strained system. Medical practices rely heavily on staff members to perform a myriad of function, both clinical and administrative. Occasionally, staff members may be asked by either physician or patients to perform duties that fall outside their scope of practice. Should an unqualified employee choose to operate outside his or her scope of practice, they run the risk of committing both negligent and criminal acts. In the case study of Jerry McCall, an office assistant with limited medical training,
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protected from a lawsuit? All these questions will be answered, so let me give you a little background on the case and some definition that might help you understand the circumstances. “Case Study: Jerry McCall is Dr. Williams’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a Medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium, an antidepressant medication, called in
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Abstract Jerry is a Licensed Practical Nurse as well as a medical assistant working at on a front desk and has a patient that will need extra medication “Valium” which is considered an S-4 medication for a trip that he is taking in the next few days, the patient stats his doctor always gives him extra when he goes on extended trips because he is a personal friend. The doctor is away and Jerry has Medical assent training, with no other advanced training and is a Licensed Practical Nurse. A Medical assent
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Ethics Case Study Does Jerry’s medical training qualify him to issue this refill order? Why or Why not If Jerry was solely a medical assistant he would not be able to refill any prescription for they have absolute no authority to do so. Medical assistants’ may take the call and write the messages and send it to the nurse but that is about where it ends because they are not permitted to authorize or even inform patients about a prescription without consent of the doctor (Irwin, Yock, & Buckhrdt
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Ethics Case Study HCS/335 January 23, 2012 Melissa Green Jerry McCall is an assistant currently employed in Dr. Williams’s medical office. He is a trained medical assistant and also a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). Jerry has been put in charge of the phones while the receptionist is out having lunch. While he was covering for the receptionist a patient called with the urgent need to have his prescription for Valium refilled and phoned into the local pharmacy. The urgency was due to plans
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qualifications. Jerry’s Qualifications versus Necessary Qualifications Qualification as a medical assistant and a licensed practical nurse (LPN) does not qualify Jerry to fill, or even refill, any prescription. Only pharmacists, doctors, and other certified professionals can order medications. Jerry working as medical assistant means he is responsible for both administrative and clinical duties (Fremgen, 2009). Jerry is a LPN, which means that he is responsible for many of the same duties as registered
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Case Study The below case study is about an assistant, Jerry McCall who is put in an unethical situation at his bosses office, Dr. Williams. In the case study Jerry is asked to refill a prescription called Valium for a patient. The patient is flying out of town in a half hour and is also a close friend to Dr. Williams. Jerry is left in the doctor’s office alone as he debates whether to refill the prescription or not. Since Jerry is an assistant to Dr. Williams, he has certain responsibilities
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Dr. Williams’ office assistant Jerry McCall. Jerry was in the office answering phones while the receptionist was at lunch when he received a call from a patient who stated he had an urgent need for a prescription called into the pharmacy. The patient was leaving town within minutes and needed the medication prior to catching his flight. The paper will discuss Jerry’s qualifications to write prescription medications. The doctrine of respondeat superior and how it applies to Jerry in this situation is
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is presented with. In the scenario, Jerry McCall is an office assistant for Dr. Williams. Jerry also holds the title of Medical Assistant and a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). Jerry is alone in the office when he receives a call from a patient saying he needs to have a prescription refilled for Valium, an antidepressant medication called in to the pharmacy right because he will be leaving for the airport in thirty minutes. He also tells Jerry that Dr. Williams is a personal friend and he
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Case Study of Jerry McCall Debra Dean, RN University of Phoenix HCS/335 Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility Instructor Katherine Rossiter Jerry McCall is an office assistant for Dr. Williams. Jerry has had training as both an LPN and medical assistant. While answering a patient call Jerry is asked to refill a patient’s valium prescription. Dr. Williams in not in the office at this time. This patient claims to be a personal friend of Dr. Williams and states that the physician
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