Mrs. Smith was seen today in the office for an annual physical.

Mrs. Smith was seen today in the office for an annual physical. Her last appointment was a year ago for the same reason. During this visit, Mrs. Smith brought an empty bottle of amoxicillin with her and asked if she could have a refill. You noted the patient’s name on the label, and the date on the bottle was 1 week ago. You also noted your name printed on the label as the prescriber. The patient admitted that she called last week concerned about her cough and spoke to Medical Assistance. You do not recall having discussed this patient with medical assistance nor do the other providers in the practice.

Case Study Questions:

What are the potential ethical and legal implications for each of the following practice members?

Medical assistant
Nurse Practitioner
Medical Director
Practice

What strategies would you implement to prevent further episodes of potentially illegal behavior?

What leadership qualities would you apply to effect a positive change in the practice?  Be thinking about the culture of the practice.

Instruction: scholarly source. One scholarly source for each intervention. If there are 3 parts of the discussion question- you need to make sure you have 1 in-text citation for each part of the question, for a total of 3-intext citation.

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Mrs. Smith was seen today in the office for an annual physical.

Introduction

Mrs. Smith was seen today in the office for an annual physical. She had been having a few problems getting around lately, but said that she had been feeling better lately. The doctor said that he wanted to take care of some things with Mrs. Smith before she retired and gave her an appointment for spring.

Mrs. Smith was seen today in the office for an annual physical.

Mrs. Smith was seen today in the office for an annual physical. The doctor saw her for a few minutes, and he said that she seemed to be feeling better recently. He was especially impressed with how well she had been doing on stair climbing tests, which are designed to determine whether or not you are able to continue living independently at home without assistance.[1]

She had been having a few problems getting around lately, but said that she had been feeling better lately.

If you are like me, your eyes are probably drawn to this sentence: “She had been having a few problems getting around lately.”

What’s wrong with that? It seems like it could be a simple and straightforward statement. But what if there were more to it than meets the eye?

The doctor said that he wanted to take care of some things with Mrs. Smith before she retired and gave her an appointment for spring.

The doctor said that he wanted to take care of some things with Mrs. Smith before she retired and gave her an appointment for spring.

The doctor was concerned about Mrs. Smith’s health, so he thought it would be good if they could get everything taken care of before she died or retired from her job at the office where they work together every day during the weekdays.

There are more important things in life than worrying about how you look at age 50 or 60.

There are more important things in life than worrying about how you look at age 50 or 60.

You can live a long life, but it will not be a healthy one. You will experience many illnesses and injuries that make you feel old and frail, even though you are not really old yet. Your body may be weak and unable to keep up with the demands of everyday living; this is normal as we get older, but there are ways to help prevent these problems from happening in the first place!

The best way to prevent health problems is by eating right and exercising regularly–not only will this help improve your overall health status but it will also help keep those pesky aches away! A good way for starting out is by incorporating regular exercise into your daily routine so that when something does come up later on down the line (like arthritis), at least now we’ve made sure we’ve given ourselves a fighting chance against any future issues.”

Conclusion

The doctor said that he wanted to take care of some things with Mrs. Smith before she retired and gave her an appointment for spring.