Should I Become A Nursing Home Administrator (One Minute Quiz)

Alyssa Omandac

Career Quiz and Most Suitable Personality

Nursing Home Administrators

Nursing Home Administrators Nursing Home Administrators are responsible for the staff and operations at nursing homes and various types of assisted living facilities. They manage staff, personnel, budgets, supplies, and other tasks to ensure that the facility provides optimal care to residents.

Salary
$117000
Education
Master's degree
Personality



Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.Confucius

Table of contents
  1. Career Quiz
  2. Suitable Personality Type
  3. Pros and Cons

Career Quiz

In this career quiz, there are 8-10 questions that will give you a pretty good perspective on whether this career is right for you.

There are 3 answers to each question: Dislike, Maybe, and Like.

Answer “Like / Yes” if you tell yourself “Yes! I would love do this” or “Yeah, I’m that type of person”.
Answer “Okay / Maybe” if you tell yourself “Umm…I think I will be okay with that”.
Answer “Dislike / No” if you tell yourself “Ugh…Sounds boring” or “No way!”.

Ready? Let’s start!

Question Yes Maybe No
Are you interested in managing the daily operations of a nursing home?
Are you comfortable supervising the hiring and training of new employees?
Would you enjoy attending meetings with staff, patients, and family?
Do you have compassion and empathy for others?
Do you have the communication skills needed to be an effective leader?
Do you have the organizational skills required for managing a large facility?
Are you passionate about helping others?
Are you interested in a career that requires you to frequently solve problems?

Your Results

Done?

Now count how many points you have.

Dislike = 0 point
Okay = 1 point
Like = 2 points

After you’re done counting your points. Click below to view your results.


Suitable Personality Type

The Leader

People with this personality likes to start and work on projects. They also like leading people and making many decisions. You can read more about these career personality types here.

Nursing Home Administrators need compassion and empathy to understand the pain and emotions experienced by their patients. It is also important to have good communication skills as you frequently need to direct the work of others. Due to the variety of administrative tasks and responsibilities, Nursing Home Administrators also require strong organizational abilities.

Take this quiz to see if Nursing Home Administrator is the right career for you.

Pros and Cons

Pros

You get to help provide residents with optimal living conditions

As Nursing Home Administrators are responsible for the overall operations of nursing home facilities, you are also responsible for the quality of care and living conditions for residents. You get to help aging residents feel comfortable.

You get to tackle a variety of challenging problems

Nursing Home Administrators are often required to address challenges such as a limited budget or understaffing. Coming up with solutions to these problems is often a rewarding experience.

Working as a Nursing Home Administrator is rarely boring

Every day brings new tasks to complete, which helps keep the work more entertaining. You rarely do the same thing every day.

You get to meet interesting people

The residents who are admitted to your facility have lived for many years and have many stories to tell. Interacting with residents each day is one of the most rewarding parts of this job.

Cons

You may spend long hours at work

Nursing Home Administrators work long hours, which can be a little stressful. You are likely to work more than 40 hours and remain on-call during the night and holidays.

You may need to settle disputes

Nursing Home Administrators are often required to settle disputes between co-workers or staff and residents. This may also occasionally result in disciplinary action against one or more employees.

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