Across
- 2. a legal document that explains how you want medical decisions about you to be made if you cannot make the decisions yourself.
- 5. use of documentary materials related to treatment or condition of a patient.
- 6. any act of a sexual nature performed in a criminal manner
- 7. A form of emotional abuse consisting of the use of abusive and demeaning language with a spouse, child, or elder, often by a caregiver or other person in a position of power.
- 9. any act resulting in a nonaccidental physical injury
- 12. any act or omission by a physician during treatment of a patient that deviates from accepted norms of practice in the medical community and causes an injury to the patient
- 14. When a nursing staff member makes a statement that causes the resident to feel emotional pain, distress, or fear, it is an act of verbal abuse.
- 16. when a doctor fails to meet the required professional standard of care and his or her negligence causes patient harm.
Down
- 1. is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge.
- 3. instructs health care providers not to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a patient's breathing stops or if the patient's heart stops beating.
- 4. Defaming the character of another by means of the written word.
- 8. intentional touching without permission.
- 10. Defaming the character of another through injurious speech.
- 11. type of advance directive that states the specific types of medical care that a person wishes to receive
- 13. The unlawful placing of an individual in apprehension of immediate bodily harm without his or her consent.
- 15. allow the person's estate to sue the hospital and be awarded damages for the beneficiaries of the deceased.