Legal Responsibilities of Healthcare Workers

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Across
  1. 6. improper handling or rough treatment of a patient while providing care:
  2. 8. occurs when a person is harmed or injured because a health care provider does not meet the established or expected standards of care.
  3. 9. criminal
  4. 11. patient falls and injuries that occur when siderails are left down
  5. 14. burns caused by improper heat or radiation treatments
Down
  1. 1. nurse performing minor surgery without having any training
  2. 2. threatening a patient
  3. 3. includes the unlawful touching of another person without consent
  4. 4. a rule that must be followed.
  5. 5. type of law focusing on behavior known as crime; deals with the wrongs against a person, property, or society.
  6. 7. using or not reporting defective equipment
  7. 10. responsibilities are those that are authorized or based on law.
  8. 12. created and enforced by the federal, state, or local governments.
  9. 13. type of law focusing on the legal relationships between people and the protection of a person’s rights; in health care.