| A | B |
|---|
| chemical restraint | any drug that is used for discipline or convenience and not required to treat medical symptoms |
| freedom of movement | any change in place or position of the body or any part of the body that the person is physically able to contol |
| medical symptom | an indication or or characteristic of a physical or psychological condition |
| physical restraint | any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment attached to or near the person's body that he or she cannot remove easily and that restricts freedom of movement or normal access to one's body |
| remove easily | the manual method, device, material, or equipment used to restrain the person that can be removed intntionally by the person in the same manner it was applied by the staff |
| admission | official entry of a person into a nursing center |
| discharge | official departure of a person from a nursing center |
| transfer | moving the person to another health care setting; moving the person to a new room within the center |
