FALLACY

Most patients consulting from a Rural Health Unit, even after being
referred by the Midwife Nurse, fails to make a consultation with doctors
who are qualified to make a diagnosis. This is due to their belief that nurses
have the capacity to give them a check-up even without a physician
present. However, this is a flaw in their belief as nurses might be a Health
Care Professional but has bounds of limitations in their role as a health ally.

MALPRACTICE

Relative A of the Nurse wanted to request a consultation even if this

nurse is not qualified to do so, given that attending to consultations requires
qualifications that only physicians have.

RESOLUTION

The nurse should inform the relatives about the scope and limitations of a
qualified nurse in the field of patient health care and assure that she can
give them a referral anytime to be consulted by a qualified p

FALLACY

Most patient thinks that they can immediately stop taking their
prescribed medications right after they got better. After all, they believe that
they do not need the drug anymore because they are feeling better already.
Also, they have the feeling that the drug is not working anymore; that is
why they find it useless to buy the remaining number of medicine, and with
that, it can help them save money. And so because of this faulty reasoning,
it became the rightful duty and responsibility of the nurse to provide the
proper health teaching in order to educate their patients on the medications
that they have to take even after they go home. Appropriate health teaching
plays an integral part in the continuous recovery of the patients.

MALPRACTICE

The patient is being discharged and the nurse must educate and
explain to the patient about the drugs to be taken, but instead, the nurse
just gave the prescription to the patient and told the patient to buy the
medicines written on the prescription without any explanations.

RESOLUTION

The nurse should educate the patient about the medication, self-
administration procedure, and also the side effects because the nurse
should know his/her responsibilities and when he/she is reliable.

hysician.