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| Knowledge of right and wrong |
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| How residents must be treated while living in a facility. |
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| Occurs when a person is injured due to professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness or lack of skill |
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| Durable Power of Attorney |
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| (health care proxy) a signed, dated and witnessed legal document. Appoints someone else to make medical decisions for a person if the patient becomes unable to do so. |
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| Communicating without using words |
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| an accident or problem, or unexpected event during the course of care |
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| Paralysis on one side of the body |
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| These tell people what they MUST do. |
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| The process by which a person, with the help of a doctor, makes informed decisions about his or her health care. |
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| Abuse of staff by other staff members, residents or visitors. |
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| This helps medical providers to honor a person's wishes about health care |
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| Is based on what a person sees. |
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| Loss of function or ability. Can be partial or complete. |
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| Weakness on one side of the body |
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| Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. Minimum standards of care and standardized training of nursing assistants. |
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| Failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental or emotional harm to a person. |
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| repeated use of legal or illegal drugs, cigarettes, or alcohol in a way that harms oneself or others |
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| Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment. Specifies treatments to be used when a person is very ill. These treatments are what the person wants to receive not what he wants to avoid. |
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| Something someone cannot or did not observe based on someone reporting something. Also called "symptoms". |
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| Myopia. The ability to see things near, but not far. |
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| Trouble communicating thoughts through speech or writing (expressive) or Difficulty understanding spoken or written words(receptive) |
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| Minimum Data Set. A resident assessment system |
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| Actions or the failure to actor to provide the proper care for a resident resulting in unintended injury. |
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| People who are legally required to report suspected or observed abuse because they have regular contact with vulnerable populations. |
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| involves the use of words, spoken or written |
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| Skin that is blue or gray |
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| Cerebrovascular Accident or Stroke |
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| How residents must be treated while living in a facility. |
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| Occurs when a person is injured due to professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness or lack of skill |
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| Durable Power of Attorney |
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| (health care proxy) a signed, dated and witnessed legal document. Appoints someone else to make medical decisions for a person if the patient becomes unable to do so. |
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| Communicating without using words |
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| an accident or problem, or unexpected event during the course of care |
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| Paralysis on one side of the body |
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| These tell people what they MUST do. |
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| The process by which a person, with the help of a doctor, makes informed decisions about his or her health care. |
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| Abuse of staff by other staff members, residents or visitors. |
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| This helps medical providers to honor a person's wishes about health care |
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| Is based on what a person sees. |
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| Loss of function or ability. Can be partial or complete. |
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| Weakness on one side of the body |
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| Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. Minimum standards of care and standardized training of nursing assistants. |
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| Failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental or emotional harm to a person. |
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| repeated use of legal or illegal drugs, cigarettes, or alcohol in a way that harms oneself or others |
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| Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment. Specifies treatments to be used when a person is very ill. These treatments are what the person wants to receive not what he wants to avoid. |
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| Something someone cannot or did not observe based on someone reporting something. Also called "symptoms". |
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| Myopia. The ability to see things near, but not far. |
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| Trouble communicating thoughts through speech or writing (expressive) or Difficulty understanding spoken or written words(receptive) |
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| Minimum Data Set. A resident assessment system |
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| Actions or the failure to actor to provide the proper care for a resident resulting in unintended injury. |
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| People who are legally required to report suspected or observed abuse because they have regular contact with vulnerable populations. |
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| involves the use of words, spoken or written |
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| Skin that is blue or gray |
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| Cerebrovascular Accident or Stroke |
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| Infection limited to a specific location in the body |
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| Infection that affects the entire body |
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| Healthcare Associated Infection |
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| infection acquired in a healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care |
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| Description of how the pathogen travels |
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| happens by touching the infected person or their secretions |
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| From touching an object contaminated by the infected person. |
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| The membranes that line body cavities that open to the outside of the body. Linings of the mouth, nose, eyes, rectum and genitals. |
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| Not getting the proper nutrition |
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| Condition that occurs when there is an inadequate amount of fluids in the body |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration-a federal govt. agency that makes rules to protect workers from hazards on the job |
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-a federal govt. agency that issues guideline to protect and improve the health of individuals and communities |
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| treating blood, body fluids, nonintact skin (abrasions, pimples or open sores) and mucous membranes as if they were infected. |
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| Needles and other sharp objects. |
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| washing hands with either plain or antiseptic soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rubs |
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| Care of the genitals and anal area |
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| skin that is broken by abrasions, cuts, rashes, acne, pimples, lesions, surgical incisions or boils |
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| if not contaminated with pathogens |
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| contaminated with pathogens |
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| it is discarded after one use |
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| used when the resident is at risk of spreading the infection with direct contact with a person or object |
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| inflammation of the liver caused by certain viruses and other factors such as alcohol abuse, some medications and trauma |
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| A condition in which the skin, the whites of the eyes and mucous membranes appear yellow |
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| Bloodborne Pathogens Standard |
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| Law that requires healthcare facilities to protect employees from bloodborne health hazards |
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| Highly contagious disease caused by bacterium. Airborne disease, usu affecting the lungs |
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| thick mucous from the respiratory passage |
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| an antibiotic-resistant infection to methicillin |
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| If enterococci becomes resistant to vancomycin, then it is called VRE |
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| spore forming bacteria which can be part of the normal intestinal flora. produces watery diarrhea. The elderly are at higher risk of this. |
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| Any sudden and uncontrollable descent from a higher to a lower area with or without injury resulting |
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| Confusion about person place or time |
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| Loss of ability to move all or part of the body |
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| Can occur when eating, drinking or swallowing medication |
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| an injury that rubs off the surface of the skin |
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| the administration of oxygen to increase the supply of oxygen to the lungs |
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| Infection limited to a specific location in the body |
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| Infection that affects the entire body |
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| Healthcare Associated Infection |
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| infection acquired in a healthcare setting during the delivery of medical care |
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| Description of how the pathogen travels |
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| happens by touching the infected person or their secretions |
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| From touching an object contaminated by the infected person. |
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| The membranes that line body cavities that open to the outside of the body. Linings of the mouth, nose, eyes, rectum and genitals. |
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| Not getting the proper nutrition |
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| Condition that occurs when there is an inadequate amount of fluids in the body |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration-a federal govt. agency that makes rules to protect workers from hazards on the job |
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-a federal govt. agency that issues guideline to protect and improve the health of individuals and communities |
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| treating blood, body fluids, nonintact skin (abrasions, pimples or open sores) and mucous membranes as if they were infected. |
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| Needles and other sharp objects. |
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| washing hands with either plain or antiseptic soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rubs |
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| Care of the genitals and anal area |
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| skin that is broken by abrasions, cuts, rashes, acne, pimples, lesions, surgical incisions or boils |
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| if not contaminated with pathogens |
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| contaminated with pathogens |
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| it is discarded after one use |
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| used when the resident is at risk of spreading the infection with direct contact with a person or object |
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| inflammation of the liver caused by certain viruses and other factors such as alcohol abuse, some medications and trauma |
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| A condition in which the skin, the whites of the eyes and mucous membranes appear yellow |
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| Bloodborne Pathogens Standard |
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| Law that requires healthcare facilities to protect employees from bloodborne health hazards |
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| Highly contagious disease caused by bacterium. Airborne disease, usu affecting the lungs |
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| thick mucous from the respiratory passage |
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| an antibiotic-resistant infection to methicillin |
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| If enterococci becomes resistant to vancomycin, then it is called VRE |
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| spore forming bacteria which can be part of the normal intestinal flora. produces watery diarrhea. The elderly are at higher risk of this. |
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| Any sudden and uncontrollable descent from a higher to a lower area with or without injury resulting |
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| Confusion about person place or time |
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| Loss of ability to move all or part of the body |
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| Can occur when eating, drinking or swallowing medication |
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| an injury that rubs off the surface of the skin |
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| the administration of oxygen to increase the supply of oxygen to the lungs |
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| An infection limited to a specific location in the body |
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| This infection affects the entire body. |
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| Healthcare-associated Infection |
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| An infection acquired in a health-care setting during the delivery of medical care. |
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| Happens by directly contacting the infected person or their secretions. |
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| results from contacting an object directly contaminated by an infected person |
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| membranes that outline body cavities to the outside of a body |
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| Not getting the proper nutrition. |
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