chapter 3 Flashcards
leagal and ethical issues
ethics
the knowledge of right and wrong
laws
rules set by the government to help people live peacefully together and to ensure order and safety
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
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.
Minimum Data Set (MDS)
a detailed form with guidelines for assessing residents in long term care facilities
Residents rights
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.
informed consent
the process in which a person , with the help of a doctor, makes informed decisions about his or her health care.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
prohibits discrimination because of a disability. Providers of healthcare, including LTCFs, must provide equal opportunities, which may include making some changes to their services
neglect
the failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person
active neglect
the purposeful failure to provide needed care, resulting in harm to a person
passive neglect
the unintentional failure to provide needed care, resulting in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person
negligence
actions, or the failure to act or provide the proper care, that result in unintended injury to a person
abuse
purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone.
physical abuse
any treatment, intention or not that causes harm to a person’s body
phsychological abuse
emotional harm caused by threatening, scaring, humiliating, intimidating, isolating, or insulting a person, or treating him as a child; also includes verbal abuse
verbal abuse
the use of spoken or written words, pictures, or gestures that threaten, embarrass, or insult a person
