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CNA Chapter 2
Ethical and Legal Issues
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abuse | Purposeful or willful treatment that causes physical mental, emotional, financial pain or injury to a person |
| Advanced directives | Legal documents that allow people to decide medical care they wish to have the event they are unable to make those decisions themselves |
| Assault | A threat to her person, resulting in the person feeling fearful that he will be harmed |
| Battery | Intentionally touching a person without their consent |
| Civil law | Private law; Law between individuals |
| Criminal Law | Public law; law relating to committing a crime against the community |
| Defamation | Any untrue statement that harms a persons reputation and/or damages the persons ability to make a living |
| DNI | Do not intubate; a medical what are you tell us medical professionals to place a breathing tube in person |
| DNR | Do not resuscitate; a medical order that tells medical professionals not to perform CPR in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest |
| Domestic Violence | Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse by spouses, intimate partners, or family members. |
| Durable power of attorney for health care | Legal document that appoints someone to make the medical decisions for a person in the event he becomes unable to do so |
| Electronic Health Record EHR | The electronic form of residence, personal data that is used to manage and coordinate a residence healthcare |
| Ethics | Knowledge of right and wrong standards of conduct |
| Etiquette | The code of proper behavior and courtesy in a certain setting |
| Eviction | Involuntary discharge from a facility |
| Exploitation | I act up talking advantage of a person for personal gain through threats or manipulation |
| False imprisonment | the unlawful restraint of someone which affects the person's freedom of movement; includes both the threat of being physically restrained and actually being physically restrained. |
| Financial abuse | the improper or illegal use of a person's money, possessions, property, or other assets |
| HIPPA | a federal law that sets standards for protecting the privacy of patients' health information |
| Intimate partner violence | Physical, sexual, or emotional harm caused by a partner or spouse |
| Invasion of Privacy | A violation of the right to be left alone and the right to control personal information. |
| Involuntary Seclusion | the separation of a person from others against the person's will |
| Laws | rules set by the government to help protect the public |
| Libel | defamation in written form |
| Living will | a document that states the medical care a person wants, or does not want, in case he or she becomes unable to make those decisions |
| Malpractice | professional misconduct that results in damage or injury to a person |
| Mandated Reporters | people who are required to report suspected or observed abuse or neglect due to their regular contact with vulnerable populations, such as the elderly in long-term care facilities |
| Misappropriation | the act of taking what belongs to someone else and using it illegally for one's own gain |
| NATCEP | part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) that sets minimum requirements for training and testing nursing assistants |
| Negligence | Actions, or the failure to act or provide the proper care, that result in unintended injury to a person. |
| OBRA | law passed by federal government establishing minimum standards for nursing home care and for nursing assistant training, staff requirements, resident assessment instructions, and information on rights for residents |
| Ombudsman | a legal advocate for residents in long-term care facilities |
| Physical Abuse | Any treatment, intentional or not, that causes harm or injury to a persons body |
| Protected Health Information PHI | information that can be used to identify a person and relates to his or her past, present, or future physical or mental condition, including any health care the patient has had, or payment for that health care |
| Psychological Abuse | emotional harm caused by threatening, frightening, isolating, intimidating, humiliating, or insulting a person |
| Resident Council | a group of residents who meet regularly to discuss issues related to the long-term care facility |
| Residents Rights | rights identified in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) that relate to how residents must be treated while living in a long-term care facility; they provide an ethical code of conduct for healthcare workers |
| Scopes of practice | defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally permitted to perform as allowed by state or federal law |
| Sexual abuse | the forcing of unwanted sexual acts or behavior on a person |
| Sexual Harassment | any unwelcome sexual advance or behavior that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment |
| Slander | defamation in oral form |
| Substance abuse | the repeated use of legal or illegal drugs, cigarettes, or alcohol in a way that is harmful to oneself or others |
| Verbal abuse | the use of language that threatens, embarrasses, or insults a person |
| Workplace violence | verbal, physical, or sexual abuse of staff by other staff members, residents, or visitors |
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