Key Terms Ch. 1
A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover?
What is an acute illness
What type of Health care is provided for persons in their homes?
What is Home Care
Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person's consent.
What is an assault
Most teenagers need this 8 - 10 hours a day.
What is sleep and rest
Injuring the name and reputation of a person by making false statements to a third person
What is Defamation
An illness, slow or gradual in onset, for which there is no known cure.
What is a Chronic illness
What is a health care facility or program for those who are dying?
What is Hospice Care
Negligence by a professional person.
What is Malpractice
Produces feelings of well-being and stimulation but has a depressant effect on the brain.
What is Alcohol
The unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement.
What is false imprisonment
Another word for a long-term care facility or nursing home.
What is a Nursing Facility
What health care provides services to persons who cannot care for themselves at home but who do not need hospital care.
What is Long-term care
Defamation through oral statements
What is slander
This loss would mean major changes in how you live, work, and travel.
What is your eyes or vision loss
Comes from a French word meaning wrong.
What is Tort
Individuals who provide nursing care- registered nurses, LPN, and nursing assistants.
What is a Nursing Team
What involves health care agencies joining together as one provider of care? The system may include one or more hospitals, nursing facilities, home care agencies, hospice settings, and doctors.
Health care systems
Unauthorized touching of a person's body without the person's consent
What is Battery
Bathing daily, use of deodorant, brushing your teeth after meals, and using mouthwash.
What is Hygiene
A rule of conduct made by a government body such as the U.S. Congress or a state legislature
What is a law
An individual who has studied nursing for 2, 3, or 4 years and has passed a licensing examination.
What is a Registered Nurse (RN)
Specialized care was once called a psychiatric hospital.
What is a Mental Health services
Saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive another person
What is Fraud
You will feel better physically and more alert mentally.
When you exercise regularly
Violation of a criminal law is called
What is a crime