Question

Part C:

Dr. Waring has a solo practice. When she is on vacation, she arranges for Dr. Dumphey to cover her patients. Dr. Dumphey’s medical assistant, Theresa, has just received a call from a patient of Dr. Waring. The patient is an elderly woman, with multiple medical problems, who is possibly having a reaction to a medication that Dr. Waring prescribed two days ago for bronchitis. Her symptoms include nausea, upset stomach, dizziness, headache, rash on her chest, and extreme exhaustion. Theresa senses that the patient may be exhibiting some disorientation to time and place, because it is difficult to elicit consistent responses from her regarding her medications. The patient reports to Theresa that the newest medication she has been taking is Biaxin. The other medications she takes include Prinivil, Cardizem CD, Premarin, Prilosec, Robaxin, Zocor, Ambien, Prozac, Fosamax, Seldane, and aspirin. The patient does not know the dosage of any of these medications but is willing to “open up her bag of medicine” and read each prescription label to Theresa. Provide detailed answers for each of the following questions. Your response should at least 200 words in length. Does Theresa have an obligation, as Dr. Dumphey’s medical assistant, to handle this situation with this patient, or should Dr. Waring simply be notified? Is this an emergency situation or potential emergency situation and, if so, what should Theresa do immediately? Because the patient seems disoriented, should Theresa even trust what the patient is reporting? Should Theresa have the patient read the label of each of her medications?

Part D:

Stacy Friedlander is the lead medical assistant in an ophthalmology practice of ten physicians. The eye clinic has patients, literally, from all over the world. Several of the physicians are leaders in their specific area of ophthalmology, such as Dr. Keeler, who specializes in retinal diseases. Today, Stacy is going to interview a potential new employee, Sarah Banks. Sarah is currently finishing a CAAHEP-approved medical-assisting program at a local college and is searching for full-time employment. She has some on-the-job experience dating back to when she was an after-school receptionist for a general practitioner, but that was more than ten years ago. The clinic tends to hire medical assistants who are certified, experienced, and very capable of dealing with patients from different age groups, races, and cultures. However, Sarah is being considered for the position because, first of all, her father is a personal friend of Dr. Keeler and, second, qualified medical assistants are difficult to find because of the high demand. Provide detailed answers for each of the following questions. Your response should at least 150 words in length. What should Stacy do to prepare for the interview with Sarah? Considering that the practice is limited to ophthalmology, would any special requirements be warranted in a medical assistant who was going to work in this area? Considering that the clinic’s patient population is mixed by age and race, would any special requirements in a medical assistant be warranted in this case? Is it proper procedure for Sarah to be applying for this position given that she has not yet completed her medical assisting program? Should Stacy, given the circumstances, invest a lot of time in interviewing Sarah? Why or why not? Should Sarah’s ten-year-old job experience be factored into Stacy’s decision to hire Sarah or not? If Stacy decides not to hire Sarah, does Stacy need to personally contact the reference and thank him anyway, given that he is a friend of Dr. Keeler?

Answer 1

Part C :

1. Yes , as a medical assistant she has the obligation to deal with the situation because in the absence of Dr. Waring , Dr. Dumphey and his medical assistant should see the cases of Dr. Waring . Also ,she should inform bothe the doctors about the situation .

2. It is an emergency situation , Theresa should ask the patient to reach the hospital immediately before the condition worsens .

3. As the patient is confused and disoriented ,she should not believe what the patient is saying because the patients is confused due to the side effects of the new medication

4. I don't think ,it's helpful by making her to read each medicine's label because she is already confused and disoriented and also it's wastage of time . She should ask her to reach hospital with her attentend as soon as possible .