legal implications
This is the term that refers to your responsibility to know the standards of care and safety according to the law
Liability
name one entity that may be exempt from HIPPA rules
Schools, life insurers, medical insurance, state and or local public health, and employer (in some circumstances).
These team members provide the most personal cares to nursing home residents?
CNAs
State and federal laws that provide long-term care residents the same rights given to all citizens
What is the Residents Bill Of Rights?
Is providing privacy ethics or etiquette
Etiquette
A failure to take reasonable care to avoid causing injury to another person
negligence
HIPPA protects this type of information
All medical records and other individually identifiable health information used or disclosed by a covered entity in any form, whether electronically, on paper, or orally
This federal law requires state agencies to survey long-term care facilities yearly
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.
When is the resident supposed to go through and receive a copy of the residents bill of rights?
Before or during admission into nursing facility
What are personal values?
Someone’s personal beliefs that dictate what they think to be right and wrong
A CNA removing a catheter would be what legal violation
Malpractice
This is the decade in which HIPPA enacted
1990's (1996)
How many hours of training are nursing assistant students required to have before completion of the program?
No less than 75 hours
Married couples are not allowed to share the same room if both reside in the same nursing facility
False
A formal guideline that governs the behavior of caregivers to ensure the welfare of those in their care
Code of Ethics
If a CNA does not finish an assignment and/or leaves work early without attending to their resident’s needs, it would be considered...
Abandonment
This term refers to information about a patient's healthcare that is private
Protected Health Information (PHI)
The federal law that sets the minimum training requirements for nursing assistants.
OBRA
John Doe asks to be called by his first name, John, but you continue to call him Mr. Doe. This doesn’t violate John’s bill of rights.
False, every resident has the right to be called by whichever name they prefer
What is the purpose of ethical behavior?
To promote the health, independence, safety, and quality of life for each resident
Preventing a resident’s movement, placing a resident in a darkened room as punishment, and placing a resident away from a call light or communication are examples example of …
Involuntary seclusion
A CNA approaches a patient to get lab samples while they're sitting in the common room. The patient ask what might be wrong with them and the cna says it’s to check for parisites and bacteria. They then take the paitents information. Is this a violation of what law?
HIPPA
After completion of training, the state competency exam must be taken within how this many days
120 days
The nursing assistant goes into a residents room to invite them to the bingo game that will be starting soon. What should the nursing assistant do if the resident is still sleeping?
Allow the resident to continue to sleep. If the resident is not awake then allow them to sleep
The nursing assistant is having a difficult day. Then the NA walks into someone’s room, the resident asks how his day was and then the NA begins to tell the resident how terrible his day was. Is this appropriate?
No,is not