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CNA Terms (MN)
The terminology for the Certified Nursing Assistant course based off MN book.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abuse | The willful infliction of injury, unresonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish. |
| Advance Directives | A document that makes a person's wishes known regading life support issues in the event they are unable to speak for themselves. |
| Chain of Command | A list of who reports or answers to whom. |
| Confidentiality | Not sharing spoken and/or written words about a resident. |
| Durable power of attourney for Health Care | Advance directive authorizing another person to make a variety of legal decisions for a person if that person is unable to make or communicate a decision. This document usually includes decisions about health care. |
| Ethics | Standards of behavior developed by a person's concept of right and wrong. |
| Etiquette | Acceptable standards pf behavior amoung members of society as they function in public. |
| Exploitation | Illgal use of vulnerable adult's property or personal items. |
| Involuntary Seclusion | Separation of a resident from other residens or from his/her room or confinement to his/her room (with or without rooomates) against the will of the resident, or the will of the resident's legal representative. |
| Job Description | Duties and responsibilites involved in a work position. |
| Living Will | An advance directive about end of life issues. |
| Neglect | Failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm or mental anguish or mental illness. |
| Ombudsman | An advocate or representative who speaks or writes in support of the resident's causes or complaints. |
| Patient | A person having physical or emotional illness that is receiving care from health care workers. |
| Resident | Person living in a long term health facility, often elderly; may be a permanent home for the person. |
| Team Work | Joint action by a group of people with individual and group skills to coordinare efforts to efficiently perfrom tasks. |
| Assessment | A plan of cares that states the specific needs of a client and how those needs will be addressed by the home health aide. |
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