Chapter 8: Professional Knowledge in Therapeutic Services | Crossword
Across
1. | the level of service that a healthcare professional is expected to provide to a patient based on that professional's position and the patient's condition. |
4. | acts of verbal abuse, threats, physical assault, or homicide that occur at work. |
10. | specific positions for muscles and joints that help a person avoid injury during a physical task. |
11. | an important part of body mechanics that describes the position of a person's body while performing a task. |
13. | the failure to do something a person with training should have known enough to do. |
14. | an archive in which data, records, and other information are kept. |
15. | legally responsible. |
16. | term for the hierarchy of authority that establishes the flow of decision making and directives. |
17. | an act that inflicts physical or emotional harm. |
18. | a patient's choice to accept or reject a procedure after receiving information on available options and possible consequences. |
Down
2. | a problem that requires a person to choose between two conflicting obligations. |
3. | term for actions that violate a professional's scope of practice or standard of care and result in injury to a patient that could reasonably have been expected. |
5. | a person who addresses complaints and advocates for improvements in the long-term healthcare system. |
6. | a committee that meets to discuss unusual or controversial cases and advises professionals on ethical dilemmas. |
7. | a credential that is required by law for some professions to protect public health, safety, and welfare. |
8. | the act of touching a person without his or her consent. |
9. | a term that describes the levels of authority within an organization. |
12. | to control. |