Key Terms
when a caregiver or responsible person fails to protect a vulnerable person from harm or provide food, shelter, healthcare or basic activities of daily living
neglect
What is the official recognition by a state that standards or requirements have been met?
Certification
Privacy and Confidentiality
What term means located at or toward the front of the body or body part?
anterior
Gestures, facial expressions, posture, body movements, touch, and small are used to reflect a person's feelings.
Non verbal communication
boundary crossing
A process a nurses uses to direct a nursing assistant to perform a nursing task
Delegation
Right to resident groups
Decrease in size or the wasting away of tissue
atrophy
Helps you understand the message. Asking the person to repeat the message or re-state.
Clarifying
unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement
false imprisonment
How many hours of instruction are CNA's required?
75 hours
Resident has the right to voice concerns, questions and complaints about treatment and care. What is this?
Grievances
What is the positional term when lying on the back with the head of the bed raised
Fowler's
What prevents the sending and receiving of messages? Causing communication to fail.
Communication Barriers
separating a person from others against the person's will, keeping the person to a certain area, or keeping the person away from his or her room without consent
involuntary seclusion
What is understanding what you can do, what you cannot do, and the legal limits of your role?
Scope of Practice
Advance directives are part of what patient right?
The right to refuse treatment
What is difficulty swallowing?
Dysphagia
Things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses; symptoms
someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person in the long term care setting
Ombudsman
A federal law that sets minimum requirements for nursing assistant training and evaluation.
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
A federal law that requires a long-term care ombudsman program in every state
The Older Americans Act
What is rapid breathing?
tachypnea
An assessment tool that provides information about the patient that is required by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services