MISSISSIPPI NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM
2025/2026
Food Supply - ANSWER ________________ of perishable foods for at least a
(24-hour period and or non-perishable foods for a (3-day period shall be on the
premises to meet the requirements of the planned menus. The non-perishable
foods shall consist of commercial type processed foods.
Codes and Ordinances - ANSWER Every facility located within the boundaries
of a municipality shall comply with all local municipal
_________________________ applicable thereto. In addition, each facility
shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws.
Fire Safety - ANSWER No facility may be licensed until it demonstrates
conformance to the safety regulations providing minimum standards for
prevention and detection of fire as well as for protection of life and property
against fire.
Duty to Report - ANSWER All fires, explosions, natural disasters as well as
avoidable deaths or avoidable, serious, or life-threatening injuries to residents
resulting from fires, explosions, and natural disasters is a
___________________ by telephone to the Life Safety Code Division of the
licensing agency by the next working day after the occurrence.
The term "administrator - ANSWER The ______________ shall mean a
person who is delegated the responsibility for the interpretation,
implementation, and proper application of policies and programs established by
the governing authority and are delegated responsibility for the establishment of
,safe and effective administrative management, control, and operation of the
services provided. The administrator may be titled manager, superintendent,
director, or otherwise
Bed Capacity - ANSWER __________________ is largest number which can
be installed or set up in a facility at any given time for use of residents, as
printed on the certificate of licensure.
Bed Count - ANSWER ________________ is the number of beds that are
actually installed or set up for residents in a facility at a given time
Change of Ownership - ANSWER This occurs
___________________________ when an entity purchases a controlling
interest (Fifty percent [50%] or more) of the facility or services, including, but
not limited to, intervivos gifts, purchases, transfers, leases, cash and/or stock
transactions or other similar agreements at the time the individual obtains 50%
or more.
Affidavit - ANSWER An ___________ is the use of Mississippi State
Department of Health (MSDH) Form #210, or a copy thereof, which shall be
placed in the individual's personal file.
Employee- ANSWER An _________________, shall mean any individual
employed by a covered entity, also includes any individual who by contract
with the covered entity provides direct patient care in a patient's resident or
client's room or in treatment rooms.
Covered Entity- ANSWER A _______________________ means a licensed
entity or a healthcare professional staffing agency.
,Licensed Entity - ANSWER A ___________________ is a hospital, nursing
home, personal care home, home health agency or hospice.
Health Care Professional/Vocational Technical Academic Program - ANSWER
A ____________________________purpose is to prepare professionals to
render patient care services in medicine, nursing, dentistry, occupational
therapy, physical therapy, social services, speech therapy, or other allied-health
professional.
Health Care Professional/Vocational Technical Student - ANSWER This
individual, _____________, is a student in a healthcare professional/vocational
technical curricula.
Direct Patient Care or Services - ANSWER ___________________________
means direct hands-on medical patient care and services provided by an
individual in a patient's, resident's or client's room, treatment room or recovery
room. Individuals providing direct patient care may be directly employed by the
facility or provides patient care on a contractual basis.
Documented Disciplinary Action - ANSWER ____________________ refers
to any action taken against an employee for abuse or neglect of a patient.
Day Shift - ANSWER _______________ means a minimum of eight (8) hour
period between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m
Dentist - ANSWER ________________ is a person currently licensed to
practice dentistry in Mississippi by the State Board of Dental Examiners
, Dietitian - ANSWER ___________ is a person who is licensed as a dietitian in
the State of Mississippi, or a Registered Dietitian exempted from licensure by
statute
Existing Facility - ANSWER _______________ is a facility that has obtained
licensure prior to the adoption of these regulations
Governing Authority - ANSWER A _____________________ are owner(s),
Board of Governors, Board of Trustees, or other similar body duly organized
and constituted for the purpose of owning, acquiring, constructing, equipping,
operating and/or maintaining a facility, and exercising control over the internal
affairs of said facility
Infectious Medical Waste - ANSWER ____________________________
includes solid or liquid wastes which may contain pathogens with sufficient
virulence and quantity such that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host has
been proven to result in an infectious disease.
Infectious - ANSWER _____________ Medical Wastes resulting from the
care of residents and animals who have
1. Class I and/or II diseases infectious through blood and body fluid,
2. Cultures and stocks of infectious agents including specimen cultures
collected from medical and pathological laboratories,
3. Blood and blood products such as serum, plasma, and other blood
components, and
4. All discarded sharps-for example, hypodermic needles, syringes, Pasteur
pipettes, broken glass, scalpel blades-which have come into contact with
infectious agents