Chapter 2: The Person's Rights Flashcards

Vocabulary-style flashcards covering the key terms, laws, and resident rights described in Chapter 2 of the nursing care lecture notes.

The Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectations, Rights, and Responsibilities

A document adopted in April 2003 by the American Hospital Association (AHA) regarding patients' rights.

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)

A federal law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1987 that applies to all 50 states and requires nursing centers to provide care that maintains or improves each person’s quality of life, health, and safety.

Representative

A person who acts on behalf of a resident who is unable to exercise his or her rights due to incompetence.

Right to Information

The right to access all records about the person (medical, contracts, incident reports, financial) and to be fully informed of one's health condition and doctor.

Refusing Treatment

The right to not be treated against one's wishes; this includes advance directives like living wills and instructions about life support.

Privacy and Confidentiality

The right to care that maintains privacy of the body, and the right to visit with others, make phone calls, and handle mail in private.

Personal Choice

The right to choose doctors, take part in planning care, and choose activities, schedules, and care based on preferences.

Grievances

The right to voice concerns, questions, and complaints about treatment or care without being punished.

Work

The right to perform services or work for rehabilitation, activities, or pay, if the person chooses, without being forced to work for care items.

Resident Groups

The right to form and take part in groups to discuss concerns, suggest improvements, support each other, and plan activities.

Personal Items

The right to keep and use personal property, which must be protected and not searched without the person's knowledge and consent.

Freedom From Abuse, Mistreatment, and Neglect

The right to be free from verbal, sexual, physical, and mental abuse, and free from involuntary seclusion.

Freedom From Restraint

The right not to have body movements restricted by restraints or drugs unless required by a doctor's order to treat medical symptoms.

Quality of Life

The right to be cared for in a manner and setting that promotes dignity and respect for self.

Activities

Purposeful programs that enhance a person's physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being based on their needs, interests, culture, and background.

Environment

The right to a safe, clean, comfortable, and home-like setting that promotes independence, dignity, and well-being.