Outline
1. Assessment questions consist of questions and scenarios designed to evaluate your knowledge in the nursing care setting of long term care and care of the patient with Dementia/Alzheimer’s disease.
Areas covered in the assessment:
Basic understanding of Dementia/Alzheimer’s disease
Communication
Managing behaviors
Families and Caregivers
Activities
Nutrition
Dignity
ADLs
Pain
Abuse/Unexplained Injuries
2. Each assessment consists of 25 questions based on principles, techniques and nursing situations
in which candidates have had previous experience caring for these types of patients. All questions have a clinical reference point to review, verify, and reinforce knowledge.
References:
3.Passing grade of 70 required.
18/25= 72
25/25= 100
4. Individuals scoring less than a 70 on assessments will be given the opportunity to retest at a later time and/or date. Permission to retake assessments will be at the discretion of ShiftKey.
References:
AHCA. Best practices for compliance related to resident dignity in skilled nursing facilities.https://www.fhca.org/members/qi/clinadmin/dignity2.pdf.
Alzheimer’s Association. Alzheimers and Dementia. https://www.alz.org/
Alzheimer’s Association. Stages of Alzheimers. https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/stages.
CMS.https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/SOM107ap_pp_Guidelines_ltcf.pdf
Eliopoulos, C. (2015). Fast facts for long term care nurses. Springer Publishing Company.
Eliopoulos, C.(2022).Gerontological nursing (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Harding, M., Kwong, J., Roberts, D., Hagler, D., & Reinisch, C. (2020). Lewis’s Medical-surgical nursing : Assessment and management of clinical problems (11th ed.). Elsevier, Inc.
HCPro (2020). Essentials in-services for long term care: Education for frontline staff.
Miller, C. (2012). Fast facts for dementia care. Springer Publishing Company.
Schuster, S. & Lohrmann, C. (2017). Dementia in nursing homes. Springer.
Sorrentino, S. & Remmert, L. (2019). Mosby’s Essentials for Nursing Assistants (6th ed.) Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-323-52392-9.
Created by Dr. Peggy Fossen DNP, RN, CNE
Peer Reviewed: Date: 4-21-2022. Peer Reviewer: Dr. Roxanne Wilson PhD, RN, CNE