Chapter 2 Flashcards
Abuse
The willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation ( to threaten, to hurt or punish), or punishment that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish; depriving the person ( or the person’s caretaker ) of the goods or services needed to attain or maintain well-being
Assault
Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person’s body without the person’s consent
Battery
Touching a person’s body without his or her consent
Boundary crossing
A brief act or behavior outside the helpful zone
Boundary sign
An act, behavior, or thought that warns of a boundary crossing or violation
Boundary violation
An act or behavior that meets your needs, not the person’s
Civil law
Laws concerned with relationships between people
Crime
An act that violates a criminal law
Criminal law
Laws concerned with officers against the public and society In general
Defamation
Injuring a person’s name and reputation by making false statements to a third person
Ethics
Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
False imprisonment
Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person’s freedom and movement
Fraud
Saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person
Invasion of privacy
Violating a person’s right to not have his or her name, photo, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent
Involuntary seclusion
Separating a person from others against his or her will, keeping the person confined to a certain area, or keeping the person away from his or her room without consent
Law
A rule of conduct made by a government body
Libel
Making false statements in print, writing, through pictures or drawings
Malpractice
Negligence by a professional person
Neglect
Failure to provide the person with the goods or services needed to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness
Negligence
An unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner and a person or the person’s property was harmed
Ombudsman
Someone who supports or promotes the needs and interest of another person
Professional boundary
That which separates helpful behaviors from behaviors that are not helpful
Professional sexual misconduct
An act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in nature
Protected health information
Identifying information and information about the person’s health care that is maintained or sent in any form ( paper, electronic, oral )
Representative
Any person who has the legal right to act on the resident’s behalf when he or she cannot do so for himself or herself
Self-neglect
A person’s behaviors that threaten his or her health and safety
Slander
Making false statements orally
Standard of care
The skills, care, and judgments required by a health team member under similar conditions
Tort
A wrong committed against a person or the person’s property
Treatment
The care provided to maintain or restore health, improve function, or relieve symptoms
Vulnerable adult
A person 18 years or older who has a disability or condition that puts him or her at risk to be wounded, attacked , or damaged
Will
A legal document of how a person wants property distributed after death
OBRA is a
a. State law
b. Federal law
c. State agency
d. Federal agency
b. Federal law
A son has the legal right to act on his mother’s behalf. The son is his mother’s legal
a. Ombudsman
b. Representative
c. Caregiver
d. Health care provider
b. Representative
A daughter wants to read her father’s medical record. What should you do?
a. Giver her the medical record
b. Ask the resident if you can give the daughter the medical record
c. Tell the nurse
d. Tell her that she cannot do so
c. Tell the nurse
A resident refuses to have a shower. What should you do?
a. Tell her that she cannot refuse a shower
b. Tell her daughter
c. Giver her a bath instead
d. Tell the nurse
d. Tell the nurse
A resident has a phone in his room. He wants to make a phone call. What should you do?
a. Leave the room
b. Tell the nurse
c. Ask him to use the phone at the nurses’ station
d. Close the privacy curtain so you can stay in the room to finish your tasks
a. Leave the room
Who decides how to style a person’s hair?
a. The person
b. The nurse
c. You
d. The ombudsman
a. The person
Residents do not have a right to
a. A private room
b. Refuse treatment
c. contact an ombudsman
d. Make personal choices
a. A private room
Residents have the right to be free from the following except
a. Disease
b. Abuse
c. Involuntary seclusion
d. Neglect
a. Disease
Who selects activities for the resident’s
a. The nurse
b. You
c. The person’s representative
d. The person
d. The person
A long-term care ombudsman
a. Is employed by the nursing center
b. Investigates resident complaints
c. Grants a nursing center a license or certification
d. Can prevent a resident from leaving the center
b. Investigates resident complaints
Which action does not promote a person’s dignity?
a. Restraining the person
b. Providing privacy during personal care
c. Making sure the person has needed assist devices
d. Listening to the person
a. Restraining the person
Which is the correct way to address a person?
a. ‘’ Hello, sweetie ‘’
b. ‘’ Hello, Mr. Smith ‘’
c. ‘’ Hello, Jim ‘’
d. ‘‘Hello, Grandpa ‘’
b. ‘’ Hello, Mr. Smith ‘’
Which does not promote dignity or privacy?
a. Knocking before entering the person’s room
b. Closing the bathroom door when the person uses the bathroom
c. Assisting with bathing and hygiene preferences
d. Moving the person’s items as you prefer
d. Moving the person’s items as you prefer
Ethics is
a. Making judgments before you have the facts
b. Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
c. A behavior that meets your needs, not the person’s
d. Skills, care, and judgments required of a health team member
b. Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
Which is ethical behavior?
a. Sharing information about a resident with your family
b. Accepting gifts from a resident’s family
c. Reporting errors
d. Calling your family before answering a call light
c. Reporting errors
To maintain professional boundaries, your behaviors must
a. Help the person
b. Meet your needs
c. Be biased
d. Show that you care
a. Help the person
Which is not a crime?
a. Abuse
b. Murder
c. Negligence
d. Robbery
c. Negligence
Threatening to touch the person’s body without the person’s consent is
a. Assault
b. Battery
c. Defamation
d. False imprisonment
a. Assault
Restraining a person’s freedom of movement is
a. Assault
b. Battery
c. Defamation
d. False imprisonment
d. False imprisonment
Photos of Mr. Blue are shown to others without his consent. This is
a. Battery
b. Fraud
c. Invasion of privacy
d. Malpractice
c. Invasion of privacy
A person asks if you are a nurse. You answer ‘’ yes ‘’. This is
a. Negligence
b. Fraud
c. Libel
d. Slander
b. Fraud
Informed consent is when the person
a. Fully understands all aspects of his or her treatment
b. Signs a consent form
c. Is admitted to the center
d. Decides how to distribute property after his or her death
a. Fully understands all aspects of his or her treatment
Which is not a sign of elder abuse?
a. Stiff joints and joint pain
b. Old and new bruises
c. Poor personal hygiene
d. Frequent injuries
a. stiff joints and joint pain
These statements are about domestic abuse. Which is true?
a. It always involves physical harm
b. It always involves violence
c. One partner has control over the other partner
d. Only one type of abuse is usually present
c. One partner has control over the other partner
