PracticeManagement, Governance, Leadership 3Levels of Management 12Line-Staff Relationships 13Forecasting 14Planning 17Why Plan? 17Steps in Planning 18Organizing 20Directing 25Policy Making 25Decision Making 26Leadership 27Power and Authority 32Communication Skills 34Organizational Norms and Values 38Additional Related Concepts 40Comparing and Controlling Quality 43Diagnosing/Organizational Quality 44Innovating 49Marketing the Long-Term Care Facility 50The Turn to Marketing 50The "Marketing" of Health Care 51Developing a MarketingStrategy 52Human Resources 57Organizational Patterning of the Nursing Facility and Its Staff 57Identifying the Human Resources Functions 65Planning Employment Needs: Writing Job Descriptions 65Hiring Staff 68Training Staff 73Retaining Employees 74Evaluating Employees 81Paying Employees 83Disciplining Employees 84Finance/Business 87Legal and Business Terminology: Sources of Law, the Court Systems 107Legal Terminology 108Risks Assumed by the Operation of A Long-Term Care Facility 112Environment: The Industry: Its Laws and Regulations 117Industry Overview 11742 CFR Part 431 et al.: Medicare and Medicaid; Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities and Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Programs 119Basis and Scope 120Resident Rights 121Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Rights 123Resident Behavior and Facility Practices 124Quality of Life 125Resident Assessment 125Quality of Care 126Nursing Services 128Dietary Services 128Dental Services 129Pharmacy Services 129Infection Control 130Physical Environment 130Administration 131Medicare and Medicaid 134The Life Safety Code 135Americans With Disabilities Act 141Management and Labor Legislation and Regulations 143The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) 146Health Planning 146Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) 147Patient/Resident Care 151The Aging Process: Overview and Theories 151Medical And Related Terms 152The Aging Process As It Relates to Diseases Common to the Nursing Home Population 176Rationale for Answers to Questions 1-31 189Answer Key 193
