Ch. 05 Legal and Ethical Responsibility

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Across
  1. 2. A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights.
  2. 6. 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
  3. 10. discontinue
  4. 12. An illness or disorder of a beneficiary that existed before the effective date of insurance coverage.
  5. 15. gallon
  6. 16. fluid
  7. 17. dilute
  8. 18. capsule
  9. 21. the crime of threatening a person together with the act of making physical contact with them.
  10. 22. physical or emotional harm to someone
  11. 23. An agreement between two or more parties that is enforceable in court
  12. 24. lotion
  13. 26. The range of clinical procedures and activities that are allowed by law for a profession
  14. 27. A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights.
  15. 30. Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards
  16. 34. The payer has denied this claim because the patient is no longer covered by the insurance policy.
  17. 36. microgram
  18. 39. unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement
  19. 40. document signed by the patient or legal guardian giving permission for medical or surgical care
  20. 41. dispense as written
Down
  1. 1. the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
  2. 3. pound
  3. 4. revealing personal information about an individual without his or her consent
  4. 5. liquid
  5. 7. A failure to perform, as promised, at the time the performance was due.
  6. 8. dispense
  7. 9. When a payment for service is denied by the insurance company, an accounts receivable specialist needs to investigate the situation to determine why the payment was denied.
  8. 10. Service Result of any action or series of actions that prevents any part of an information system from functioning.
  9. 11. a document in which a person states his or her wishes about life support and other treatments
  10. 13. the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions
  11. 14. every morning; every day before noon
  12. 19. legal document in which one person appoints another person to act as an agent on his or her behalf
  13. 20. failure to take proper care in doing something
  14. 25. Act of harming or ruining another's reputation
  15. 28. milliliter
  16. 29. delayed-release
  17. 31. apply to affected area
  18. 32. A law that defines crimes against the public order.
  19. 33. by mouth; orally
  20. 35. around the clock
  21. 37. drop
  22. 38. wrongful acts that do not involve contracts
  23. 41. divide