Dr. Williams has ordered IV saline for a patient who is severely dehydrated. He asks his certified medical assistant, Katie, to put in the IV. Katie is not familiar with her scope of practice and has only observed and assisted the nurse manager previously. She is torn as her physician is telling her to do so and she does practice under her physician’s license. Checking your state’s scope of practice, should she follow her doctor’s orders? What should Katie say to her physician? How can she manage this situation?
She should follow her doctors order but she should tell him the truth that she does not have any experience before to insert an i.v line.so,patient may not feel comfortable with her if she prick many times.so,ask her doctor to be with her while doing procedure or seek assistance from nurse manager so that she can learn the same with the aid of them .it doe not make any harm to patient.
Dr. Williams has ordered IV saline for a patient who is severely dehydrated. He asks his...