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RCFE Initial Certification Test:
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Residents with a dementia diagnosis who are unable or unlikely to respond, either physically or mentally, to oral instructions relating to exiting during an emergency are considered: ✔Ans - Non-ambulatory Casts and braces are not good examples of postural supports and they do not require a doctor's order ✔Ans - False The designated substitute must be at least 18 years of age ✔Ans - True A staff member who provides direct care to residents must be a first aid and CPR card holder ✔Ans - False All employees are subject to criminal clearance within seven days after employment. ✔Ans - False There shall be one locked storage area for guns, ammunition, and poisons. ✔Ans - False A waiver is a variance to a regulation for a circumstance at the property. ✔Ans - True At least ____ toilet and wash basin for each ____ persons, which includes residents, family and personnel, is required. ✔Ans - 1/ All persons who supervise employees must be 21 years old. ✔Ans - False You must notify the fire department when oxygen is to be used in the facility within 24 hours of having the provided service in the building. ✔Ans - False
If a licensee hires a new administrator, the department must be notified within: ✔Ans - 30 Days Non-serious physical injury must be reported to the department within ✔Ans - 48 hours Planned activities must be posted in a common area in facilities for how many residents? ✔Ans - Seven or more residents A change in mailing address of a licensee shall be filed in writing to the department within ____ calendar days ✔Ans - 7 Administrators must complete ____ hours of continuing education every year. ✔Ans - 20 A telecommunication Device Notification form must be completed for all residents upon admission. ✔Ans - False Care and supervision includes which of the following? ✔Ans
- Assistance with ADLs A colostomy is considered a _____ health condition ✔Ans - Allowable/Restricted What are the maximum number of days for an EAO? ✔Ans - 60 A physician or a pharmacist may alter the label on a resident's medication. ✔Ans - False Bed rails that extend the entire length of the bed are prohibited, unless a resident is receiving hospice care and has a care plan that has identified a need for this device. ✔Ans - True The maximum number of doses for a PRN medication allowed in a 24-hour period must be indicated on the label ✔Ans - True
In facilities licensed for ___ or more residents, menus shall be written at least one week in advance. ✔Ans - 16 At least ___ bathtub(s) or shower(s) is required for each ____ persons living at the facility. ✔Ans - 1/ In facilities licensed for ___ residents, one full-time staff member shall have the primary responsibility for planned activities. ✔Ans - 50 or more The physician has prescribed a modified diet for a resident. The facility must provide this modified diet to the resident as part of the basic rate. ✔Ans - True All direct-care staff shall complete at least ____ hours of initial training before working alone with residents. ✔Ans - 20 All direct-care staff shall complete at least ___ hours of dementia training within the first four weeks of their employment and ____ hours of dementia training annually. ✔Ans - 12/ In facilities licensed for 16 to 100 residents, at least ___ employee(s) shall be on duty, on the premises, and wake, and one employee on call and capable of responding within ___ minutes. ✔Ans - 1/ The facility shall heat rooms that residents occupy to a minimum of ___ F ✔Ans - 68 Prior to a resident moving into an assisted living facility, the licensee shall obtain documentation of a medical assessment within the last: ✔Ans - 12 months A planned on-the-job training program is required in facilities licensed for: ✔Ans - 16 or more residents A written incident report must be submitted to the department within ____ days of the event. Unless it is a serious physical
injury, in which case the written report shall be submitted within ___ hours ✔Ans - 7/ You must verify the health status of a staff member within: ✔Ans - Three days after hire Written verification of a caregiver's age is a required component of an employee's personnel record. ✔Ans - True Half bed rails are allowed for mobility purposes only. ✔Ans - True It is OK to have taps that deliver water at 125 F or above as long as there is a sign posted. ✔Ans - True Each resident with the symptom "dementia" listed as a diagnosis shall have his or her medical assessment updated for significant change of condition and/or annually. ✔Ans - True In facilities licensed for 7 or more residents, notices of planned activities shall be retained for at least: ✔Ans - 6 months Facilities licensed for ___ or more residents require a full-time person responsible for the operation of food services ✔Ans - 50 An exception and a waiver are both a variance ✔Ans - True When re-certifying every two years, administrator certificate holders must pay a $___ processing fee within ____ days of the expiration date. ✔Ans - 100/ Personnel physician reports are valid for six months ✔Ans - True A resident who is unable to leave the building due to cognitive impairment is considered non-ambulatory. ✔Ans - True
unrelated to the hospice plan of care and treatment, you must immediately notify: ✔Ans - 911 Refrigerators shall maintain a maximum temperature of ___ F, the freezer a maximum of ___ F, and the dishwasher a minimum temperature of ____ F ✔Ans - 40/0/ Pesticides and cleaning products may be stored in the kitchen area, as long as they are not stored in the same cabinet or areas as food supplies. ✔Ans - False The licensee must notify CCL within ___ days of a change of chief executive officer. ✔Ans - 15 The minimum number of hours between the third and the first meal of the next day must not exceed 12 hours ✔Ans - False Emergency disaster readiness includes food and water to enable residents to be self-reliant for ___ days ✔Ans - Three days The admission agreement must contain information on visiting hours. ✔Ans - True Each RCFE is required to provide a list of residents and their room numbers to the ombudsman. ✔Ans - True The licensee must notify CCL of a change of ownership within ___ days ✔Ans - 90 The licensee must give a resident ___ days' notice to increase the fee for service and ___ days' written notice to change rates. ✔Ans - 5/ More than one resident may sleep in a bedroom together, with each resident in his or her own bed, as long as the residents are in a non-ambulatory room. ✔Ans - False A dining room can also be used as an activity room when residents are not eating. ✔Ans - True
In facilities licensed for 15 residents or less, awake night staff is always required. ✔Ans - False Staffing must be required 24 hours a day for all RCFE facilities. If only one person is on duty, that person must be 18 years old. ✔Ans - False The egress control device must be deactivated whenever a manual force of not more than ____ pounds is applied for two seconds, but not more than ____ seconds to the panic bar or other door-latching hardware. ✔Ans - 15/ It is permitted to accept a resident on hospice as long as you apply the waiver within five days. ✔Ans - False The licensee of a RCFE must publish a document annually that discloses the average monthly rate increases for the previous ____ year(s) ✔Ans - 3 The department may order suspension of new admissions. ✔Ans - True Every resident's written record shall address a missing resident absentee notification plan in the record of care. ✔Ans - True The department is not required to monitor compliance with the disaster and mass casualty plan as part of its regulatory and monitoring functions. ✔Ans - False When the licensee dies, a related or non-related adult who has control of the property must notify CCL of the death within ____ hours and surrender the death certificate within ____ ✔Ans - 24/ Residents are required to purchase services and medical products from the pharmacy that contracts with the facility. ✔Ans - False
using words with common and everyday meanings. ✔Ans - False A facility with fewer than 16 residents shall have at least one night staff person awake and on duty ✔Ans - False Upon receipt of a complaint, the LPA will conduct an inspection of the facility within ___ days ✔Ans - 10
