05-06-2007, 09:11 AM
When the nursing home calls you with the laboratory results, the office staff informs you that the patient's husband telephoned earlier that afternoon and "fired" you from the case. There are no written notes from the staff and you have not spoken to the husband yourself.
Item 1 of 2
22. The most appropriate next step is to contact which of the following?
A
) Husband and give him the names of other physicians who attend patients in the nursing home
B
) Husband and inform him of the laboratory results, their implications and management options
C
) Nursing home and inform them that you are no longer the patient's physician
D
) Nursing home and initiate nasogastric rehydration in the facility
E
) Nursing home and order the immediate transfer of the patient to the hospital
-i think we can't abruptly stop the care, discuss the diagnosis?
Item 1 of 2
22. The most appropriate next step is to contact which of the following?
A
) Husband and give him the names of other physicians who attend patients in the nursing home
B
) Husband and inform him of the laboratory results, their implications and management options
C
) Nursing home and inform them that you are no longer the patient's physician
D
) Nursing home and initiate nasogastric rehydration in the facility
E
) Nursing home and order the immediate transfer of the patient to the hospital
-i think we can't abruptly stop the care, discuss the diagnosis?