In this case study Jerry Mccall takes a call asking for a prescription refill, the person requesting the refill isn’t a normal patient of Dr. Williams he states he is a close friend. This situation puts Jerry in a real tough place, however Jerry is not the doctor and shouldn’t issue refill request to anyone including
Also it is important to know that the patient’s medicine is just that – it is the patient’s medicine. It shouldn’t be given to a family member with the same symptom. The last intervention that is useful to patient’s especially older patients is to contact their local pharmacy and stay in the loop with your patient. Or provide the patients prescribing doctors contact number if there is any concern about medicine at the pharmacy when the patient is picking it up. A pharmacist may have seen something that the doctor may have overlooked for
Instead of trying to understand why Dax was acting the way he was, the doctors instead insisted that he was acting like a child and was unable to make the decision for himself. Even Dr. Larson went against Dax’s psychiatrist Dr. White in his words stating that Dax was sane in his judgments. They lacked any morality and the main focus of this relationship was not to adhere to Dax’s needs. These among other reasons that I have previously stated are factors as to why the treatment given to Dax was not ethically permissible in the sense of Dax’s autonomy. The patient’s beliefs and values should never come into question with this mutual relationship, which is exactly the opposite of what happened
Why had his respirations not been monitored? The nurse likely in her very busy state forgot to put him on the ECG monitor, or she may have not chosen to place him on a monitor. She may have chosen to not put him on a monitor because in her personal experience he was a low risk patient with a high narcotic tolerance. With the ER getting busier she thought she was saving herself a little bit of time by not placing him on the ECG monitor. Using the “five whys” to
A potential dilemma could be the client not wanting to visit the hospital when the client has been medically advised that it is essential for them to do so, refusal of medication or any time the service user exercises their rights, to choose or refuse, that could potentially cause harm to themselves or others. I would try to advise them as to what was in their best interest, but there is a fine line between advising them and your advice itself becoming abuse once a service user has “refused” or said “no”. If in doubt always phone your supervisor or manager and always document exactly what has happened and what has been said and done.
Upon receiving a controlled prescription, the pharmacist will also call other pharmacies to check a patient history and then call the patient’s insurance carrier, if one is available, to check even further. This is a very time consuming process that could be made less extensive if the Medicaid lock-in program was a requirement. The doctors would only have one pharmacy to contact and the pharmacy would only have to check their own records to make sure the patient was due for the medication. The lock-in program would allow the doctors and pharmacists to do their job more effectively and use their time more wisely for patients who need genuine
He is not only informally treating and collecting specimen from his daughter, but he is also not documenting any of the treatments that he is doing. This is a major problem and could be subject to intervention by the law. Joe is risking his medical credibility by doing this for his daughter. He is also performing these tests without the direct supervision of the supervising physician, which goes against the code of conduct (2013). If a physician assistant violates laws that vary from state to state, the physician assistant could be subject to license suspension or being
The care assistant may also hold the cup or glass for the service user as a precaution against spills or dropping the glass/ cup. This falls into the moving and handling principle. A(iv) As there is a care plan in place for the service user, the nurse on the day trip with the residents should know that service user C is a type two diabetic and should have the necessary tablets and medication that this service user needs. If the nurse did not read the care plan for this person and this scenario were to happen, this could prove to be dangerous and stressful. By following the care plan the nurse was able to know that she needed a sugary drink with her and that the service user had taken her tablets before the trip began.
Moreover, what causes extreme concern is the lack of direct government regulation addressing the use of such information. There is no law directly addressing this issue or who should be given access to this information. This paper will discuss how the information found from genetic screening limits the rights of individuals in employment and insurance considerations while increasing the accessibility of medical data to third parties. Undoubtedly, there is a need for more government regulation to prohibit the misuse of genetic data as well as a need for companies to abide by ethical standards to ensure the sound applications of this
47). Many people see nurses as compassionate caregivers, but the law doesn’t grant absolute protection for all free-willed acts of benevolence. If a nurse is asked to perform medical care on an individual outside of work in a non-emergency situation, he or she could be held liable if they injure that person. Although they may feel uncomfortable refusing to help, facing them in court could be much worse. As a nurse, advising them to pursue care from a professional who knows their medical history would be a smart thing to do.