Assume you are a medical assistant working for a physician in private practice. You have many years of experience, but your employer is a newly-licensed physician. While helping with the examination and treatment of a patient with type 2 diabetes, you notice that your employer inadvertently gives the patient incorrect instructions for checking the glucose level in her blood. What will you do?
Tactfully mention to the physician that perhaps his instructions to the patient should be amended to include [the correct information.] Be sure the patient has the correct information as soon as possible.
Assume you are a nursing aid and your nurse-supervisor orders you to catheterize a patient. This procedure is beyond the scope and training of your job. What will you do?
For legal reasons and the welfare of the patient, you cannot perform this procedure. Remind your supervisor that the procedure is beyond the scope and training of your job.
