Rights & Respect
These are rules identified in OBRA that explain how residents must be treated in a facility.
What are Resident’s Rights?
Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical injury to a resident.
What is physical abuse?
This is when documentation should be done
What is immediately?
Rules set by the government to help people live safely together.
What are laws?
This abbreviation means “date of birth.”
What is DOB?
This law requires nursing assistants to complete yearly in-service education hours.
What is OBRA?
Emotional harm caused by threatening, humiliating, or intimidating someone.
What is psychological abuse?
When correcting a handwritten chart, you should do this instead of erasing.
What is drawing a single line through the error and writing the correction?
The knowledge of right and wrong.
What is ethics?
This abbreviation means “as needed.”
What is prn?
This term means keeping resident information private.
What is confidentiality?
Improper or illegal use of a resident’s money or property.
What is financial abuse?
An accident or unexpected event during care that must be reported.
What is an incident?
Injury due to professional misconduct, negligence, or lack of skill.
What is malpractice?
This abbreviation means “wheelchair.”
What is w/c?
This person is legally assigned to advocate for residents in long-term care facilities.
What is an ombudsman?
Nonconsensual sexual contact of any type.
What is sexual abuse?
HIPAA was created to help keep this private and secure.
What is health information?
Threatening to harm someone, causing fear.
What is assault?
This abbreviation refers to rehabilitation services.
What is rehab?
The process in which a resident makes informed decisions about their own health care.
What is informed consent?
Separating a resident from others against their will.
What is involuntary seclusion?
Leaving a resident’s chart open for others to see violates this rule.
What is confidentiality?
Intentional touching of a person without consent.
What is battery?
This abbreviation refers to laboratory.
What is lab?