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| They are the knowledge of right and wrong. |
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.
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| a law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions, and information on rights for residents. |
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| A progressive, inherited disease that causes a gradual wasting away of muscle, weakness, and deformity. |
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| Numerous rights identified in the OBRA law that relate to how residents must be treated while living in a facility; they provide an ethical code of conduct for healthcare workers. |
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| The process in which a person with the help of a doctor, makes informed decisions about his or her health care. |
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