KEY WORDS Flashcards
(27 cards)
Abuse
The willful infliction of injury, intimidation, or punishment resulting in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish
Advocate
A person who defends another person
Assault
Attempting or threatening to touch another person’s body without their consent.
Battery
Touching of a persons body without the persons consent
Civil laws
Laws concerned with offenses against the public
Confidentiality
Keeping information about another person to oneself and sharing it only under appropriate circumstances
Crime
An act that is a violation of criminal law
Defamation
Harming a persons name and reputation by making false statements to a 3rd person
Empathy
The ability to see things from someone else’s point of view
Ethics
Understanding what is proper and improper conduct
False imprisonment
To restrict a persons movement
Fraud
To cheat or trick another person
Geriatrics
The study of the elderly
Health team
All health care personnel, plus the resident and residents family; all are involved in returning the resident to the highest possible level of health and well-being
Integrity
Knowledge of proper and improper conduct
Invasion of privacy
Exposing a persons private affairs, or using a persons name or photograph without their permission or
Legal
Refers to the involvement with the court system for problems with the law
Libel
Defamation through WRITTEN statements
Living will
Legal document that outlines how much medical care a person wants to receive and whether the person wants to be resuscitated if in a near-death or vegetative state
Long term care
Referring to care given in a nursing home over a long period of time; note: residents do not have to be elderly to receive long term care
Malpractice
“Bad practice”; neglectful treatment that has resulted in injury to the resident
Neglect
Failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness.
Nursing unit
Resident rooms are usually part of a unit, station, or wing with a group of nursing personnel assigned to each unit per shift
Ombudsman
A public official designated to investigate resident complaints
