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69 Cards in this Set
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CITATION
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Civil sanction with monetary fines against LT facilities in violation of laws
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CONFIDENTIALLY
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Maintaining resident's personal & Medical info
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ETHICS
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Principles of right or good behavior/standards
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HEALTH & SAFETY CODES
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Laws & statutes pertaining to health and safety (CCR, title 22)
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JOB DESCRIPTION/SCOPE OF PRACTICE
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Duties and responsibilities assigned
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LONG TERM CARE FACILITY
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Day to Day care
24/7 |
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MEDI-CAL
MEDI-CARE |
State funded/Low income
Federal funded/age 65 and over |
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NURSING FACILITY
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Skilled nursing, intermediate care, developementally disabled facility.
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OBRA
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
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PROFESSIONALISM
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Code of Conduct meets or exceeds perfomance standards 4 job
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SKILLED NURSING FACILITY
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Care provided in LT care facility
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CCR, TITLE 22, DIV.5 & OBRA
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Laws that protect resident's rights
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VIOLATION
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To break a regulation or law intentionally or unintentionally
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ABUSE
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Misuse, wrong use, excessive of anything that is injurious, harmful to self or others
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ADVANCE DIRECTIVE
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Advance instructions, and docs indicating persons wishes regarding care while dying
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CHOICE
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The freedom to make personal selections
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COERCION
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Forcing a person to do something against their will
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DNR
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Do not resuscitate
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GRIEVANCES
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Complaint or protest about care
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INFORMED CONSENT
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Permission given while knowing all the facts
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NO CODE
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No CPR
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OMBUDSMAN
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Liaison or advocate between conflicting persons
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PRIVACY
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Being apart, seclusion, secrecy, private info kept from others
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RESIDENT COUNCIL
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Meeting by patients at facility to resolving issues
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RESTRAINTS
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Intervention...to prevent and excited or violent patient from doing harm to themselves or others
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SCOPE OF PRACTICE/job description
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Skills of caregivers legally permitted to be performed by state regs-CNA, LVN, RN
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SOCIAL SERVICES
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Organization that provides for non-medical needs of resident
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ANGER
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Feelings of great displeasure
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APHASIA
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Loss of ability to communicate thru speech, writing or signs..usually following a stroke
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BODY LANGUAGE
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Posture, gestures or facial expression used in communication
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NO CODE
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No CPR
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OMBUDSMAN
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Liaison or advocate between conflicting persons
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PRIVACY
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Being apart, seclusion, secrecy, private info kept from others
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RESIDENT COUNCIL
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Meeting by patients at facility to resolving issues
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RESTRAINTS
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Intervention...to prevent and excited or violent patient from doing harm to themselves or others
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SCOPE OF PRACTICE/job description
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Skills of caregivers legally permitted to be performed by state regs-CNA, LVN, RN
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SOCIAL SERVICES
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Organization that provides for non-medical needs of resident
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ANGER
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Feelings of great displeasure
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APHASIA
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Loss of ability to communicate thru speech, writing or signs..usually following a stroke
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BODY LANGUAGE
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Posture, gestures or facial expression used in communication
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COMMUNICATION
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The exchange of ideas, views & messages by speech, gestures or writing
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DEFENSE MECHANISM
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Protective reaction used involuntarily to avoid humiliation, shame, anxiety
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DENIAL
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Refusal to believe or accept something
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DYSLEXIA
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DIFFICULTY IN READING, MAKING THE PERSON TRANSPOSE MESSAGES IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE
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FAMILY
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A GROUP OF PEOPLE RELATED BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE
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MESSAGE
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INFORMATION TRANSMITTED BY SPEECH OR WRITING
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NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION
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COMMUNICATION BY GESTURES OR BY USING EYES
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PERSONAL SPACE
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IMMEDIATE SPACE AROUND PERSON (COMFORT ZONE)
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PROJECTION
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AN UNCONSCIOUS MENTAL MECHANISM SIMILAR TO RATIONALIZATION IN WHICH A PERSON ATTRIBUTES TO ANOTHER PERSON HIS OWN APPROPRIATES
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RATIONALIZATION
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AN UNCONSCIOUS MECHANISM IN WHICH SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE REASONS TO EXPLAIN BEHAVIOUR & FEELINGS ARE DEVELOPED
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RECEIVER
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ONE WHO RECEIVES & INTERPRETS MESSAGES FROM A SENDER
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VERBAL COMMUNICATION
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ORAL OR SPOKEN COMMUNICATION
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VOICE PITCH
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THE SUBJECTIVE QUALITY OF SOUND, THE FREQUENCY & INTENSITY
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VOICE TONE
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THE CHARACTER & DURATION OF THE SOUND
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BONY PROMINENCEs
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BONES NEAR THE SURFACE OF THE CKIN (COCCYX, SACRUM, ELBOWS)
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CSM
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CIRCULATION, SENSATION & MOVEMENT
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DISASTER PLAN
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GUIDES FOR EVACUATION IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY
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EMERGENCY
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UNEXPECTED SERIOUS OCCURRENCES THAT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
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EMERGENCY CODE
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A FACILITY SPECIFIED WORD - CODE RED = FIRE
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EXCAPE ROUTES
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A PREDETERMINED ROUTE OR PATH TO EXIT THE FACILITY DURING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION
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FALSE IMPRISONMENT
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TO DETAIN WITHOUT REASON AND AGAINST A PERSON'S WILL
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FIRE PLAN
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GUIDELINES FOR EVACTUATION DURING A FIRE
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MITTENS
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SOFT PADDED GLOVES
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O2
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OXYGEN
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OXYGEN PRECAUTIONS
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PROCEDURES USED WHEN A PATIENT IS ON EXYGEN & FOR A SAFE ENVIRONMENT
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POSTURAL SUPPORT
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A DEVICE USED TO HELP A PATIENT TO REMAIN IN PROPER ALIGMENT
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RESTRAINTS
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INTERVENTION TO PROTECT AN EXCITED OR VIOLENT PERSON FROM CAUSING HARM TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS
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SOFT PROTECTIVE DEVICE
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A SOFT DEVICE USED ON A PERSON/PATIENT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM HARM
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STAT
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AT ONCE, IMMEDIATELY
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