A physician was accused of professional misconduct for having his office nurse sign both the physician’s and her own name to his preprinted prescription forms for medications that the physician prescribed for his patients. The physician did not delegate any medical discretion to the nurse; in fact, it was the physician who determined the type of medication administration, strength, and other particulars of the prescription the patient was to be given. The state board of nursing charged the nurse with professional misconduct for agreeing to sign these prescriptions. How should the board of nursing find such a case? Is the nurse guilty of professional misconduct? Is the physician guilty of professional misconduct? Would your answer about the nurse’s misconduct differ if the physician were found to have committed professional misconduct by the board of medicine? Share this:TwitterFacebook
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