Systems
A federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, are disabled, or are ill and cannot work.
What is Medicare.
A threat to harm a person, resulting in the person being fearful that he or she will be harmed.
What is assault?
Information collected from residents, their family members, and their friends; information may or may not be true, but is what the person reported; also called symptoms.
What is subjective information?
A document that states the medical care a person wants, or does not want, in case he or she becomes unable to make those decisions.
What is a living will?
Swelling in body tissues caused by excess fluid.
What is edema?
A medical assistance program for people with low incomes, as well as for people with disabilities.
What is Medicaid?
The intentional touching of a person without his or her consent.
What is battery?
Factual information that is collected using the senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch, also called signs.
What is Objective information?
A plan for each resident created by the nurse that outlines the tasks that team members must perform to help the resident reach his or her goals of care.
What is a care plan?
A state of unconsciousness in which a person is unable to respond to any change in the environment, including pain.
What is a coma?
A federal law that sets standards for protecting the privacy of patients' health information.
What is HIPPA?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Defamation in written form.
What is libel?
The identification of disease or other problems by its signs and symptoms and from the results of different tests.
What is diagnosis?
A report documenting an incident and the response to the incident; also known as occurrence, accident, or event report.
What is an incident report?
This word means difficulty breathing.
What is dyspnea?
A not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits different types of healthcare facilities.
What is Joint Commission?
Unlawful restraint that affects a person's freedom of movement; includes both the threat of being physically restrained and actually being physically restrained.
What is false imprisonment?
Formally written status of the type and scope of care that should be provided in the event of a cardiac arrest, other catastrophic organ failure, or terminal illness.
What is Code Status?
An unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury.
What is a sentinel event?
A surgically created opening through the neck into the trachea.
What is a tracheostomy?
A legal advocate for residents in a long term care facilities.
What is an Ombudsman?
Defamation in oral form.
What is slander?
An order that tells medical professionals not to perform CPR in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest.
DNR (do not resuscitate)
A detailed form with guidelines for assessing residents in long term care facilities; also details what to do if resident problems are identified.
What is the MDS (Minimum Data Set)?
Confusion about a person, place, or time; may be permanent or temporary.
What is disorientation?