Personal Narrative: My Experience As A Medical Assistant

Jerry McCall is an office assistant for Dr. William’s. Jerry has received training as both a medical assistant and Licensed practical nurses (LPN). During the time the receptionist is out to lunch Jerry is covering for her. Jerry is faced with a common problem in the health care field today. Jerry has been asked to call in a refill for Valium to a pharmacy for a patient. This paper will address why Jerry is not qualified to refill any prescription medication. If Jerry is protected if a lawsuit is filled. Jerry’s decision is a tough one, legal and ethical issues and advice will be provided for Jerry’s use.

Every one of us has relied on a medical professional at least a few times in our lives. When we get seriously ill, or suffer a serious injury, we put our health in the hands of doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, fully expecting to be treated with a certain degree of professionalism and safety. Unfortunately, sometimes the expected care is not given, or not given to the extent which the ailment requires. In these situations, we can feel blindsided, confused, even taken advantage of.

D- The patient arrived on time for her session and reports being stable on dose and haven't used any illicit drugs. This writer advised the patient that this writer was in fact in receipt of missed phone call about coming to the session at 10:30 am rather than 10 am due to her mother in the process of selling the house. This writer addressed with the patient about letter from CHR from her counselor, Jade Bray stating about the patient non-compliance with her appointment due transportation barrier. According to the patient, she is going through hardship as her mother is no longer taking her to her appointment as the patient says, " She's tired of bringing me everyone, Charlene. She complains about bringing me here and does not understand why I can't even get a bottle...:Like c'mon. What do I have to do?" This writer explained to the patient about TEAM decision, at which the patient disagree with the decision. This writer asked the patient about her "judgement." According to the patient, she feels she is making judgement by not engaging any further altercation with patient at the clinic, dosing daily, coming to her counseling session, and trying to get help from Chrysalis for

a) Pharmacists have ethical and legal obligations to ensure that the prescriptions they fill are valid, both in that the physician must be prescribing the medication for a valid reason and that the person filling the prescription must be doing so for valid therapeutic reasons (ASHP, 2008; Brushwood, n.d.). The court needs to take these obligations into account, and then must determine whether the frequency with which the prescription was refilled would have required a pharmacist to check with the patient's physician or at least another pharmacist in order to determine if the pattern represented abuse (Brushwood, n.d.). The basic considerations before the court, then, are the pattern of behavior (i.e. prescription refilling) represented in the facts and the relationship of this pattern to the legal and ethical standards of pharmacists. The addition was certainly a foreseeable consequence, and this means that standard applications of negligence torts might also be applicable.

In the Fall of 2014 I became an RA, Resident Assistant, a position longed for since I entered as a student at Landmark College, a college for students with learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorders. I went into the job aspiring to help other students and build upon the close knit and friendly community that was already in place. My job was to ensure the safety and security of all residents, refer students to appropriate services on campus, and run and plan programs alongside two other RA’s and a Resident Dean.

I am currently enrolled as a full-time student in the medical assisting program at Peninsula College. At the end of fall quarter 2015, I will complete the program and earn my certification as a medical assistant. To achieve my goal, I have concentrated solely on my academic career. This has left little time in my life to resume a full-time position in the workforce. As a mother of three, I know how challenging it can be to go back to school, much less try to live on one income. I hope to use this scholarship to help ease my family's financial burden. A scholarship could help me buy extra supplies, such as scrubs, closed toe leather shoes, a stethoscope and other items that are not covered by financial aid, but are all vital materials needed

Volunteer work has always been a prominent activity that occurred within my life. Growing up with a father that was involved in the community so much that it felt like it was his job, I was always surrounded by community service and helping others. At the young age of six years old, I decided to do my part as well, feeding the homeless in a local church in New Bedford, Massachusetts. From that year on, I believe a majority of my most valuable characteristics derived directly from my volunteer work. Now, almost thirteen years later, I am involved in over 100 hours of community service per year and am ready to apply it into a new field- as a Resident Assistant.

During my freshman year, my Residential Assistant pulled me aside and expressed to me that I have the potential to be a great RA. Before I was told that, I did not really pay much attention to the position and what RAs actually do. The dedication and hard work these individuals put forward to make the college life of many students much simpler and inspire them. Once I was told that I had the potential to help others and meet so many other people, it ignited a change within me. I now wanted to do the same things and simply help others while making relationships along the way. I had a strong relationship with my RA and he was always there to assist me in any situation. He mentored me through difficult situations and helped me grow as an individual.

Hello class I am Brandon Jackson I’m currently living in beautiful Jacksonville, FL but I’m originally from

I am interested in the position of Resident Assistant at The University of South Dakota because it would allow me to take the experience I have gained in the last two semesters as an Resident Assistant and be able to apply them to a new residence hall to help grow a splendid learning community. My two semesters of being a Resident Assistant at USD and my experience at being the President of The University of South Dakota Climbing Team has given me a great organization skills and a greater understanding of the commitment this position requires.

When it came time to consider reapplying for the Resident Assistant position, there wasn’t a question in my mind. My experience as a first year RA has been phenomenal, albeit challenging. The aspects of this job that I initially thought would be my weaknesses are some of my strongest assets. I recognize that there are many opportunities for improvement in the way that I approach this position, but with the foundation I have built as a first year RA, I believe I can become the model returner. My first semester has been a whirlwind with balancing 17 credit hours, leadership positions on campus, and the RA role all the while having my best academic semester so far. But also, developing stronger relationships with both my residents and team mates

Week two has ended and the stability of being able to work with CI for the entire week was present. From this week until the end of my clinical affiliation we will share the same schedule this has its ups and downs as she also works weekends and holidays which I guess is the hospital life of a physical therapist assistant. To develop and get the most out of this clinical site from week to week my CI has me right 3 or 4 goals which we both take serious and try to attain by the end of each week. This type of environment is still not the one that I plan to venture in but I am doing my best to take each day one at a time and learn what I can during my

A Resident Assistant demonstrates peer leadership in a scholastic, social, and residential environment. I am interested in the Resident Assistant position because of my desire to help others and influence students to make proper choices. In high school, I was involved in various leadership positions such as being the president of Student Government and Varsity Softball Team Captain. Through these positons, I encountered experiences which aided in my development as a leader. In Student Government, I was required to create, organize, and lead various programs throughout the schoolyear. As Captain of the softball team, my responsibility was to be an example of good and moral conduct; and to be a guide towards fair resolution when disagreements occurred. In conclusion, I am a viable candidate because I’ve experienced and demonstrated my problem

This can be read as a key ethical question to many healthcare case studies because of the errors and situations that occur. One of the explanations for this occurrence may be the overwhelming workload, chaotic environment and lack of individual attention prescribed to each patient. These issues can cause a disruption to the ethical principle of Beneficence. The principle of Beneficence calls to action the act of helping others and having compassion for the patients. This principle can be threatened when a doctor or caretaker is overworked and unable to effectively manage the series of patients and work they are assigned to take on. I believe that the admitting doctor did not initially catch the error of not calling for the specific drug need because he was more focused on getting Mr. Londborg stable and on the medication to treat his initial and present condition before worrying about the preventative medication. In addition, the doctor was so focused on helping everyone all at once that he was blind to the small details and loose ends that needed to be taken care

I have cared for several patients who complained their medications are costly and more than there pocket can afford especially on a fixed income. A situation occurred with one of my patient on cardiac intervention unit. The wife admitted with a near syncopal episode. The spouse came in with three bags of medication. The first bag contains the wife present medication, and the other two bags were just in case the doctor change the wife medication to past refills. The look on my face was of shock and disbelieve. I went over the present bag of medication with the elderly couple. In the bag, I found Lopressor and Atenolol and other duplicate medication but different strength. Some of the medication had expired from the other two bags. The nurses had a good rapture with the intervention pharmacist. I called the pharmacist, the social worker and then the doctor to explain the situation and steps in progress. Doctor R. came to the floor as I was leaving for the pharmacy and could not