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| The knowledge of the right and the wrong |
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| Tell you what you must do |
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| Omnibus Budget reconciliation. Sets minimum standards for care, including standardized training for nursing assistants |
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| Minimum Data Sets. Is a resident assessment system, with detailed guidelines for assessing |
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| Specify how residents must be treated while living in a facility |
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| with the help of a doctor, a person makes informed decisions about their healthcare |
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| The failure to provide needed care resulting in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person. |
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| failure to act, or provide proper care for a resident resulting in injury |
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| occurs when a person is injured due o professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill |
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| abuse of staff by other staff members, residents or visitors. Verbal, physical or sexual |
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| people who are legally required to report suspected or observed abuse, or neglect. |
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| Durable Power of Attorney |
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| Signed, dated, and witnessed legal document that appoints someone else to make medical decisions for a person in the event they become unable to. |
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| Do Not Resuscitate Order. instructs healthcare workers to not perform CPR on patient |
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| Physician Orders of Life Sustaining Treatment. Specifies treatment to be used when a person is very ill. What that person wants to receive. |
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| involves the use of words, spoken or written. |
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| Communicating without using words. |
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| information collected by using the senses, also called signs |
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| Something a person cannot or did not observe. Also called symptoms |
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| when the skin is blue or gray |
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| an accident, problem, or unexpected event during the course of care. |
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| a loss of function or ability, complete or partial. |
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| the ability to see things near but not far away. |
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| Cardiovascular Accident; the medical term for a stroke. Blood Supply to the brain is blocked or blood vessel ruptures or leaks. |
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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 thoughts through speech or writing. |
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