NAB Study exam questions and answers 2024
Who is responsible for the overall functioning of the facility?
upper management
Who is responsible for interacting directly with the board of directors and/or owners and multiple inspectors
upper management
Who is responsible for formulating ...
Who is responsible for the overall functioning of the facility?
upper management
Who is responsible for interacting directly with the board of directors and/or owners and multiple
inspectors
upper management
Who is responsible for formulating policies that will be applied to the entire facility
upper management
What position would be considered upper management?
administrator
Who reports to upper management?
middle management
Who interacts with lower level managers?
middle management
What position would be considered middle management?
Director of Nursing
Who has direct supervisory responsibilities for the staff that actually does the work?
Lower-level management
What position(s) would be considered lower level management?
nurse supervisor or charge nurse
What type of authority does a person who is empowered by the administrator to make decisions
have?
line authority
What role is considered a line position?
Director of Nurses
What positions are expected to advise the administrator or appropriate others in the facility on what
to do, but they have been given no authority by the administrator to make decisions on behalf of the
facility?
Staff Position
What are positions in a nursing facility that are considered staff positions?
, accountant in business office
paid consultants (local pharmacists, registered dietitian)
What is forecasting?
trend identification and analysis
What skills are needed for forecasting?
ability to accurately predict the future implications for the nursing facility of new trends to which the
current environment may offer clues.
What will survival in the nursing home industry depend on?
ability to forecast the future and to learn entirely new ways of thinking, behaving, motivating, and
communicating in the nursing facility.
It will also depend on the ability and willingness to change.
What is the purpose of planning
provide an integrated decision system that, based on the changes forecast by the administrator,
establishes the framework for all facility activities.
What are plans?
statements of the organizational goals of the facility
What is strategic planning?
process of analyzing the facility's competitive position, developing the strategic goals, devising a plan
of action, and allocating the resources that will best achieve those goals.
What is phase one in planning?
Decide what ought to be done: governmental permissions, analyzing the competition, factoring in
economic considerations, account for marketing concerns.
What is phase two in planning?
Set short and long range goals
What is phase three in planning?
Decide on the means to achieve the objectives
In assessing your community, what three areas must an administrator appraise?
governmental permissions, competition and economic considerations
What are some of the governmental permissions an administrator should consider when appraising
their community
zoning requirements, building codes and local fire codes
what competition should the administrator assess when appraising for their community?
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