4751-1-06 Subjects for examination.

 

 

 

4751-1-06                    Subjects for examination.

 

 

Every applicant for a license as a nursing home administrator, after meeting the requirements for qualification for examination as set forth in these rules and regulations this rule, shall successfully pass a written or oral examination or a combination thereof which shall include the following subject areas:

 

CORE OF KNOWLEDGE IN NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATION

 

(A)  Applicable standards of environmental health and safety:

 

(1)  hygiene Hygiene and sanitation

 

(2)   communicable Communicable diseases

 

(3)   management Management of isolation

 

(4)    the The total environment (noise, color, orientation, stimulation, temperature, lighting, air circulation)

 

(5)   elements Elements of accident prevention

 

(6)    special Special architectural needs of those residing in nursing home homes patients

 

(7)   drug Drug handling and control

 

(8)   safety Safety factors in oxygen usage

 

(B)  Pertinent federal, state and local health and safety laws and rules.

 

(C)  General administration:

 

(1)  institutional Facility administration

 

(2)   planning, Planning, organizing, directing, controlling, staffing, coordinating and budgeting

 

(3)   human Human relations

 

(a)   management/employee Management/employee interrelationships

 

 

 

(b)   employee/employee Employee/employee interrelationships

(c)   employee/patient Employee interrelationships with the persons served

(d)  employee/family Employee/family interrelationships

(4)   training Training of personnel

(a)   training Training of employees to become sensitive to patient the needs of the persons served

(b)   on-going Ongoing inservice in-service training/education

(D)  Psychology of patient care:

(1)   anxietyAnxiety

(2)   depressionDepression

(3)   drugs, Drugs, alcohol and their effect

(4)   motivationMotivation

(5)   separation Separation reaction

(E)  Principles of medical care:

(1)   anatomy Anatomy and physiology

(2)   psychologyPsychology

(3)   disease Disease recognition and prevention

(4)   disease Disease processes

(5)   nutritionNutrition

(6)   aging Aging processes

(7)   medical Medical terminology

(8)   materia Materia medica (pharmacology)

(9)   medical Medical social service

(10)   utilization Utilization review

(11)   professional Professional and medical ethics

(F)   Personal and social care:

(1)   resident and patient care Care planning

(2)   activity Activity programming

(a)   patient participationParticipation of the persons served

(b)   recreationRecreation

(3)   environmental Environmental adjustment - interrelationship between patient the persons served and:

(a)   patientOther persons served

(b)   staff Staff (staff sensitivity to patient the needs of the person served as a therapeutic function)

(c)   family Family and friends

(d)  administratorAdministrator

(e)   management Management (self-government/patientresident council)

(4)   rehabilitation Rehabilitation and restorative activities

(a)   training Training in activities of daily living

(b)   techniques Techniques of group therapy

(5)   interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary interpretation of patients' individuals' care to:

(a)   the patientThe person served

(b)   the The staff

(c)   the The family

(G)  Therapeutic and supportive care and services in long-term care:

(1)    individual Individual care planning as it embraces all therapeutive therapeutic care and supportive services

(2)     meaningful  Meaningful  observations  of  patient  behavior  as  related  to  total patient overall care

(3)    interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary evaluation and revision of patient care plans and procedures

(4)   unique Unique aspects and requirements of geriatric patient care

(5)      professional  Professional  staff  interrelationships  with  patient's  individual's physician

(6)   professional Professional ethics and conduct

(7)    rehabilitative Rehabilitative and remotivational role of individual therapeutic and supportive services

(8)   psychological, Psychological, social and religious needs, in addition to physical needs of the patients persons served

(9)   needs Need for dental services

(H)  Departmental organization and management

(1)      criteria  Criteria  for  coordinating  establishment  of  departmental  and  unit

objectives

(2)        reporting    Reporting    and    accountability    of    individual    departments   to administrator

(3)    criteria Criteria for departmental evaluation (nursing, food service, therapeutic services, maintenance, housekeeping)

(4)       techniques   Techniques   of   providing   adequate   professional,   therapeutic, supportive and administrative services

(5)   the The following departments may be used in relating matters of organization and management:

(a)   nursingNursing

(b)   housekeepingHousekeeping

(c)   dietaryDietary

(d)  laundryLaundry

(e)   pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical services

(f)  social Social services

(g)   business Business office

(h)   recreationRecreation

(i)   medical Medical records

(j)   admittingAdmitting

(k)   physical Physical therapy

(l)   occupational Occupational therapy

(m)   medical Medical and dental services

(n)   laboratoriesLaboratories

(o)   x-rayX-ray

(p)   maintenanceMaintenance

(I)  Community interrelationships:

(1)       community  Community  medical  care,  rehabilitative  and  social  services resources

(2)   other Other community resources

(a)   religious Religious institutions

(b)   schoolsSchools

(c)   civil Civil and voluntary service agencies

(d)  government Government agencies

(3)   third-party Third-party payment organizations

(4)   comprehensive Comprehensive health planning agencies

(5)   volunteers Volunteers and auxiliaries

Effective:   R.C. 119.032 review dates:	06/01/2014   02/07/2014 and 06/01/2019
CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Certification
04/15/2014
Date
Promulgated Under:	119.03
Statutory Authority:	4751.04
Rule Amplifies:	4751.04
Prior Effective Dates:	09/29/1970, 10/01/1974