Legal Implications
This is the term that refers to your responsibility to know the standards of care and safety according to the law
Liability
HIPAA protects this type of information
Identifiable medical/health Information
This law requires facilities to tell residents about their right to make treatment choices
Patient Self Determination Act
State and federal laws that provide long-term care residents the same rights given to all citizens
What is the Residents Bill Of Rights?
This is a fancy term for manners
Etiquette
A failure to take reasonable care to avoid causing injury to another person
negligence/neglect
This law requires facilities to tell residents about their right to make treatment choices
Patient Self Determination Act
This federal law requires state agencies to survey long-term care facilities yearly
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.
This is when a resident must receive a copy of the residents bill of rights?
Before or during admission into nursing facility
This is the term for a person's beliefs about what is right and what is wrong
Ethics/Code of Ethics
This document lists what medical treatments one wants or doesn't want to keep them alive
Living will or Advance Directive
This is the term for information covered by HIPAA laws
Protected Health Information (PHI)
Nursing assistant students must complete this many hours of training
No less than 75 hours
Married couples are not allowed to share the same room if both reside in the same nursing facility
False
This is the person who handles problems and complaints between the nursing home and a resident
Ombudsman
This is a person appointed by the client to make healthcare decisions if the client is unable to due to illness or incapacitation
Durable Power of Attorney
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
Neglect
This is the term for placing a resident away from others against their will
Involuntary seclusion
A nursing assistant must complete this many hours of continuing education training (in-service training) per year
12
The nursing assistant practices under the supervision of this staff member
Licensed nurse
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
If a CNA calls a resident stupid, this is what type of abuse?