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| The knowledge of right and wrong |
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| Rules established by governments to help people live peacefully together and ensure order and safety |
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| Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - A federal law that establishes minimum standards standards fro 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 LTC facilities. Must be completed within 14 days of admission, reviewed at least every three months, and updated annually or anytime there is a major change in condition |
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| Rights that are identified in OBRA relating to how residents must be treated while living in a facility. Provides an ethical code of conduct for healthcare workers. |
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| The process by which an individual, with the help of their doctor, makes informed decisions about their own healthcare |
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| The failure to provide needed care that leads to physical, emotional, or mental harm |
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| Actions, or the failure to act or provide necessary care, which leads to unintended injury |
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| Injury to a person due to professional misconduct through negligence, 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 abuse or suspicion of abuse because they have regular contact with vulnerable populations such as the elderly. LNAs are mandated reporters. |
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| Durable Power of Attorney |
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| A signed, dated, and witnessed legal document that appoints someone to make medical decisions on behalf of another person in the event they become unable to do so. |
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| Do not resuscitate order. A medical order telling medical professionals not to perform CPR on a person. |
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| Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment. Medical orders that detail what treatments a person wishes to receive (not what he or she wishes to avoid) when they are very ill. Decisions are based on conversations between the patient and their healthcare providers |
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| Communication using words or sounds. May be spoken or written. |
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| Communication without using words. Gestures, facial expressions, body language, etc. |
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| Information that has been observed. Signs. |
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| Information that has been reported by the resident. Symptoms. |
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| Blue or gray discoloration of the skin |
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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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| Being able to see things that are nearby better than those that are far away. Myopia. |
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| Cerebrovascular Accident. A stroke. Caused by the blood supply to part of the brain being blocked or a blood vessel leaks or ruptures within the brain. |
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| Paralysis of one side of the body |
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| Weakness of one side of the body |
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| Inability or refusal to swallow |
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