Chapter 4

Question 0

Assault

Answer 0

Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person’s body without the person’s consent

Question 1

Abuse

Answer 1

The willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish; depriving the person (or the person caregiver) of the goods or services needed to attain or maintain well-being

Question 2

Battery

Answer 2

Touching a person’s body without his or her consent

Question 3

Boundary crossing

Answer 3

A brief act or behavior outside of the helpful zone

Question 4

Boundary sign

Answer 4

An act, behavior, or thought that warns of a boundary crossing or violation

Question 5

Boundary violation

Answer 5

In an act or behavior that meets your needs, not the persons

Question 6

Civil law

Answer 6

Laws concerned with relationships between people

Question 7

Defamation

Answer 7

Injuring a person’s name and reputation by making false statements to a third person

Question 8

Elder abuse

Answer 8

Any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other person to an older adult; The act causes harm or serious risk of harm

Question 9

Ethics

Answer 9

Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct

Question 10

False imprisonment

Answer 10

Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person’s freedom of movement

Question 11

Fraud

Answer 11

Saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person

Question 12

Invasion of privacy

Answer 12

Violating a person’s right not to have his or her name, photo, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent

Question 13

Law

Answer 13

A rule of conduct made by a government body

Question 14

Libel

Answer 14

Making false statements in print, writing, or through pictures of drawings

Question 15

Malpractice

Answer 15

Negligence by a professional person

Question 16

Neglect

Answer 16

Failure to provide the person with the goods or services needed to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness

Question 17

Negligence

Answer 17

In 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

Question 18

Professional boundary

Answer 18

That which separates helpful behaviors from behaviors that are not helpful

Question 19

Professional sexual misconduct

Answer 19

An act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in nature

Question 20

Protected health information

Answer 20

Identifying information and information about the persons health care that is maintained or sentin any form (paper, electronic, oral)

Question 21

Self-neglect

Answer 21

A person’s behaviors and way of living that threaten his or her health, safety, and well-being

Question 22

Slander

Answer 22

Making false statements orally

Question 23

Standard of care

Answer 23

The skills, care, and judgments required by health team member under similar conditions

Question 24

Tort

Answer 24

A wrong committed against a person or the person’s property

Question 25

Vulnerable adult

Answer 25

A person 18 years old or older who has a disability or condition that makes him or her at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged

Question 26

Will

Answer 26

A legal document of how a person wants property distributed after death