| Abuse | | An act that violates a criminal law |
| Assault | | Injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements to a third person |
| Battery | | Saying or doing something to trick, fool or deceive a person |
| Boundary crossing | | A person 18 years old or older who has a disability or condition that makes him or her at risk to be wounded, attacked, or damaged |
| Boundary sign | | Violating a person's right not to have his or her name, photo, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent |
| Boundary violation | | An unintentional wrong in which a person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner and a person or the person's property was harmed |
| Civil Law | | Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person's consent |
| Crime | | The intentional mistreat or harm of another person |
| Criminal Law | | A rule of conduct made by a government body |
| Defamation | | A person's behaviors that threaten his or her health and safety |
| Delegate | | A document that describes what the agency expects you to do |
| Elder Abuse | | To authorize another person to perform a nursing task in a certain situation |
| Ethics | | An act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in nature |
| False imprisonment | | Negligence by a professional worker |
| Fraud | | That which separates helpful behaviors from those that are not helpful |
| Invasion of privacy | | Making false statements orally |
| Job description | | Any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other person to an older adult |
| Law | | An act, behavior, or thought that warns of a boundary crossing or boundary violation |
| Libel | | Laws dealing with relationships between people |
| Malpractice | | An act or behavior that meets your needs, not the person's needs |
| Neglect | | Touching a person's body without his or her consent |
| Negligence | | A brief act or behavior outside of the helpful zone |
| Nursing task | | Nursing care or a nursing function, procedure, activity, or work that can be delegated to nursing assistants when it does not require an RN's professional knowledge or judgement |
| Professional boundary | | Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's freedom of movement |
| Professional sexual misconduct | | Failure to provide the person with the goods or services needed to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness |
| Protected health information | | Identifying information about the person's health care that is maintained or sent in any form (paper, electronic, oral) |
| Self-neglect | | Making false statements in print, writing, or through pictures or drawings |
| Slander | | Laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general |
| Vulnerable adult | | Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct |
