Human Resource

Question 1

Preliminary Interview

Answer 1

Brief discussion to screen qualifications of applicants to determine if to interview them. (telephone interview)

Question 2

Non structured Interview

Answer 2

(open ended) - open ended questions an lets applicant talk and expand on answers

Question 3

In-Depth interview

Answer 3

Very structured interview - limits applicants responses to questions.

Question 4

Patterned Interview

Answer 4

All questions are highly structured and sequential

Question 5

Structured Interviews/ Statistical Interviews

Answer 5

lots of open-ended questions and use a rating scale to assign a number value for each response.

Question 6

Clinical Interview

Answer 6

Just walking into a interview with no set questions and using your gut instinct whether someone will fit in.

Question 7

Interview and appraisal panels have…

Answer 7

more than one person involved to adjust for bias and then assign a global score.

Question 8

You can ask a interviewie if they were convicted of any crimes but not…

Answer 8

if they got arrested.

Question 9

You can ask interviewie if they drink but not…

Answer 9

if they go to counseling/ treatment.

Question 10

You can ask the interviewie if they can do the tasks of a job but not…

Answer 10

If they have physical limitations until after an offer of hire.

Question 11

When can you require medical info, medical exam and drug test.

Answer 11

Only after an offer of hire -CRITICAL.

Question 12

(Type of Raise) Merit Increase

Answer 12

based on performance

Question 13

(Type of Raise) COLA

Answer 13

cost of living increase based on inflation

Question 14

(Type of Raise) CPI/ Consumer Price

Answer 14

Index measures inflation

Question 15

(Type of Raise) Equity Increase

Answer 15

necessary to ensure longer serving workers are paid at current markets rates so newly hired workers are not paid substantially more than current workers or they will leave. (requires salary survey every couple years.)

Question 16

(Type of Raise) Bench marking

Answer 16

comparing salaries paid to employees based on one wage group example: nursing salaries.

Question 17

Orientation

Answer 17

Employees must be given orientation which includes mandated training.

Question 18

Why is a employee that doesn’t complete orientation a liability?

Answer 18

because emergency and fire procedures are the most critical in-service.

Question 19

Employees training is called ______

Answer 19

In-servicing

Question 20

OBRA 1987 mandates most _____

Answer 20

Training.

Question 21

How long do you have to hang onto Employee applications? Who enforces rule?

Answer 21

6 months, EEOA

Question 22

The EEOA states you must keep statistics of number of applicants hired and interviewed and the ____ of applicants and who was hired

Answer 22

Race

Question 23

Adverse Impact

Answer 23

Hiring rate of minorities must be at least 80% of the majority.

Question 24

If you hire 10 whites hen you must hire ___ minorities

Answer 24

8

Question 25

Job Description (similar to job ad)

Answer 25

Specifies job title, experience, and educational requirements, salary, benefits, who you report to and the tasks of the job.

Question 26

Job Analysis

Answer 26

The mental process of collecting information about the duties, responsibilities, necessary skills, outcomes, and work environment of a particular job.

Question 27

Job specifications

Answer 27

Describes or is a written description of the knowledge, skills, education, experience, and abilities you believe are essential to performing a particular job.

Question 28

Progressive discipline

Answer 28

a verbal warning, 3 write ups, termination

Question 29

FUTA- Unemployment

Answer 29

Federal Unemployment Tax Act. Which taxes employers premiums to pay for unemployment claims of their workers

Question 30

Workers file a claim for unemployment benefits are paid out for up to ____ weeks.

Answer 30

26 weeks

Question 31

Federal Employer Liability Act (FELA)

Answer 31

Requires employers to pay for medical costs and lost time of workers injured on the job.
Employers pays the workers compensation insurance premiums quarterly on IRS 941.

Question 32

A nursing home must provide ___ hours of nursing care a day

Answer 32

24

Question 33

What hours are required of a nurse?

Answer 33

RN 8 consecutive hours a day

Question 34

A social worker needs to be full time with ____ or more beds

Answer 34

121

Question 35

A facility has 130 beds what status should the social worker be?

Answer 35

FT

Question 36

A ADON is required with ____or more beds

Answer 36

121

Question 37

Need ____ hours of nursing per resident per day

Answer 37

3.0

Question 38

Maximum of ___ residents per nurse

Answer 38

20

Question 39

Maximum of ____ residents per nurse aide

Answer 39

40

Question 40

What shifts need a charge nurse?

Answer 40

All shifts.

Question 41

If the facility has a nursing waiver for minimum staffing hours, it must have an ___ or a _____ available to respond immediately to telephone calls from the facility,

Answer 41

RN or Physician

Question 42

Nursing staff cannot work more then ___ hours for __ consecutive days

Answer 42

16 hours, 3 days

Question 43

Eden Alternative

Answer 43

is an effort to make nursing homes more homelike by using plants, pets, fish, and letting residents have assign duties like they would in their own home (set the table, care for animals, etc.)

Question 44

Holistic Care

Answer 44

is attending to all of the needs of an individual that includes their spiritual, emotional and physical needs.

Question 45

Resident centered care

Answer 45

means designing services in a nursing home from the point of view of the residents and what they need and want as opposed to the profit margins and goals of facility management

Question 46

Facility must have a social working at a full time status if they are over 120 beds. What kind of education should the social worker have?

Answer 46

At least a bachelor’s degree in social work or similar professional qualifications

Question 47

A nurse aide certification is valid indefinitely as long as they complete __ hours of continuing education per ____ and do not go
for a continuous period of 24 consecutive months without working for pay for at least 1 day or___ hours.

Answer 47

12 hours, per Year, 8 Hours

Question 48

If nurse aids dont keep up education or work what happens?

Answer 48

They must complete a new training and competency evaluation program and re take test

Question 49

Can a Nurse aid work when not certified?

Answer 49

A nurse aide can work up to 4 months without certification, however they much be enrolled in a state approved training program

Question 50

What does nurse aid training include ___ hours of?

Answer 50

75 hours of
basic nursing skills
personal care skills
recognition of mental health and social service needs,
care of cognitively impaired residents
basic restorative services, and residents’ rights

Question 51

What does a Nursing facility have to post about staffing?

Answer 51

Facility must post daily for each shift the current number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff directly responsible for resident care in the facility. The information must be displayed in a uniform and must be available to the public (usually post in the lobby)