Module #2 Vocab

  • Involuntary seclusion::separating a person from others against his or her will, keeping the person to a certain area, or keeping the person away from his or her room without consent
  • Ombudsman::someone who supports or promotes the needs and interests of another person
  • Representative::a person with the legal right to act on the patient’s or resident’s behalf when he or she cannot do so for himself or herself
  • Treatment::the care provided to maintain or restore health, improve function, or relieve symptoms
  • Abuse::the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish; depriving the person of the goods or services needed to attain or maintain well-being
  • Assault::intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person’s body without the person’s consent
  • Battery::touching a person’s body without his or her consent
  • Boundary crossing::a brief act of behavior of being over-involved with the person; the intent of the act of behavior is to meet the person’s needs
  • Child abuse and neglect::the intentional harm or mistreatment of a child under 18 years old
  • Civil law::law concerned with relationships between people
  • Code of ethics::rules, or standards of conduct, for group members to follow
  • Crime::an act that violates a criminal law
  • Criminal law::laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general
  • Defamation::injuring a person’s name and reputation by making false statements to a third person
  • Elder abuse::any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other person to an older adult that causes harm or serious risk of harm
  • Ethics::knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct
  • False imprisonment::unlawful restraint or restriction of a person’s freedom of movement
  • Fraud::saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person
  • Informed consent::the process by which a person receives and understands information about a treatment or procedure and is able to decide if he or she will receive it
  • Law::a rule of conduct made by a government body
  • Libel::making false statements in print, in writing, through pictures or drawings, through broadcast, posted online on websites, or through video sites and social media sites
  • Malpractice::negligence by a professional person
  • Neglect::when a caregiver or responsible person fails to protect a vulnerable person from harm and provide food, water, clothing, shelter, healthcare, and other activities of daily living to a vulnerable person
  • Slander::making false statements through the spoken word, sounds, sign language, or gestures
  • Standard of care::the skills, care, and judgments required by a health team member under similar conditions
  • Tort::a wrong committed against a person or the person’s property
  • Will::a legal document of how a person wants property distributed after death
  • Bariatrics::the field of medicine focused on the treatment and control of obesity
  • Body language::messages sent through facial expressions, gestures, posture, hand and body movements, gait, eye contact, and appearance
  • Comatose::being unable to respond to stimuli
  • Communication::the exchange of information—a message sent is received and correctly interpreted by the intended person
  • Culture::he characteristics of a group of people–language, values, beliefs, habits, likes, dislikes, customs–passed from 1 generation to the next
  • Disability::any lost, absent, or impaired physical or mental function
  • Esteem::the worth, value or opinion one has of a person
  • Geriatrics::the field of medicine concerned with the problems and diseases of old age and older persons
  • Holism::a concept that considers the whole person; the whole person has physical, social, psychological, and spiritual parts that are woven together and cannot be separated
  • Morbid obesity::weighing 100 pounds or more over one’s normal weight
  • Need::something necessary or desired for maintaining life and mental well-being
  • Nonverbal communication::communication that does not use words
  • Obesity::having an excess of total body fat; body weight is 20% or more above what is normal for the person’s height and age
  • Obstetrics::the field of medicine concerned with the case of women during pregnancy, labor, and childbirth and for 6-8 weeks after birth
  • Optional level of function::a person’s highest potential for mental and physical performance
  • Paraphrase::re-stating the person’s message in your own words
  • Pediatrics::the field of medicine concerned with the growth, development, and care of children–newborns to teenagers
  • Psychiatry::the field of medicine concerned with mental health disorders
  • Religion::spiritual beliefs, needs, and practices
  • Self-actualization::experiencing one’s potential
  • Self Esteem::thinking well of oneself and seeing oneself as useful and having value
  • Verbal communication::communication that uses written or spoken words