Transferring authority to a person for a specific task.
What is Delegation.
100
People who are required to report suspected or observed abuse or neglect because they have regular contact with vulnerable population.
What is Mandated Reporters?
100
Causing physical, mental, emotion, or financial pain or injury to someone.
What is Abuse?
100
An alcohol- containing preparation designed for application to the hands for reducing the number of microorganisms on hands.
What is hand rubs?
100
The stoppage of breathing from lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide in the body that may result in unconsciousness.
What is suffocation?
200
Care that involves the whole person: including physical, social, emotional, and spiritual, such as a whole person.
What is Holistic?
200
Law sets standards for protecting the privacy of patients' healthcare.
What is The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)
200
The act of taking what belongs to someone else and using it illegally for one's own gain.
What is misappropriation?
200
The practice used to reduce and control the spread of microorganisms such as hand-washing.
What is medical- asepsis?
200
Measures used instead of physical or chemical restraints.
What is restraint alternatives?
300
Coordination of care for a resident over time, during which the care team is always exchanging information about the resident and working toward a shared goal.
What is continuity of care?
300
Legal document that allow people to decide what kind of medical care they wish to have if they are unable to make those decision for themselves.
What is Advance directive?
300
Action, or a failure to act or give proper care, that result in injury to a person.
What is Negligence?
300
A method of infection prevention in which all blood, body fluids, and non- intact skin.
What is Standard precautions?
300
A sheet that provides information on safe use of and hazards of chemicals in the work place.
What is Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDA)
400
A program of care given by a specialist or a team of specialists to restore or improve function after an illness or injury.
What is rehabilitation?
400
Protected information that can be used to identify a person relates to person's past, present, or future, physical, and mental condition.
What is Protected Health Information?
400
Unlawful restraint of someone which affects the person's freedom of movement.
What is false imprisonment?
400
An infection associated with healthcare delivery in any setting.
What is Healthcare-associated infection (HAI).
400
Restraints are not kept or used for any reason.
What is restraint- free care?
500
A non-for-profit organization that evaluation and accredits different types of healthcare facilities.
What is Joint Commission?
500
Defines the task that the healthcare providers are legally permitted to perform as allowed by the state or federal law.
What is Scope of Practice?
500
A negligent or improper act by a healthcare professional that results in damage or injury to a person.
What is malpractice?
500
Specific eye, mouth, other mucus membrane, non-intake skin, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious material that results from the performance of an employee's duties.
What is exposure incident?
500
Resident symptoms that has bluish lips, skin, and fingernails with severe coughing means.