| A | B |
|---|
| Abuse | intentional mistreatment or harm of another person |
| Accountable | being responsible for one's actions and the actions of others who perform delegated tasks |
| Assult | intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person's consent |
| Battery | touching a person's body without his/her concent |
| Civil Law | laws concerned with relationships between people |
| Crime | an act that violates a criminal law |
| Criminal Law | laws concerned with offenses against the public or society in general |
| Defamation | Injuring a persons name and reputation by making false statements to a third persons |
| Delegate | to athorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation |
| Elder Abuse | any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other person to an older adult; the act causes harm or serious risk of harm |
| Ethics | knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct |
| Fraud | saying or doing something to trick, fool or deceive a person |
| Invasion of Privacy | violating a persons right not to have his/her name, picture or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent |
| Job Description | a list of responsibilties and functions that the center expects you to perform |
| Law | a rule of conduct made by a goverment body |
| Libel | making false statements in print, writing or through pictures or drawings |
| Malpractice | Negligence by a professional person |
| Neglect | failure to provide the person with the goods or services to avoid physical harm, mental anguish or mental illness |
| Negligence | an unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a responsible and careful manner and causes harm to a person or to the person's property |
| Nursing Task | the nursing care or a nursing function, procedure, activity or work that does not require an RN's professional knowledge or judgement |
| Responsibilty | the duty or obligation to perform some act or function |
| Slander | make false statements orally |
| Standards of Care | the skills, care, amnd judgements required by a health care team member under similar conditions |
| Tort | a wrong committed against a person or the person's property |
| Will | a legal document of how a person wants property distributed after death |
