Unit 1 Flashcards
Abuse
The repetitive and deliberate infliction of injury on another person
Abandonment
Leave or desert someone. To withdraw ones support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance or responsibility.
Acute
A disorder with a rapid inset and relatively short recovery time, usually unexpected
Adult Protective Servises
Gov. Agency that oversees the welfare of the elderly.
Assisted Living
Provides care for people who are unable to provide most of their care on their own but need limited help with medications, transportation, meals and house keeping. A type of long-term care.
Assault
Threatening or attempting to touch a person without their permission.
Battery
Touching a person without their consent
Care Plan
Outlines the nursing care to be provided to a patient.
Chronic
A disorder that is ongoing and often needs to be controlled through continuous medication or treatment.
Client
Person who is bing cared for in their home.
Confidentiality
Ensuring info is accessible to only those who are authorized
Defamation
Making untrue statements that hurt another persons reputation
Dehydration
Too little fluid in the tissues of the body
Delegation
To authorized another person to perform a task on your behalf
Disability/disabled
Impaired physical or emotional function
Ethics
Moral principals or standards that govern conduct
False Imprisonment
Confining another person against their will
Fraud
Deception that could cause harm to another person
Geriatrics
Branch of medicine that focuses on the health of the elderly
HIPPA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. To ensure a patients privacy.
Hospice
Care provided by a health care organization for people who are dying, and their families
Hospital
An institution for health care providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment
Interdisciplinary Team
Group that consists of specialists of several fields combining skills and resources to present guidance and information. The IDT writes the care plan.
Job Description
List of general tasks, or functions, and responsibilities of a position.
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Work in a variety of health care settings. Working under the supervision of physicians in clinics or hospitals, or a private home health care, in long term facilities, sometimes supervise CNAs
Libel
Written statement that injure a persons reputation, a form of defamation. Can be false statements in writing, print, pictures or paintings.
Long-Term Care
Variety of services that help meet both the medical and non-medical needs of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves.
Malpractice
Negligence committed by people who hold licenses to practice their position, such as doctors, nurses, lawyers, dentists, and pharmacists
Medicaid
A federally funded and state-regulated plan designed to help people with low incomes to pay for healthcare
Medical Doc (MD)
Practices the ancient profession of medicine, which is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnoses, and treatment of disease or injury.
Medicare
Type of insurance plan that is federally funded by Social Security an which all people 65 yrs and older, and some younger disabled people, are eligible to participate in.
Mental Health
How we think, feel, and act as we cope with life
Mental Illness
Impairment of an individual’s normal cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning.
Misappropriation of Property
Intentional, illegal use of property
Neglect
Passive form of abuse in which the perpetrator is responsible to provide care or a victim who is unable to care for oneself, but fails to provide adequate care.
Nursing Team
RN, LPN, and CNA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Agency within the department of labor that establishes safety and health standards for the work place, to protect the safety and health of employees
Ombudsman
Receives and resolves complaints, advocate for residents rights, inform residents and their families of their rights, and advocate for good individualized care.
Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
Act passed in 1987 to improve the quality of life for people who love in long-term care facilities by making sure that residents receive a certain standard of care.
Patient
Person who is being cared for on a hospital
Patient Rights
A patient has certain rights. Some are guaranteed by federal law, such as the oft to get a copy of your medical records, and the right to keep them private etc.
Pediatric
Branch of medical care that provides care to infants, children and adolescents
Registered Nurse (RN)
Health care professional responsible for implementing the practice of nursing through the use of the nursing process in conjunction with other health care professions
Registry
Official record, maintained by the state of the people who have successfully completely the nursing assistant training program
Resident
Person who is being cared for in a long-term care setting because the long-term care faculty becomes the persons home permanently or temporarily
Residents Rights
Under OBRA. Reinforcement that residents in long-term care faculties will be given the same value, respect and opportunities-same rights that any other person would
Scope of Practice
What you are legally able to do under your job description
Skilled Nursing Facility
Establishment that houses chronically ill, usually elderly patients, an provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, and other services
Terminal Illness
Illness or condition from which recovery is not expected. (Death)
Willful Infliction of Harm
Abuse
