Question: By Law, Health Care Practitioners Can Perform Only Those Duties That Are Within Their Scope Of Practice – That Is, Those Duties For Which They Are Duly Licensed, Certified, Registered, And Competent. As A New RespiratoryTherapist, It Takes You Two Attempts To Successfully Obtain An Arterial Blood Gas Sample From A Patient. You Don’t Want To Admit The …
By law, health care practitioners can perform only those dutiesthat are within their scope of practice – that is, thoseduties for which they are duly licensed, certified, registered, andcompetent.
As a new RespiratoryTherapist, it takes you two attempts tosuccessfully obtain an arterial blood gas sample from a patient.You don’t want to admit the first failure for fear that yourcoworkers will think you are incompetent, so you consider leavingthe first unsuccessful attempt out of the medical record. Wouldthis behavior be ethical? Why or why not?
