| A | B |
|---|
| The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person | Abuse |
| Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without consent | Assault |
| Laws concerning relationships between people | Civil Laws |
| Trusting others with personal and private information | Confidentiality |
| Injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements to a third person | Defamation |
| To authorize another person to perform a task | Delegate |
| Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct | Ethics |
| Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's movement | False imprisonment |
| Saying or doing something to trick, fool or deceive another person | Fraud |
| The care of aging people | Geriatrics |
| The study of the aging process | Gerontology |
| An agency or program for person's who are dying | Hospice |
| A variety of health care workers who work together to provide for the person's total care | Interdisciplinary Health Care Team |
| Violating a person's right to have his or her name, picture or private affairs exposed to the public | Invasion of Privacy |
| Making false statements in writing or in print or through pictures or drawings | Libel |
| A nurse who has completed a one - year nursing program | LVN, LPN |
| Negligence by a professional person | Malpractice |
| An unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner and harms has occured | Negligence |
| A federal law concerned with the quality of life, health, and safety of residents | OBRA |
| A nurse who has completed a 2, 3 or 4 year nursing program and has passed a licensing exam | RN |
| A facility that provides nursing care for residents who need complex care but not hospital services, usually for a short term | SNF (Skilled Nurse Facility) |
| Making false statements orally | Slander |
| A federal health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and older | Medicare |
| A federal health care payment program sponsored by federal and state government. Older, blind, and disabled people are eligible. | Medicaid |
| Personal daily care tasks, including bathing, hair care, walking and eating. | ADL's - Activities of Daily Living |
| Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled perform ADL's. | Adaptive Devices |
| The order of authority within a facility | Chain of Command |
| Finding a problem through a survey. | Cite |
| Transferring authority to a person for a specific task | Delegation |
| The term for an illness that is long term or long - lasting. | Chronic |
| Identifying with and understanding another's feelings. | Empathetic |
| A method of nursing care that assigns specific tasks to each team member. | Functional Nursing |
| A legal term that means a person can be held responsible for harming someone else. | Liability |
| The act of behaving properly for a certain job. | Professionalism |
| A method of nursing care in which the resident is the primary focus. | Resident Focused Care |
| Purposely harming a person physically, mentally, or emotionally by failing to provide needed care. | Active Neglect |
| Legal documents that allow people to decide what kind of medical care they wish to have if they are unable to make those decisions themselves. | Advance Directive |
| The act of threatening to touch a person without his or her consent. | Assault |
| Touching a person without his or her consent. | Battery |
| An order that tells medical professionals not to perform CPR | DNR - Do Not Resuscitate |
| A signed and dated legal document that appoints someone to make the medical decisions for a person in the event he or she becomes unable to do so. | Durable Power of Attorney |
| The act of taking what belongs to someone else and using it for own's own gain. | Misappropriation |
| Part of OBRA law that sets minimum requirements for nursing assistants for training and testing. | NATCEP - Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program |
| Unintentionally harming a person physically, mentally, or emotionally by failing to provide care. | Passive Neglect |
| Rights identified in OBRA that relate to how residents must be treated while living in a LTC facility. | Resident's Rights |
| This defines the tasks that health care providers are legally permitted to perform as allowed by state or federal law. | Scope of Practice |
| Information that can be used to identify a person and relates to the person's past, present, or future physical or mental condition. | PHI - Protected Health Information |
