focuses on the physical and emotional care of a person
What is holistic?
give another person permission to perform that task on the nursing assistant's behalf.
What is delegation?
provide care for individuals who are dying and their families.
What is hospice care?
the range of tasks that a nursing assistant is legally permitted to do.
What is "scope of practice?"
Physical therapist, housekeeping, dietary, nursing assistant, nurse, physician, social services, lab, pharmacy, x-ray
Who does the healthcare team consist of?
a federal privacy regulation that helps to keep a person's protected health information private and secure.
What is HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
improves the quality of life for people who live in long-term care facilities by making sure that residents receive a certain standard of care.
What is OBRA (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act)
What is battery?
a type of insurance plan that is federally funded by social security and which all people aged 65 years or older and some younger, disabled people.
What is Medicare?
confining another person against his/her will
What is false imprisonment?