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| Requires NA to complete 75 hours of training for licensing |
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| Detailed form with guidelines for assessing residents |
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| Specify how residents must be treated while leaving in a facility. |
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| Process where person makes informed decisions with help of the doctor |
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| Failure to provide needed care that results in harm |
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| Failure to provide proper care which results in unintended injury |
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| When injury occurs due to professional misconduct (negligence, carelessness, lack of skill) |
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| Abuse by staff or anyone else in the work place |
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| Repeated use of legal or illegal drugs |
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| people legally required to report suspected or observed abuse |
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| Durable Power of Attorney |
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| document that appoints someone to make health care decisions for a person if he is unable to do so. |
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| document that orders medical staff not to perform CPR |
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| Order that specifies treatments to be used when a person is very ill |
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| information collected by the senses |
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| Information based on what resident reported |
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| accident, problem or unexpected event that occurs during the course of care |
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| loss of function or ability |
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| ability to only see things that are near |
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| CVA: cerebrovascular accident |
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| paralysis on one side of the body |
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| weakness on one side of the body |
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| trouble communicating or understanding written or spoken words |
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