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Now in its 8th edition, The Licensing Exam Review Guide in Nursing Home Administration remains the most comprehensive question and answer review for anyone seeking nursing home administration licensure in the United States. With more than 1100 questions, including two online practice exams for both the Core of Knowledge Examination (CORE) and the Line of Service Examination for Nursing Home Administration (NHA), the book tests your knowledge of the important concepts and topics related to the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) domains of practice Care, Services and Supports; Operations; Environment and Quality; and Leadership and Strategy.
Key Features:
Contains more than 1100 multiple choice questions with answers and rationales
Reflects the style and format of the National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) licensure exam
Includes test-taking strategies for success
Covers important updates and revisions in the field
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Introduction: Uses of This Study Guide for the National Association of
Long Term Care Administrator Boards Domains of Practice
Format of the National Exam
The One-Best-Answer Testing Format
Deciding What the Question Is
Deciding What the Answer Is
Strategies for Test Taking
PART 1: LEARNING HOW TO MANAGE THE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION
1.1 Management Functions
1.1.1 Levels of Management
1.1.2 Line-Staff Relationships
1.2 Forecasting
1.3 Planning
1.3.1 Why Plan?
1.3.2 Steps in Planning
1.4 Organizing
1.5 Staffing
1.6 Directing
1.6.1 Policy Making
1.6.2 Making a Decision
1.6.3 Leading
1.6.4 Power and Authority
1.6.5 Communication Skills
1.6.6 Organizational Norms and Values: Code of Ethics and Standards of
Practice
1.6.7 Related Concepts
1.7 Comparing and Controlling Quality
1.7.1 Some Requirements for Effective Control of Quality
1.7.2 Diagnosing Organizational Quality
1.8 Innovating
1.9 Marketing the Long-Term Care Facility
1.9.1 The Turn to Marketing
1.9.2 The Marketing of Healthcare
1.9.3 Developing a Marketing Strategy
1.9.4 Marketing Concerns
PART 2: UNDERSTANDING THE DEPARTMENTS AND MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES
2.1 Organization of the Nursing Facility and its Staff
2.1.1 The Administrators Office
2.1.2 Medical and Allied Health Functions
2.1.3 Dental Care
2.1.4 Foot and Eye Care
2.1.5 Pharmaceutical Services
2.1.6 Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy/Speech Therapy
2.1.7 Laboratory and other Diagnostic Services
2.1.8 Nursing Services
2.1.9 The Business Office
2.1.10 Medical Records
2.1.11 Dietary Department
2.1.12 Social Services and Admissions
2.1.13 Activities/Recreation
2.1.14 Housekeeping
2.1.15 Laundry
2.2 Identifying the Human Resources Functions
2.3 Planning Employment Needs: Writing Job Descriptions
2.4: Hiring Staff
2.5 Training Staff
2.6 Retaining Employees
2.7 Evaluating Employees
2.8 Paying Employees
2.9 Disciplining Employees
PART 3: LEARNING TO MANAGE THE ORGANIZATIONS FINANCES
3.1 The Administrators Role as Financial Manager
3.2 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
3.3 Two Approaches to Accounting: Cash Accounting and Accrual Accounting
3.4 The Two Main Steps in the Accounting Process: Recording Transactions and
Preparing Financial Statements
3.5 Putting Financial Statements to Work: Working Capital, Ratio Analysis,
and Vertical Analysis
3.6 Additional Accounting Procedures That Help the Administrator Maintain
Control over the Facility
3.7 The Concept of Depreciation
3.8 Using Costs in Managerial Decisions
3.9 Budgets and Budgeting
3.10 Finance: The Broader Context
PART 4: LEARNING THE CONTINUUM OF LONG-TERM CARE
4.1 Origins, Overview, and Current Profile of the Nursing Home Industry
4.2 The Social Security Act: Medicare and Medicaid
4.3 Labor and Management: Laws and Regulations
4.4 Workplace Safety: The Occupational Safety and Health Act
4.5 Fire Safety: The Life Safety Code
4.6 Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Facilities
4.7 The Affordable Care Act
4.8 The Elder Justice Act
4.9 Patient Driven Payment Model
PART 5: BUILDING YOUR RESIDENT CARE SKILLS
5.1 Aging Process
5.2 Medical and Related Terms
5.2.1. Medical Specializations
5.2.2 Medications/Therapeutic Actions of Drugs
5.2.3 Abbreviations
5.2.4 Prefixes
5.2.5 Suffixes
5.3 The Aging Process as It Relates to Diseases Common to the Nursing
Facility Population
5.3.1 Cardiovascular/Circulatory System
5.3.2 Respiratory System
5.3.3 Nervous System
5.3.4 Digestive Diseases
5.3.5 Nutrition
5.3.6 External and Internal Disease Mechanisms
5.3.7 Musculoskeletal System
5.3.8 Urinary (Renal) System
5.3.9 Reproductive System
5.3.10 Emotional and Mental Well-Being
PART 6: PUTTING THE SYSTEMS TOGETHER
PART 7: ANSWERS AND RATIONALES
Michael Mileski, DC, MPH, MHA, MSHEd, LNFA, FACHCA is Assistant Professor in the Long-Term Care Administration and Health Administration Programs at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.
Rebecca McClay, DC, MS, BSN, CCRN-CMC-CSC is an Adjunct Professor and CCRN-CMC-CSC at Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, Texas.
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