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| any act that is non-accidental and cause harm or death to the patient |
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| occurs when a caregiver torments a patient w/ sexual gestures or words, touches a patient in a sexual way, or suggests that a patient engage in sexual acts |
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| profanity, raising your voice in anger, obscene gestures or words, or inappropriate names to describe the person's race |
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| physical harm to a patient. Handling a patient roughly, hitting, slapping, pushing, kicking, or pinching a patient. |
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| making the patien fearful of you, threatening the patient with harm, threatening to withhold care, belittling the patient in any way |
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| confidentiality/protecting the patient's privacy |
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*covering the patient's body during care
*knocking before entering a room
*leaving while visitors are with patient
*not listening to phone calls
*not forcing your beliefs
*not discussing the patients condition with anyone outside the work enviroment |
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making false statements about someone to a third party:
*verbal false statements are known as slander
*written are known as libel |
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| seeing someone stealing something and not reporting it |
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| failure to excersise reasonable degree of care, resulting in unintended ingury to patient |
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| Improper, negligent, or unethical conduct that results in harm, injury, or loss of a patient. |
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| Restraining a person Against Medical Advice (AMA). You may not interfere with a person's right to leave. |
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| Intentionally attempting to touch the body of a person or threatening to do so. |
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| Touching a person without their permission. |
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