CNA Key terms - chapter 2
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- abuse
- The intentional mistreatment or harm of another person
- accountable
- Being responsible for one's actions and the actions of others who perform delegated tasks; answering questions about and explaining one's actions and the actions of others
- 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
- civil law
- laws concerned with relationships between people
- 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
- delegate
- to authorize another person to perform a task
- ethics
- knowledge of what is right 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
- invasion of privacy
- violating a person's right not to have his or her name, picture, or private affairs exposed or made pulic without giving consent
- job description
- a list of responsibilities and functions the agency expects you to perform
- law
- a rule of conduct made by a government body
- libel
- making false statements in print, writing, or through pictures or drawings
- malpractice
- nefligence by a professional person
- negligence
- an unintentional wrong in which a person fails to act in a reasonable and careful menner and causes harm to a person or to the person's property
- responsibility
- the duty or obligation to perform some act or function
- slander
- making flase statements orally
- standard of care
- the skills, care, and judgement required by the health team member under similiar conditions
- task
- a function, procedure, activity, or work that does not require an RN's professional knowledge or judgement
- tort
- a wrong commited against a person or the person's property
- will
- a legal statement of how a person wants property distributed after death