Scenarios › Skilled Care › Episode 8
Skilled Care · Episode 8
The Aide's Visit
Lucia is asked to do a task outside her role.
In this scene
Harold: Lucia, the nurse is late. Could you fill my pill box for the week?
Lucia: I wish I could, Mr. Kim. Filling your pill box isn't on my aide care plan, so I can't do it.
Harold: It's just putting pills in boxes.
Watch the episode to see what happens next.
Questions to think about
- A patient asks the aide to do a task not on her care plan. She:
- Who decides what tasks an aide may do?
- Calling the nurse in this case is:
About this series
For home health and skilled nursing teams: orders, medicines, wound care, infection control, refusals, falls, honest notes, aide scope, changes in condition and missed visits.