to Stevenson, office policies, procedures, records, forms, systems, supplies, equient, & furnishings are but vehicles to reach the goal of professional health care. They should never be considered an end in themselves. The assistant should be alert that systems originally designed to aid the practice, in time & habitual use, have a tendency to dictate to the creators of the systems. The patient is always more important than any procedure.Bergmo, T. S., Kummervold, P. E., Gammon, D., & Dahl, L. B. (2015). Electronic patient–provider communication: Will it offset office visits & telephoneconsultations in primary care?. International journal of medical informatics, 74(9), 705-710.Stevenson, F. A., Britten, N., Barry, C. A., Bradley, C. P., & Barber, N. (2013). Self-treatment & its discussion in medical consultations: how is medical pluralism managed in practice?. Social Science & Medicine, 57(3), 513-527.Show LessJose DelAcruzreply to Urvashi Shah7/29/2016 12:02:58 AMRE: Post twoHello Urvashi Shah, I agree with you,In such a situation it is prudent to consult with Stephanie to explain why she did whatshe did. Stephanie broke professional ethics by including another practitioner’s name as the prescriber instead of hers. Moreover, she did not consult with another nurse practitioner or the general physician about the patient’s concerns. According to the National Commission on Correctional HealthCare (2011), it is also inappropriate to prescribe drugs without appropriate investigation of a patient’s condition since
