CNA LTC 5E CH 3 KEY TERMS NEW UPDATE COMPLETE EXAM UPDATE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ethics - the knowledge of right and wrong. laws - rules set by the government to help people live peacefully together and to ensure order and safety. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) - 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. Minimum Data Set (MDS) - a detailed form with guidelines for assessing residents in long-term care facilities. Residents' Rights - 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. informed consent - the process in which a person, with the help of a doctor, makes informed decisions about their health care. neglect - the failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person. negligence - actions, or the failure to act or provide the proper care, that result in unintended injury to a person. malpractice - injury to a person due to professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill. abuse - purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone. physical abuse - any treatment, intentional or not, that causes harm to a person's body. psychological abuse - emotional harm caused by threatening, scaring, humiliating, intimidating, isolating, or insulting a person. verbal abuse - the use of spoken or written words, pictures, or gestures that threaten, embarrass, or insult a person