AND ANSWERS
Person-Centered Care - ---answers____a type of care that
places the emphasis on the person needing care and his or her
individuality and capabilities
Policy - ---answers____a course or principle of action adopted
or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.
Projection - ---answers____psychoanalytic defense
mechanism by which people disguise their own threatening
impulses by attributing them to others
What are nursing home managers, DONs, administrators
and/or owners required to do about suspected neglect or abuse
- ---answers____1. Conduct a short investigation
2. Report the results of the investigation with 24 hours to the
ISDH upon conclusion of the investigation.
3. The report may be completed online or via the ISDH 1-800
number.
What happens if there is a suspected crime committed in a
nursing home? - ---answers____1. If reasonable suspicion of a
crime against a resident is present...
-If serious injury from the suspected crime is present, a report
MUST be made WITHIN 2 HOURS to local law
enforcement.
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AND ANSWERS
--The same information must be shared with the ISDH
WITHIN 2 HOURS
Legal Consequences to CNAs regarding abuse and neglect - --
-answers____--If found guilty of abuse or misappropriation,
he/she will lose certification in ALL 50 STATES FoREVER
--If found guilty of neglect, certification may be suspended in
all 50 states for up to 5 years. A state will likely require this
person to complete a course and pass a state evaluation before
working again.
Examples of Invasion of Privacy - ---answers____improperly
draping or covering a patient during a procedure so that other
patients can see the patient exposed.
Failing to close a privacy curtain or door during personal care
Giving personal care to a resident when visitors are present.
Handling a resident's personal belonglings without
permission.
Reading a resident's mail without consent
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AND ANSWERS
Listening to a residents's private phone/in-person
conversations.
Airborne Precautions - ---answers____used for patients
known or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted
by airborne droplet nuclei
used for someone has a disease that is transmitted by
microorganisms that remain suspended in the air or become
trapped in dust and move with currents.
Bloodborne pathogens - ---answers____Disease-causing
microorganisms carried in the body by blood or body fluids,
such as hepatitis and HIV.
Body fluids - ---answers____tears, saliva, sputum (mucous
coughed up), urine, feces, semen, vaginal secretions, and pus
or other wound drainage
Causative Agent - ---answers____a pathogen, such as a
bacterium or virus that can cause a disease
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - ---
answers____federal governmental agency that issues
guidelines relative to protection and manners to improve
health