Ethical and Legal Issues

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  1. 4. Violence Verbal, physical, or sexual abuse of staff by other staff members, residents, or visitors.
  2. 8. Actions, or the failure to act or provide proper care for a person, resulting in unintended injury.
  3. 11. rules set by the government to help protect the public.
  4. 13. Of Practice the tasks that healthcare providers are legally permitted to perform according to state or federal law.
  5. 15. Will A document that states the medical care a person wants, or does not want, in case they become unable to make those decisions.
  6. 17. imprisonment Unlawful restraint that affects a person's freedom of movement; includes both the threat of being physically restrained and actually being physically restrained.
  7. 19. Power of Attorney for Health Care A legal document that appoints someone to male the medical decisions for a person in the event he becomes unable to do so.
  8. 20. Seclusion The separation of a person from others against the person's will.
  9. 21. A threat to harm a person, resulting in the person feeling fearful that he will be harmed
  10. 24. Abuse Improper or illegal use of a person's money, possessions, property, or other assets.
  11. 28. An abbreviation; Part of OBRA that sets minimum requirements for training and testing NA's.
  12. 29. Involuntary discharge from a facility.
  13. 30. Directives Legal documents that allow people to decide what kind of medical care they wish to have in the event they are unable to make those decisions themselves.
  14. 31. Defamation in written form.
  15. 32. The code of proper behavior and courtesy in a certain setting.
  16. 34. A federal Law that sets standards for protecting the privacy of patients' health information.
  17. 35. Rights Rights identified in OBRA that relate to how residents must be treated while living in a long-term-care facility.
  18. 38. A legal advocate for residents in long-term care facilities.
  19. 39. the deliberate misplacement, exploitation, or improper use of resident's belongings or money without the resident's consent.
  20. 42. Reporters People who are required to report suspected or observed abuse or neglect due to their regular contact with vulnerable populations, such as the elderly in long-term-care facilities.
  21. 43. The inappropriate treatment or exploitation of a resident.
  22. 44. Health Record The electronic form of a residents personal and health data that is used to manage and coordinate a residents health care.
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  1. 1. Law Law related to committing a crime against the community
  2. 2. The intentional touching of a person without their consent
  3. 3. Health Information Information that can be used to identify a person and relates to his past, present, or future physical or mental condition, including and health care the patient has had, or payment for that health care.
  4. 5. Abuse Emotional harm caused by threatening, frightening, isolating, intimidating, humiliating, or insulting a person.
  5. 6. abuse the use of language that threatens, embarrasses, or insults a person.
  6. 7. Council A group of residents who meet regularly to discuss issues related to the long-term care facility.
  7. 9. Purposeful or willful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, emotional, or financial pain or injury to a person.
  8. 10. abuse Any treatment, intentional or not, that causes harm or injury to a person's body.
  9. 12. Violence Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse by spouses, intimate partners, or family members.
  10. 14. Professional misconduct that results in damage or injury to a person.
  11. 16. Harassment Any unwelcome sexual advance or behavior that creates an intimidationg, hostile, or offensive working environment.
  12. 18. abuse The repeated use of legal or illegal drugs, cigarettes, or alcohol in a way that causes harm to oneself or others.
  13. 22. Defamation in oral form.
  14. 23. abuse non-consensual sexual contact of any type.
  15. 25. Law Law between individuals; private law.
  16. 26. The act of taking advantage of a person for personal gain through threats of manipulation.
  17. 27. An order that tells medical professionals not to perform CPR in the event of Cardiac or Respiratory arrest.
  18. 28. Failure to provide necessary care or services, resulting in physical,mental, or emotional harm to a person.
  19. 33. Any untrue statement that injures a person's reputation and/or damages the person's ability to make a living.
  20. 36. The knowledge of right and wrong; standards of conduct.
  21. 37. of Privacy The violation of the right to be left alone and the right to control personal information.
  22. 40. Partner Violence Physical, sexual, or emotional harm caused by a partner or spouse.
  23. 41. Law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, residents assessment instructions, and information on rights for residents.