Vocab
Resident's Rights
Abuse & Neglect
HIPAA & Legalities
Wild Card
100
Knowledge of what is right and wrong.
Ethics
100
Residents have the right to speak privately with anyone and the right to confidentiality in every aspect of their lives.
The right to privacy and confidentiality.
100
Emotional harm caused by threatening, frightening, isolating, intimidating, humiliating or insulting a person.
Psychological Abuse
100
Electronic form of a resident's personal and health data that is used to manage and coordinate a resident's health care.
Electronic Health Record
100
H.I.P.A.A. stands for_______.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
200
Code of proper behavior and courtesy in a certain setting.
Etiquette
200
Residents have the right to voice grievances without fear for their safety or care.
The right to complain.
200
The intentional touching of a person without their consent.
Battery
200
Information that can be used to identify a person and relates to their past, present or future physical or mental condition.
Protected Health Information
200
People required to report suspected abuse or neglect due to their regular contact with vulnerable populations.
Mandated Reporters
300
Legal document appointing someone to make medical decisions for a person in the event they become unable to do.
Durable Power of Attorney
300
Residents have the right to take part in the planning of their treatment, care, and discharge.
300
Abuse of staff by other staff members, residents, or visitors.
Workplace Violence
300
Outlines the medical care a person wants, or does not want, in case they become unable to make decisions.
Living Will
300
Legal advocate for residents of long term care facilities.
Ombudsman
400
Legal document that allows people to decide what kind of medical care they wish to have in the event they are unable to make those decisions themselves.
Advance Directive
400
Residents have the right to be informed of, and to consent to any location changes.
Rights during transfers and discharges.
400
Any untrue statement, written or oral, that injures a person's reputation or damages their ability to make a living.
Defamation
400
The nurse aide brought her mom in to work to meet one of the residents she spends most of her time talking to. According to HIPAA, this is called _____________.
Invasion of Privacy
400
Defamation in written form.
Libel
500
The deliberate misplacement, exploitation, or improper use of a resident's belongings or money without the resident's consent.
Misappropriation
500
Residents must receive the correct care.
Services and activities to maintain a high level of wellness.
500
Occurs when a negligent or improper act due to professional misconduct results in damage or injury to a person.
Malpractice
500
The patient's husband wants to withdraw life support after no changes in her health for 7 days. In her living will she expressed the desire to remain on life support until she recovers from any illness or injury.
What will medical staff prepare to do, and why?
Remove the patient from life support.
The living will is not legally binding, the next of kin makes decisions for the patient because she is incapacitated.
500
Separation of a person from others against the person's will.
Involuntary Seclusion