CCMA NHA 2024
Scope of Practice for a CCMA
Within the Scope of Practice:
1. Educating Patients on Medication: Providing information about medication usage, side effects, and
adherence.
2. Health Promotion: Encouraging healthy lifestyle choices and behaviors among patients.
3. Performing...
1. Educating Patients on Medication: Providing information about medication usage, side effects, and
adherence.
2. Health Promotion: Encouraging healthy lifestyle choices and behaviors among patients.
3. Performing an EKG: Conducting electrocardiograms to assess heart health.
4. Taking Patients' Vitals: Measuring and recording vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure,
pulse, and respiration.
5. Performing Urinalysis: Collecting and conducting tests on urine specimens to evaluate health.
6. Performing a Throat Culture: Collecting throat swabs to test for infections like strep throat.
7. Patient Education: Offering information on health conditions, treatments, and preventive care.
Outside the Scope of Practice:
1. Diagnosing Patients: Making a medical diagnosis is reserved for licensed healthcare providers (MDs,
DOs, Nurse Practitioners).
2. Administering Narcotics: Only licensed providers can administer controlled substances.
3. Interpreting Laboratory Results: Understanding and explaining complex test results should be left to
qualified health professionals.
4. Pathogenic Identification: Identifying pathogens requires specialized training not covered in a CCMA's
scope.
5. Performing an Arterial Blood Gas (ABG): This procedure is typically performed by respiratory
therapists or other trained professionals.
### Legal and Ethical Concepts
- Assault: An open threat of bodily harm against another person; it does not require physical contact.
- Battery: A physical act that causes bodily harm or offensive contact.
- Fraud: Deception intended to deprive another person of their rights, impacting trust within healthcare.
- Invasion of Privacy: Intruding upon a patient's private affairs or disclosing confidential information
without consent. Example: Entering a patient’s room without permission.
- Malpractice: Negligent actions by a professional that cause harm to a patient.
,- Negligence: Failing to perform an action that a reasonably prudent person would perform in similar
circumstances.
- Spousal/Intimate Partner Abuse: Knowledge of local resources and organizations is crucial for providing
support.
- Child Abuse: Suspicions must be reported to the provider or appropriate authorities.
- Tort: A civil wrong, including actions causing harm to another person or property (e.g., fraud).
### Legal Procedures and Regulations
- Chain of Custody: Refers to the documentation process ensuring proper handling of evidence to
maintain its integrity, especially in legal cases (e.g., drug screenings).
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA): Establishes regulations and quality standards for
laboratory testing to ensure accurate and reliable results.
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA):
- Rights under HIPAA: Patients have the right to inspect and receive copies of their medical records.
- Main Purposes:
1. To provide continuous health insurance coverage for individuals changing jobs.
2. To standardize electronic transactions and protect patient confidentiality.
### Confidentiality and Compliance
- Disclosure of Patient Information: A CCMA cannot share patient information without explicit
authorization.
Even if you are related to the patient you are required to have what to obtain medical information ?
✅Consent of the patient
The Joint Commission is responsible for what ? ✅Regulates that identifying patients is crucial to
improving patient safety.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ✅1. Federal agency that oversees and regulates
safety in the workplace.
, 2. Training provided to employee at no cost.
Quality Control (QC) promotes what ? ✅Accurate test results
What is the most important step in ensuring patient safety ? ✅Is proper identification
Always ask for what two forms of identification to ID a patient ? ✅FULL NAME
DATE OF BIRTH
Never confirm a patients name and date of birth how ? ✅By speaking their name and date of birth to
them.
If they are not paying attention they may say yes when they didn't hear you.
What is implied consent ? ✅Extending an arm for phlebotomy
Removing clothes for a medical procedure or examination.
What is informed consent ? ✅Informing the patient of the risk, possible outcomes, and alternative
therapies.
What is written consent ? ✅Must have a patients signature to perform procedure.
Patients bill of rights ? ✅A list of guarantees for those receiving medical care.
What are some of the rights to the patient covered under patients bill of rights ? ✅1. Patients have the
right to a copy of their medical records.
2.Guarantees fair treatment.
3. Autonomy over medical decisions and many more rights.
POMR Should always be filled in what order ?
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