The Healthcare System
federal health insurance program for people that are 65 and older
What is Medicare?
set by the government to help people live peacefully together and to ensure order and safety
What are laws?
specifies how residents must be treated while living in a facility
What are residents' rights?
What is physical abuse?
a threat to harm a person, resulting in the person feeling fearful that they will be harmed
What is assault?
medical assistance program for those how have a low income, as well as for people with disabilities
What is Medicaid?
Bathing patients, helping with elimination, range of motion exercises, transferring patients, measuring vital signs, assisting with meals, helping residents dress and undress, making and changing meals, keeping resident's areas clean and neat, caring for supplies and equipment
passed in 1987, ensures that facilities are safe and sets minimum standards for long term care facilities
What is Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)?
emotional harm caused by threatening, scaring, humiliating, intimidating, isolating, or insulting a person
What is psychological abuse?
the intentional touching of a person without their consent
What is battery?
a course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs
What is a policy?
defines the tasks that the healthcare worker is legally allowed to do according to state or federal laws
What is the scope of practice?
the process by which a person, with the help of a doctor, makes informed decisions about their health care
What is informed consent?
nonconsensual sexual contact of any type
What is sexual abuse?
an unlawful restraint that affect's a person's freedom of movement
What is false imprisonment?
a method, or way of doing things
What is a procedure?
describes the line of authority and helps to make sure that residents get proper health care
What is the chain of command?
a patient right that is protected by providing the patient with their unopened mail, knocking on the door before entering, and protecting their health information
What is the right to privacy and confidentiality?
improper or illegal use of a person's money, possession, property, or other assets
actions or the failure to act or provide the proper care for a resident, resulting in an unintended injury
What is negligence?
the knowledge of right and wrong
What are ethics?
who gives the CNA guidance and direction on the plan of care, who the CNA reports to within the facility
Who is the Registered Nurse (RN)?
gives residents the right to join resident council, gives them the right to vote, and participate in activities inside and outside the facility
What is the right to make independent choices?
the use of spoken or written words, pictures, or gestures that threaten, embarrass, or insult a person
occurs when a person is injured due to professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill
What is malpractice?