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C.2
The Nursing Assistand in Long-Term Care
Question | Answer |
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The intentional mistreatment of harm of another person | abuse |
Being responsible for one's actions and the actions of others who perform delegated tasks; answering questions about and explaining one's actions and the actions of others | accountable |
Intentionally attempting or threatenting to touch a person's body without the person's consent | assault |
touching a person's body without his or her consent | battery |
Laws concerned with relationships between people | civil law |
an act that violates a criminal law | crime |
Laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general | criminal law |
Injuring a person's name and reputation by making fasle statements to a thrid person | defamation |
To authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation | delegate |
any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregive or any other person to an older adult; the act causes harm or serious risk of harm | elder abuse |
Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct | ethics |
Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement | false imprisonment |
saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person | fraud |
Violating a person's right not to have his or her name, picture, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent | invasion of privacy |
a list of responsibilities and fucntions the center expects you to perform | job description |
A rule of conduct made by a government body | law |
making false statemetns in print, writing, or through pictures or drawings | libel |
Negligence by a professional person | malpractice |
Failure to provide the person with the goods or services needed to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness | neglect |
An unintentional wron in which a person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner and causes harm to a person or to the person's property | negligence |
The nursing care or a nursing function, procedure, activity, or work that does not require an RN's professional knowledge or judgment | nursing task |
The duty or obligation to perform some act or function | responsibility |
Making false statements orally | slander |
the skills, care and judgments required by a health team member under similar condidtions | standard of care |
a wrong committed against a person or the person's property | tort |
a legal document of how a person wants property distributed after death | will |