Legal and Ethical Terms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• neglect : the failure to provide needed care that results in physical, mental, or emotional harm to a person
• battery : the intentional touching of a person without their consent
• ethics : the knowledge of right and wrong
• false imprisonment : the unlawful restraint of someone that affects the person’s freedom of movement; includes both the threat of being physically restrained and actually being physically restrained
• verbal abuse : the use of spoken or written words, pictures, or gestures that threaten, embarrass, or insult a person
• obra : abbreviation for a law passed by the federal government that includes minimum standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements, resident assessment instructions, and information on rights for residents
• informed consent : the process in which a person, with the help of a doctor, makes informed decisions about their health care
• physical abuse : any treatment, intentional or not, that causes harm to a person’s body
• abuse : purposeful mistreatment that causes physical, mental, or emotional pain or injury to someone
• laws : rules set by the government to help people live peacefully together and to ensure order and safety
• ombudsman : a legal advocate for residents in long-term care facilities who helps resolve disputes and settle conflicts
• psychological abuse : emotional harm caused by threatening, scaring, humiliating, intimidating, isolating, or insulting a person
• malpractice : injury to a person due to professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill
• assault : a threat to harm a person, resulting in the person feeling fearful that she will be harmed
• dnr : abbreviation for a medical order that instructs medical professionals not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest
• advance directives : legal documents that allow people to decide what medical care they wish to have in the