Sarah Egan is the office manager in Dr. Williams’s practice. Nell Jacobs, who has worked as a CMA (AAMA) in the office for one year, has frequently been absent or tardy on Mondays. Sarah suspects that Nell has a drinking problem. However, Nell has never arrived at the office intoxicated—until today. Sarah has just observed Nell stumbling in the parking lot when getting out of her car. Her speech is slurred, and her breath has a fruity odor that Sarah thinks could be alcohol. Nell does not appear to understand anything that Sarah is saying to her.
Provide detailed answers for each of the following questions. Your response should at least 250 words in length.
Answers for the first 4 questions are as follows:
-Given the situation, as the office manager, Will immeditely call up Dr Wlliams and take her to him to know if the cause is drinking or some other underlying condition.Sarah should call Nell's husband and let him know
- Seeing her condition because of drinking, She is not in a state to be sent home alone. Sarah should call up her husband and ask him to take her home
- Yes, Sarah should definitely let Dr. Williams know about Nell's drinking problem as Nell is working with patients and cannot really play with their health
- Nell was caught for the first time, so she should be given a clear warning. And next time if she repeats, strict actions should be taken against her
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