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| knowledge of right and wrong |
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| rules set by government to help people live peacefully together |
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| law passed by govt that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements |
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| detailed form with guidelines for assessing residents in LTC facilities |
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| right identified in the OBRA law that relate to how residents must be treated, ethical code of conduct |
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| process by which a person with the help of a doctor makes informed decisions about their health care. |
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| failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental and emotional harm |
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| actions or the failure to act or provide the proper care for a person, that result in unintended injury |
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| injury to a person due to professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness or lack of skill |
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| verbal, physical or sexual abuse of staff by other staff members, residents or visitors |
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| repeated use of legal or illegal substances in a way that is harmful to oneself or others |
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| 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 the medical decisions for a person if they become unable to do so |
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| medical order that tells medical professionals not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
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| medical order that specifies the treatment that the person wishes to receive |
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| communication involving words or sounds, spoken or written |
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| communication without using words |
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| information based on what a person smells,hears,sees or smells |
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| information that a person cannot or did not observe but is based on something reported to the person that may not be true- also called symptoms |
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| having blue or gray skin color |
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| accident, problem or unexpected event during the course of care that is not part of the normal routine |
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| a loss of function or ability |
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| ability to see objects nearby more clearly than objects far away; also called myopia |
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| condition that occurs when blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or a blood vessel leaks or ruptures in the brain- also called a stroke |
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| paralysis on one side of the body |
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| language disorder that effects a persons ability to communicate effectively |
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| do not intubate- medical order telling professionals to not put a breathing tube in the person |
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| do not hospitalize- states that a person should not be sent to the hospital for treatment, treatment is continued where the person resides |
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