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| the knowledge of right and wrong. an ethical person has a sense of responsibility and duty towards others. |
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| rules set by the government to help people live peacefully together and to ensure order and safety |
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
OBRA |
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| a law 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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Minimum Data Set
MDS |
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| a detailed form with guidelines for assessing residents in long-term care facilities |
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Residence Rights |
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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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Informed Consent
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| the process in which a person, with help of a doctor, makes informed decisions about his or her healthcare. |
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| the failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person. |
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| actions, or failure to act or provide the proper care, that result in unintended injury to a person |
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| injury to a person due to a professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness or lack of skill. |
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Workplace Violence |
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| verbal, physical, or sexual abuse of staff by other staff members, residents, or visitors. |
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| the repeated use of legal or illegal substances in a way that is harmful to oneself or others |
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Mandatory Reporters |
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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 in care facilities. |
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Durable Power of Attorney |
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| a signed, dated, and witnessed legal document that appoints someone else to make the medical decisions for a person in the event he or she becomes unable to do so. |
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Do-Not-Resuscitate
DNR |
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| a medical order that instructs medical professionals not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the event of a cardiac or respiratory arrest |
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Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
POLST |
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| a medical order that specifies the treatments a person wishes to receive, not what he wishes to avoid, when he is very ill; decisions are based on conversations between the patient and healthcare providers. |
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Verbal Communication |
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| Communication involving the use of spoken or written words or sounds |
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Nonverbal Communication |
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| communication without words |
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Objective Information
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| information based on what a person sees, hears, touches, or smells; also called signs |
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Subjective Information |
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| information that a person cannot or did not observe, but is based on something reported to the person that may or may not be true; also called symptoms |
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| skin that is blue or gray |
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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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| a loss of function or ability |
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Near-Sightedness |
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| the ability to see things near but not far; also called myopia |
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Cerebrovascular Accident
CVA |
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| a condition that occurs when blood supply to a part of the brain is blocked or a blood vessel leaks or ruptures within the brain; also called stroke |
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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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| a comprehensive and communication disorder from damage or injury to the brain |
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