Chapter 2 Resident Rights, Ethics, And laws 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 people (or the persons 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 consent
Battery
Touching a person body without the persons consent
Boundary crossing
A brief act or behavior outside the helpful zone
Boundary sign
An act, behavior or thought that warns of boundary crossing or violation
Boundary Violation
An act or behavior that meets your needs not the persons needs
Civil law
Law’s concerned with relationships between people
Crime
An act that violates a criminal law
Criminal Law
Laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general
Defamation
Injuring a persons 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 reputation of a persons freedom of movement
Fraud
Saying or doing something to trick ,fool, or deceive a person
Invasion of privacy
Violating a persons right not to have own name, photo, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent
Involuntary seclusion
Separating a person from others against the persons will, keeping the person confined to a certain area, or keeping the person away from own room without consent
Law
A rule of conduct made by a government body
Libel
Making false statements in print, writing, or through pictures or drawings
Malpractice
Negligence by a professional person
Neglect
Failure to provide the person with the good or service 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 interests of another person
Professional boundary’s
That which separates helpful behavior 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 persons health care that is maintained or sent in any form (paper, electronic, oral)