Intro/Ethical & Legal Vocab

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Across
  1. 7. health care professionals who specialize in therapy for those recovering from a physical or mental illness. This therapy helps patients regain skills needed to carry out tasks and activities in daily life
  2. 9. this certification takes about a year to complete and does not require the whole nursing program. They provide basic nursing care.
  3. 12. the kinds of actions that a medical professional can be held responsible for to carry out
  4. 13. federal government health insurance for people 65 and older, have disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease
  5. 17. allow natural death. Do not attempt CPR or lifesaving acts when a patient has coded
  6. 18. Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act.
  7. 20. the act of suddenly leaving something or someone without warning or delegating responsibility to another person
  8. 21. healthcare that is focused on relieving the symptoms and suffering caused by terminally ill patients, specifically when they have been given less than six months to live.
  9. 23. a person who identifies people and communities in need of help, assess the needs, situations, strengths, and support networks to determine goals
  10. 25. active but short-term treatment for severe injury, episode of illness, urgent medical condition, or surgery recovery.
  11. 27. a list of guarantees for those receiving care such as: patient information, fair treatment, and autonomy over medical decisions etc
  12. 29. law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions, and information on rights for residents
  13. 31. housing facilities for people with disabilities or who can not or choose not to live independently (can be long term or short term)
  14. 33. social services provided For abused, neglected, or exploited older adults, especially those with significant disabilities
  15. 35. patients participate in their own medicaltreatment along with health professionals.
  16. 36. the action of destroying or tainting someone's reputation, can be written or oral
  17. 37. someone who is required by law to report any suspicion of abuse
  18. 39. a physician who treats disabilities or ailments by physical methods such as massage, heat treatment, and exercise instead of drugs or surgery (may also be used as a resource alongside drugs and surgery)
  19. 42. a patient who is in end stage illness disease that can not be cured and is likely to result in someone's death.
  20. 43. care such as diagnosis, observation, consultation, treatment, intervention, and rehabilitation services that are given without being admitted to the hospital
  21. 44. services which help meet the medical and non - medical needs of people with a chronic illness or disability who can not care for themselves for long periods.
Down
  1. 1. a nurse who had graduated from a nursing program and met the requirements outlined to obtain the nursing license. They provide and coordinate patient care and educate patients and the public about various health conditions
  2. 2. a medical assistance program for those with low income as well as people with disabilities
  3. 3. purposeful or willful, unwelcome sexual advancements, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.
  4. 4. the unlawful restraint that affects a person's freedom of movement; includes both the threat of being physically restrained and actually being physically restrained.
  5. 5. work directly with patients and nurses helping with a lot of the physical and complex tasks for patient care.
  6. 6. someone appointed to advocate for elderly patients/residents
  7. 8. a healthcare provider trained in cardio-pulmonary medicine in order to work with people who have severe, suddenly onset critical conditions and cardiac and pulmonary diseases
  8. 10. a patient who lives in a long term care facility.
  9. 11. being responsible for something specifically by law
  10. 14. keeping information about a patient secure and secretive for their safety and comfortability
  11. 15. a physician who is trained to help people with speech language and people who have difficulty speaking.
  12. 16. Practice procedures, actions, and processes that a healthcare practitioner is allowed to undertake according to the terms of their medical license.
  13. 19. the right to receive personal care that accommodates physical, medical, emotional, and social needs
  14. 22. have the power to come in and inspect a workplace to make sure it is safe to work/reside/visit.
  15. 24. when a health care professional who has legal authority to perform a controlled act transfers that authority to an unauthorized person
  16. 26. moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity
  17. 28. failure to take action which results in unnecessary pain, suffering, misery, or harm to the patient
  18. 30. criminal deception intended to result in financial gain or personal gain
  19. 32. a branch of healthcare/medicine that deals with elderly people
  20. 34. the act of restoring someone's health or normal life through training and therapy after trauma, specific illness or addiction
  21. 38. failure to provide or allow care as recommended by a health care practitioner
  22. 40. Facility an in-patient rehab and medical treatment center staffed with trained medical professionals
  23. 41. health or supportive care given by a professional caregiver within the patient's home