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| The knowledge of right and wrong. |
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| Specify how residents must be treated while living in a facility. |
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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 that she becomes unable to do so. |
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| A person is injured due to professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill. |
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| Communication without using words. |
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| An accident, problem, or unexpected event during the course of care that is not part of the normal routine in a healthcare facility. |
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| Paralysis on one side of the body. |
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| A medical order that tells medical professionals not to place a breathing tube in a person. |
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| Rules are set by the government to help people live peacefully together and to ensure order and safety. |
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| The process by which a person, with the help of a doctor, makes informed decisions about their health care. |
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| Verbal, physical, or sexual abuse of staff by other staff members, residents, or visitors. |
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| Based on what a person sees, hears, touches, or smells. Collected by using the senses |
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| A loss of function or ability. |
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| Weakness on one side of the body. |
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| Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
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| Failure to provide needed care 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 |
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| Something a person cannot or did not observe |
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| (Myopia) is the ability to see things near but not far. |
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| Trouble communicating thoughts through speech or writing. |
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| Actions, or the failure to act or provide the proper care for the person, that results in unintended injury. |
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| People who are legally required to report suspected or observed abuse or neglect because they have regular contact with vulnerable populations such as the elderly. |
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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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| The knowledge of right and wrong. |
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| Specify how residents must be treated while living in a facility. |
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| Durable Power of Attorney |
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Definition
| Signed, dated, and witnessed legal document that appoints someone else to make medical decisions for a person in the event that she becomes unable to do so. |
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Term
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Definition
| A person is injured due to professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill. |
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Term
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Definition
| Communication without using words. |
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Term
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Definition
| An accident, problem, or unexpected event during the course of care that is not part of the normal routine in a healthcare facility. |
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Term
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Definition
| Paralysis on one side of the body. |
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Term
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Definition
| A medical order that tells medical professionals not to place a breathing tube in a person. |
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Term
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Definition
| Rules are set by the government to help people live peacefully together and to ensure order and safety. |
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Term
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Definition
| The process by which a person, with the help of a doctor, makes informed decisions about their health care. |
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Term
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Definition
| Verbal, physical, or sexual abuse of staff by other staff members, residents, or visitors. |
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Definition
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| Based on what a person sees, hears, touches, or smells. Collected by using the senses |
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| A loss of function or ability. |
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| Weakness on one side of the body. |
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Definition
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| Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
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| Failure to provide needed care results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person. |
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Term
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Definition
| 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 |
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| Something a person cannot or did not observe |
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Term
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| (Myopia) is the ability to see things near but not far. |
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Definition
| Trouble communicating thoughts through speech or writing. |
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Definition
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| Actions, or the failure to act or provide the proper care for the person, that results in unintended injury. |
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Definition
| People who are legally required to report suspected or observed abuse or neglect because they have regular contact with vulnerable populations such as the elderly. |
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| Involves the use of words, spoken or written. |
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