North Carolina Nursing Home
Administrator State Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
Abuse definition - ✔✔the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement,
intimidation or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish
Accident definition - ✔✔an unplanned event resulting in the injury or wounding of a
patient or other individual
Addition definition - ✔✔an extension or increase in floor area or height of a building
Alteration definition - ✔✔any construction or renovation to an existing structure other
than repair, maintenance, or addition
"Brain injury long term care" definition - ✔✔an interdisciplinary, intensive maintenance
program for patients who
have incurred brain damage caused by external physical trauma and who have
completed a primary course
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,of rehabilitative treatment and have reached a point of no gain or progress for more
than three consecutive
months. Provided through a medically supervised interdisciplinary process
and is directed toward maintaining the individual at the optimal level of physical,
cognitive, and behavioral
functions
Capacity definition - ✔✔the maximum number of patient or resident beds for which the
facility is licensed to maintain at any given time
"Comprehensive, inpatient rehabilitation program" definition - ✔✔program for the
treatment of persons with
functional limitations or chronic disabling conditions who have the potential to achieve
a significant
improvement in activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming,
transferring, eating, and
using speech, language, or other communication systems. Utilizes a coordinated and
integrated, interdisciplinary approach, directed by a physician, to assess
patient needs and to provide treatment and evaluation of physical, psychosocial, and
cognitive deficits.
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,Discharge definition - ✔✔a physical relocation of a patient to another health care
setting; the discharge of a patient to his or her home; or the relocation of a patient from
a nursing bed to an adult care home bed, or from an adult care home bed to a nursing
bed
Incident definition - ✔✔any accident, event, or occurrence that is unplanned, or
unusual, and has caused harm to a patient, or has the potential for harm
Interdisciplinary definition - ✔✔an integrated process involving representatives from
disciplines of the health care team
Licensee definition - ✔✔the person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or
organization to whom a license to operate the facility has been issues. The licensee is the
legal entity that is responsible for the operation of the business.
"Medication error rate" definition and formula - ✔✔the measure of discrepancies
between medication that was ordered for a patient by the health care provider and
medication that is administered to the patient.
# of errors / # of opportunities for error x 100
ex:
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, 5 errors / 60 opportunities = 0.083 x 100 = 8.3%
"Misappropriation of property" definition - ✔✔the deliberate misplacement,
exploitation, or wrongful, temporary or permanent use of a patient's belongings or
money without the patient's consent
Neglect definition - ✔✔a failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid
physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness
"New facility" meaning - ✔✔a facility for which an initial license is sought, a proposed
addition to an existing facility, or a proposed remodeled portion of an existing facility
that will be built according to construction documents and specifications approved by
the Department of Health and Human Services for compliance which standards
established in this Subchapter [13D]
"Nurse aide" definition - ✔✔a person who is listed on the NC Nurse Aide Registry and
provides nursing or nursing-related services to patients in a nursing home. A nurse aide
is not a licensed health professional.
Patient definition - ✔✔any person admitted for nursing care
Resident definition - ✔✔any person admitted for care to an adult care home part of a
combination facility
"Respite care" definition - ✔✔services provided for a patient on a temporary basis, not
to exceed 30 days
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