Saturday Pool Urgent Care
Saturday Pool Urgent Care is operating at full capacity 7 days a week from 6 am until 11 pm each day. Most of the patients seen have been for traditional urgent care type issues like minor lacerations, strained muscles, upper respiratory infections, influenza, strep, and the like. There was a major fishing boat accident last month and a patient was life-flighted from Saturday Pool Urgent Care to Grey-Sloan Memorial.
Luckily Dr. BenOver was working at the urgent care that day and his surgical skills were able to stabilize the patient prior to transport. All went well with the patient, however, Dr. Karev and the board recognized the need to implement some risk management practices in an attempt to prevent any malpractice cases especially since Dr. BenOver and his skill set will not always be available at Saturday Pool Urgent Care.
Risk Management involves active and continuous monitoring by the facility administrator and swift intervention when a violation of expected behavior occurs (Wagner, 2018).
By law, in most cases the RN’s, LPN’s, MA’s, and CNA’s are covered under the organizational malpractice policy; however, Saturday Pool Urgent Care and its owner Gray-Sloan Memorial suggest the practitioners obtain their own license protection malpractice policy. Explain why this is important for licensed and certified clinical professionals.
