B2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone

Answer 1

Abuse

Question 2

the action of abandoning a helpless
senior; this can be illegal.

Answer 2

Abandonment

Question 3

24-hour skilled care for short-term
illnesses or injuries; generally given in hospitals
and ambulatory surgical centers

Answer 3

Acute Care

Question 4

: are social
services provided to abused, neglected, or exploited
older adults and adults with significant disabilities

Answer 4

Adult Protection Services (APS)

Question 5

a threat to harm a person, resulting in the
person feeling fearful that he or she will be harmed

Answer 5

Assault

Question 6

residences for people who do not
need skilled, 24-hour care, but do require some help
with daily care

Answer 6

Assisted-Living

Question 7

the intentional touching of a person
without his or her consent

Answer 7

Battery

Question 8

: is a person
who assists patients with healthcare needs and cares
for a patient who is ill or recovering from a surgery
or disease. CNA’s duties are assigned by a nurse.

Answer 8

Certified Nurses Assistant (CNA)

Question 9

long-term or long-lasting; constant

Answer 9

Chronic

Question 10

a person receiving home health care, as
opposed to patient in a hospital and resident in a
long term care facility

Answer 10

Client

Question 11

the legal and ethical principle of
keeping information private

Answer 11

Confidentiality

Question 12

any communication, written or
spoken, that is untrue and that injures the good
name or reputation of another or that in any way
brings that person into disrepute

Answer 12

Defamation

Question 13

: the act or process of delegating or
being delegate

Answer 13

Delegation

Question 14

is the creation of a digital or
analog record detailing a medical treatment,
medical trial or clinical test

Answer 14

Documentation

Question 15

a plan developed for each resident to
achieve certain goals; it outlines the steps and tasks
that the care team must perform

Answer 15

Care Plan

Question 16

the knowledge of right and wrong

Answer 16

Ethics

Question 17

unlawful restraint that affects
a person’s freedom of movement; includes both the
threat of being physically restrained and actually
being physically restrained

Answer 17

False Imprisonment

Question 18

A deception that could cause harm to
another person.

Answer 18

Fraud

Question 19

the branch of medicine or social
science dealing with the health and care of old
people

Answer 19

Geriatrics

Question 20

: is an increasingly diverse field
where many specialties interact to provide patient
care

Answer 20

Health Care Team

Question 21

: Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act; a federal law that requires
health information be kept private and secure and that organizations must take special steps to protect
this information

Answer 21

HIPPA

Question 22

care that is provided in a person’s
home

Answer 22

Home Health

Question 23

an institution providing medical and
surgical treatment and nursing care for sick or
injured people

Answer 23

Hospital

Question 24

is a form that is filled out in order
to record details of an unusual event that occurs at
the facility, such as an injury to a patient.

Answer 24

Incident Report

Question 25

relating to more than one branch of knowledge

Answer 25

Interdisciplinary

Question 26

: a formal account of an employee's responsibilities

Answer 26

Job Description

Question 27

: a legal term that means someone can be held responsible for harming someone else

Answer 27

Liability

Question 28

Licensed nurse who has completed one to two years of education; gives treatments and supervises daily care of residents

Answer 28

Licensed Practical Nurse

Question 29

care given in long-term care facilities for people who need 24-hour, skilled care.

Answer 29

Long Term Care

Question 30

injury to a person due to professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill

Answer 30

Malpractice

Question 31

a person with regular contact with vulnerable people and is therefore legally required to ensure a report is made when abuse is observed or suspected

Answer 31

Mandated Reporter

Question 32

(also called a physician) is a person who uses medicine to treat illness and injuries

Answer 32

Medical Doctor

Question 33

a record of a patient's medical information (as medical history, care or treatments received, test results, diagnoses, and medications taken)

Answer 33

Medical Record

Question 34

a federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, are disabled, or are ill and cannot work

Answer 34

Medicare

Question 35

: The deliberate misplacement, exploitation, wrongful use, or damage of belongings or money without consent.

Answer 35

Misappropriation of Property

Question 36

the failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person.

Answer 36

Neglect

Question 37

is a model in which a group of healthcare professionals, including nurses, care for a group of patients in the acute care or inpatient setting

Answer 37

Nursing Team

Question 38

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

Answer 38

OBRA

Question 39

a legal advocate for residents in long-term care facilities; helps resolve disputes and settle conflicts

Answer 39

Ombudsman

Question 40

care given for less than 24 hours for people who have had treatment or surgery and need short-term skilled care

Answer 40

Outpatient Care

Question 41

a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment

Answer 41

Patient

Question 42

encompasses legal and ethical issues in the provider-patient relationship, including the patient's right to privacy, the right to quality medical care without prejudice, the right to make informed decisions about care and treatment options, and the right to refuse treatment

Answer 42

Patient Rights

Question 43

: having to do with the branch of medicine dealing with children and their disease

Answer 43

Pediatric

Question 44

a type of care that places the emphasis on the person needing care and his or her individuality and capabilities

Answer 44

Person-Directed Care

Question 45

how a person behaves when he is on the job; it includes how a person dresses, the words he or she uses, and the things he or she talks about.

Answer 45

Professionalism

Question 46

A licensed health care professional who has completed two or more years of education in the care of residents and patients.

Answer 46

Registered Nurse (RN)

Question 47

A patient residing in a log-term health care facility

Answer 47

Resident

Question 48

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

Answer 48

Resident Rights

Question 49

professional who administers therapy that is concerned with the maintenance or improvement of respiratory functioning (as in patients with pulmonary disease)

Answer 49

Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Question 50

defines the tasks that healthcare providers are legally allowed to do and how to do them correctly

Answer 50

Scope of Practice

Question 51

Range of responsibilities that an employee is reasonably expected to carry out or fulfill within his or her job or position.

Answer 51

Scope of Responsibility

Question 52

any unwelcome sexual advance or behavior that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment

Answer 52

Sexual Harassment

Question 53

An inpatient healthcare facility with the staff and equipment to provide skilled care, rehabilitation and other related health services to patients who need nursing care, but do not require hospitalization

Answer 53

Skilled Nursing Facility (NSF)

Question 54

is a professional concerned with helping individuals, families, groups and communities to enhance their individual and collective well-being

Answer 54

Social Worker (SW)

Question 55

training to help people with speech and language problems to speak more clearly

Answer 55

Speech-Language Pathologist/Speech Therapist

Question 56

Unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish.

Answer 56

Willful Infliction of Harm