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