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| the knowledge of right or wrong |
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| rules set by the government to help people live peacefully together and to ensure order and safety |
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| Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - a law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions, and information on rights for residents |
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| Minimum Data Set - a detailed form with guidelines for assessing residents in long-term care facilities |
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| numerous rights identified in the OBRA law that relate to how residents must be treated while living in a facility; they provide an ethical code of conduct for healthcare workers |
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| the process by which a person, with the help of a doctor, makes informed decisions about their health care |
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| the failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person |
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| actions, or the failure to act or provide the proper care for a person, that result in unintended injury |
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| injury to a person due to professional misconduct through neglection, carelessness, or lack of skill |
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| verbal, physical, or sexual abuse of staff by other staff members, residents, or visitors |
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| the repeated use of legal or illegal substances in a way that is harmful to oneself or others |
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| people who are legally required to report suspected or observed abuse or neglect because they have regular contact with vulnerable populations such as the elderly in care facilities |
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| Durable Power of Attorney |
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| assigned, dated, and witnessed legal document that appoints someone to make medical decisions for a person in the event they become unable to do so |
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| Do Not Resuscitate - a medical order that gives medical professionals not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a person |
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| Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment - a medical order that specifies the treatments a person wishes to receive not what he wishes to avoid when he is very ill: decisions are based on conversations between the patient and his healthcare providers |
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| communication involving the use of words or sounds, spoken or written |
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| communication without using words |
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| information based on what a person sees, hears, touches, or smells also called signs |
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| information that a person cannot or did not observe but is based on something reported to the person that may or may not be true also called symptoms |
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| having blue or gray skin color |
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| an accident, problem, or unexpected event during the course of care that is not part of the normal routine in a healthcare facility |
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| loss of function or ability |
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| the ability to see objects nearby more clearly than objects far away; also called myopia |
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| Cerebrovascular Accident - a condition that occurs when blood supply to a part of the brain is blocked or a blood vessel leaks or ruptures within the brain; also called "stroke" |
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| paralysis on one side of the body |
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| weakness on one side of the body |
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| difficulty understanding spoken or written words |
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| the act of abandoning something or someone |
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