NAB EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
According to former Senator Claude Pepper, the most frequently unrecognized and
unmet resident need in a nursing facility is:
1) guilt
2) privacy
3) freedom
4) participation - Answer-2
Mental changes in elderly residents are usually caused by:
1) diabetes
2) arteriosclerosis
3) inadequate diet
4) frequent minor accidents - Answer-2
Regarding the care planning process, the director of nursing should:
1) insist that the attending physician attend all the meetings
2) require surrogates to attend the care planning meeting
3) make the process understandable to the resident and the family
4) request that therapists ( physical, speech, and occupational) be involved - Answer-3
The most valid generalization is that a majority of the elderly:
1) want to work
2) are dependent on others
3) want to live with their children
4) function well despite increasing disabilities - Answer-4
The key to a good bowel training program is:
1) administer laxatives nightly
2) keep the resident in bed and use bedpans
3) schedule enemas to be given at least weekly
4) establish a regular time of day for bowel evacuation - Answer-4
Assume that 140 doses of medication were prescribed by the resident's physician to be
administered in a given time period. However, 5 doses ordered were not given and 1
dose were incorrectly administered as prescribed. What was the medication error rate?
1) 2.3 percent
2 3.6 percent
3) 4.3 percent
4) 6.0 percent - Answer-3
The starting point for planning long-term care services is the:
1) available cash flow
2) availability of land for expansion
,3) market area's population census
4) needs and wants of those who will use the nursing facilities' services. - Answer-4
If a resident wants to self-administer medication, who is responsible for drug storage
and recording the self-administered doses?
1) the resident
2) the nursing staff
3) a family member
4) the legal guardian - Answer-2
The major purpose of a transfer agreement between health-care facilities is to:
1) establish a method of transporting residents to and from various health facilities.
2) guarantee that each facility will accept and all residents from the other facility
3) assure the resident that each facility will provide a room at all times in case of
transfer
4) provide an interchange of medical and other information to assure adequate resident
care - Answer-4
The facility must employ a full-time qualified social worker if the facility has:
1) more than 120 beds
2) no qualified activity professional
3) an average daily occupancy of 100 residents
4) accepted residents with mental and social problems - Answer-1
The continuity theory regarding the aging process indicates that older adults desire:
1) familiar things
2) new experiences
3) total independence
4) different role models - Answer-1
The best time to inform residents about their rights and responsibilities is:
1) after they have "settled in"
2) before or during admission
3) after the assessment program
4) during the physical examination - Answer-2
Which of the following requires that the action stipulated in the document takes place
prior to death?
1) living will
2) probated will
3) holographic will
4) nuncupative will - Answer-1
The social worker must function as a counselor and as such spends most of his/her
time:
1) making decisions
,2) outlining plans of correction
3) listening and asking questions
4) finding the most feasible solutions to problems - Answer-3
The most common psychological condition affecting older adults is:
1) tension
2) anxiety
3) delirium
4) depression - Answer-4
The total personal daily goal for fluid intake, based upon the weight of the resident, is
usually about:
1) 1,200 cc
2) 1,500 cc
3) 2,400 cc
4) 3,600 cc - Answer-3
The best time for the dietary supervisor to weigh, inspect, and verify food is when it is:
1) served
2) received
3) prepared
4) purchased - Answer-2
Foods can be used not only for nutritional needs, but also in lieu of supplements and
medication. As an example, potassium is high in all of the following except:
1) milk
2) peanuts
3) cantaloupe
4) baked beans - Answer-2
One of the major problems resulting from serving food trays to residents in their rooms
is that the:
1) trays are not properly labeled
2) food is cold before it is served
3) amount of food is usually limited
4) the resident usually eats less food - Answer-2
The percentage of weight loss for a resident who previously weighed 132 lbs and now
weighs 128 lbs is:
1) 2.2 percent
2) 3.0 percent
3) 3.1 percent
4) 4.0 percent - Answer-2
Adaptive feeding equipment can be prescribed by the physician or the:
1) family
, 2) speech therapist
3) director of nursing
4) occupational therapist - Answer-4
Metastasis is correctly defined as:
1) a disorder in which organs deteriorate
2) a condition that eventually always causes death
3) a disease of the blood system that is chronic and progressive
4) the movement of bacteria or body cells from one part of the body to another -
Answer-4
Benign is defined as:
1) acute
2) cancer
3) terminal
4) non-malignant - Answer-4
In case of an emergency when neither the attending physician or the backup physician
is available, the decision as to who will attend the resident is to be made by the:
1) administrator
2) charge nurse
3) director of nursing
4) any nurse on duty - Answer-1
Contributing factors relating to oral/dental problems are very broad and could include all
of the following except:
1) vision decline
2) hearing decline
3) cognitive decline
4) ambulation decline - Answer-4
Which of the following would not usually be included in a meeting of the quality
improvement committee?
1) safety issues
2) budget issues
3) infection control
4) pharmaceutical services - Answer-2
Under OBRA, which of the following committees may not be replaced by the quality-
improvement committee?
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