Exam 1 Flashcards
- In addition to a patient care policy committee & infection control committee, what other committee is required in SNF?
Pharmaceutical
- For which members of SNF is CPR required?
All licensed nurses
- How often do accounting of financial transaction on patients’ behalf need be made?
Quarterly
- When Nursing Home Admin allowed to act as patient’s authorized rep with money or valuables?
Close Blood Relative (consanguinity)
- Per title 22, how long should a record of hours and dates worked by employees be kept on file?
Most recent 12 month period
- How long must perm. log of temporary health services workers (registry) be kept?
3 years
- What minimum amount of light is required by Title 22 for corridors, storerooms, stairways, ramps and exits?
20 foot candle
- Which conditions exempt facility from installing a public telephone?
6 beds or fewer and restricted to ambulatory patients
- Title 22 requires each bed to be clean & comfortable & _________
Adequate mattress, sheets, pillow case and blankets
- What is min foot-candles in rooms for reading and work services?
30 foot candles
- According to title 22, which condition is not a requirement of non-movable solid waste container?
Clearly Labeled (is not req.) (external handles, leak proof, rodent proof, tight fitting lids in good repair are req.)
- With in how many seconds of power failure must emergency lighting & power systems provide auto restoration of power for emergency circuits?
10 seconds
- What systems must be covered in written maintenance manual?
HVAC
- Where should soiled linen be sorted?
A separate room
- In general emergency, who is authorized to allow nursing facility to take more patients/have more beds than licensed for?
Director of DHS
- How often water for human consumption from independent source be tested for bacteria analysis?
3 months
- When must piped in O2 or NO2 be tested & written report maintained
When initially installed, integrity breach, or changes made.
- What documentation must be provided by SNF when maintenanced is performed by equipment service company?
Certification that req. work completed in accordance with accepted standards.
- When may facility convert utility room to an office?
When DHS approves conversion.
- Which pieces of 110-120 volt equipment must be equipped with a 3-wire ground cord with a hospital grade 3-prong plug?
Concentrator
- Required hours of orientation of NA’s during first 40 hours of employment
16 hours
- How large supply of food must be maintained?
1 wk staple & 2 days perishable
23 Who is responsible for standards, surveillance, coordination and improvement of medical care?
Medical Director
- When must initial assess of patient need commence?
At time of admission
- After issuance of B citation with penalty of $200, what action must you take if you do not wish to contest?
Transmit sum of $50 within 4 business days to DHS
- ICF- which is a patient right?
Privacy for visits, established daily visiting hrs from clergy, reimburse for personal property lost.
- With in a special rehab. program for mentally disabled, what min. avg. number of groups or individual program hrs for each resident per week?
27 hours
- How frequently is every drug supply checked by pharmacist in ICF?
Monthly
- Who assumes overall care of residents in ICF?
Physician
- With in how many months of date of issuance, provisional license of ICF expire?
6 months
- What is minimum required ration of isolation rooms to ICF beds?
1:35
- When can authorized officers of DHS enter ICF to examine DC’d resident’s records?
At any time
- Under what circumstances can bedside nursing care be provided in ICF?
Temporary or minor
- From whom approval required if infections waste is stored w/ other solid waste?
Local Health Dept
- What part of CA code of reqs of H2O delivered to plumbing fixtures used by ???? Which part gives req for max. water temp?
Title 24
- How long results of patient bact. testing be kept of file?
12 months
- In addition to dietician, who approves therapeutic diet menus?
Patient Care Policy Committee
- Min temp by title 22, utensils not washed by mechanical means
110 degrees F
- Temp range drugs @ room temp stored?
59-86 degrees
- What max # hrs allowed for signed order for drugs to be transmitted to issuing pharmacy?
48 hrs
- Who must examine and ID meds brought by patient at admission?
Patient’s physician or pharmacist retained by facility