Long Term Care Regulations

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The system for state survey citations to be ranked is called	the Scope and Severity Grid.
Once a state survey Statement of Deficiencies has been sent to a nursing home, the administrator must respond with	a Plan of Correction.
The newer type of state survey which is computer-based and outcome-focused is called	the Quality Indicator Survey
The first step in the state survey process is	offsite preparation
If a state survey deficiency is determined to affect only one or a few residents, the scope is said to be	isolated.
If a state survey deficiency is determined to affect many or all residents, the scope is said to be	widespread
Within the Plan of Correction, the nursing home must state how it will monitor its performance. This monitoring should be integrated into the facility's	Quality Improvement Program.
Regulations surrounding fire safety, developed by the National Fire Protection Association, are collectively called	the Life Safety Code.
The law which requires accommodations and accessibility for people with disabilities is called the	Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The federal agency which oversees standards to protect employees from unsafe work environments is	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
A job category in long term care which is often associated with a high rate of nonfatal occupational injuries is	nursing assistants.
The legal term for the failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would have exercised in similar circumstances is	ordinary negligence
Failure to provide services according to accepted standards of care so that harm is caused to the recipient of care is defined as	medical malpractice.
Licensing is mandatory, but _________ is not.	certification
Facilities are required to protect and promote patient rights by which law?	The Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990
A multidisciplinary group that is called upon to make decisions in the patient's best interest, especially when legal avenues are not clear, is called	Ethics Committee
When a resident's personal finances or belongings are taken without his/her consent, this is called	misappropriation of resident property
Failure to provide goods and services that the resident needs is called	neglect
The acronym HIPAA stands for	the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
Individually identifiable health information that relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health of a patient is considered	Protected Health Information (PHI)
A public nursing home is owned by	the government
A nursing home that generates a profit to be distributed among its owners or shareholders is	for-profit
Knowingly doing something to cause someone harm is called	malice
The body of laws governing private legal affairs is	civil law
Laws passed by local governments are generally called	ordinances
The party that brings legal action before a court of law is the	plaintiff
The body of legal principles and precedents that have been handed down in the form of court decisions is called	common law
Administrative interpretations of statutes and details for carrying them out are called	rules and regulations.
When admitting a resident, a nursing home enters a contract with the resident or someone representing the resident, called	the admission agreement
A corporation is responsible for the acts of its officers and employees. This legal doctrine is called	respondeat superior
An agent is someone who is authorized to act on behalf of another, called a	principal.
A person who is legally incompetent may have a court-appointed person who is legally empowered and responsible for making decisions in the patient's best interests. This person is called	guardian
This type of order specifies that a person does not wish to have heartbeat or breathing restored in the event of a cardiac or respiratory arrest.	Do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
Fifteen broad requirements that nursing homes must meet in order to be federally certified, are called	Requirements of Participation

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