Willful use of offensive or demeaning language by a caretaker is…
Abuse
You are working with a person that has a scrape from tripping on a walk. When would the injury need to be reported or the GER be due?
Within 24-Hours
True or False:
In a person’s Overall Service Plan, there’s a plan in place where you would wait/meet in case of a fire.
True
What does HIPAA and PHI mean?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive Patient Health Information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge.
A person you work with refuses sunscreen and gets sunburn with blisters. What is this classified as?
GER/ANE/Serious Event
Betty needs assistance with personal cares/wiping after a BM. Staff has refused to do so resulting in a UTI. This would be called...
Neglect
A person you support isn’t feeling well, and you take them to the walk-in clinic. They are prescribed an antibiotic for a sinus infection. How would you level this GER? High, Medium or Low?
Medium because High is ANE
What months should you practice tornado drills with the people you work with?
April-October
Posting pictures of you and the people you support on Facebook or other social media sites is okay as long as you don’t include their names
False
**Do you have an ROI?
**The nurse who posted on her snap story and got fined
**Having place of work on your profiles
You are dropping off a kid at school. They get out of the car and are heading to the school door. What do you do next before you drive away?
Walking in and out of school- face to face contact
You borrowed a person supported X-Box game for the weekend. This could be looked at as...
Exploitation
A person you are working with takes her oral medications, but you forgot her topical skin cream for her rash. What would you report this as in the GER?
Medication Error
A person you work with needs to evacuate their home due to a burst pipe/flood. What should you assist them in grabbing?
Meds, personal items, look in plan
How would you report a HIPAA Violation?
Moe or Mel, who would then File a Security Rule Complaint. You may file a Security Rule complaint electronically via the OCR Complaint Portal, or using our Health Information Privacy Complaint Package
They would do an investigation like how they do for GERs - if you are found negligent there could be charges pressed
Its winter weather and below zero. The person you work with is refusing to wear boots, a hat and gloves. What do you do?
Multiple answers, bring it with you, put in car/backpack, choices: "which hat do you want to bring?" GER...
The person you support threw a mug at you. You are scared and grabbed their wrist in self-defense. This is considered what?
Abuse, Serious Event, or Unauthorized restraint
A person you support is known to have possible “behaviors”. You are in the mall and they are no longer in your sight after running ahead of you. You cannot find them. This is considered what?
Elopement/Missing Person/Serious Event/GER
There is a “shelter in place” and no travel is advised due to a blizzard. Do you have to work your shift if you are currently at their home?
Res Hab-Yes, but Staff currently working is to stay until next Stay can relieve them. In home-no if you are not feeling safe to drive. For Res Hab, you may be mandated to stay if the next staff cannot get there so always have things on you for those emergencies.
Your phone was stolen, Is this a HIPAA Violation?
HIPAA violations are common as a result of lost or stolen organizational devices or personal devices which contain PHI, as they contain text and emails from other staff and admin.
There would be an investigation where they would find out if you were liable, but we do have info about the consumers on our phone whether texts or emails.
You are driving a person to Therapy and get into a car accident. You and the person supported seem fine except for being a little shaken up. What do you do?
Provide comfort and care for the person you support, call police, staff incident report, GER
A legally based disability rights agency that provides legal representation and other advocacy services to people with disabilities is called…
Protection & Advocacy
What are the immediate steps called to ensure the safety of the person you with after an “event” (injury, accident, fall, seizure)
Risk Management
Where in the OSP would you look for what to do in case of an emergency?
Safeguards
What are 3 examples of a HIPAA violation on social media?
1. Posting on Snapchat of a consumer singing a song, without a signed ROI from a parent or guardian
2. Posting on FB that consumer AB pulled a knife on me today
3. Texting friends that the consumer CD who you support is in the hospital for xyz and you were up all night with them.
4. Acknowledging that you cared for a consumer when a family member makes a post, e.g. “So glad we could get him home for the holidays."
If you are injured on the job, what location/place do you go to?
Occupational Health, 12th Ave N Fargo
Valley City; Sanford
Have to report it within 24 hours
**Staff hit the back of her foot with a cart, 3 months later still bothering the staff
**ER if it's an emergency