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NF 1.02
Question | Answer |
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Who are nurse aides normally supervised by? | License Nurses |
Nurse aides help residents with personal needs such as? | Hygiene Safety Nutrition Excercise Elimination Mobility |
How can a resident request assistance when nurse aide is not in room? | Call signal |
What happens with Civil issues? | Fines are imposed |
What happens with Criminal Issues? | You can go to prison |
What is Malpractice? | Giving care for which you are not legally allowed to do. Providing improper or bad care |
What does healthcare legal issues usually involve? | Civil Law |
What is Negligence? | Unintentional wrong. Failure to provide goods and services (patient care) necessary and normally expected to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness |
What does Assault mean? | Threatening or attempting to touch a person without his consent, causing that person to fear bodily harm |
What does Battery mean? | Touching of another without consent |
What is Abuse? | Willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish |
What are the types of Abuse? | Physical, Verbal, Psychological, and Sexual |
What is invasion of privacy? | Unnecessary exposure of an individual, Revealing personal information without consent |
What is false imprisonment? | Restraining an individual, Restricting residents freedom, Confining an individual against his/her will |
What is defamation? | False statements that cause a resident to be ridiculed or cause damage to their reputation Ex. Spoken - Slander Written - Liable (Letter) |
What is Fraud? | Intentional deception or misrepresentation by a person with knowledge that deception could result in some unathorized benefit to himself or some other person |
what is a Will? | Legal document giving direction on how resident wants property distributed after death |
What are some factors that promotes good health? | Rest and Sleep, Diet, Exercise, Good posture and body mechanics, Eye examinations, Dental care, No use of drugs alcohol or cigarettes |