1. Scenario: You are working in an outpatient clinic where you meet a 34-year-old married mother of two small children w

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1. Scenario: You are working in an outpatient clinic where you
meet a 34-year-old married mother of two small children who is
seeing the doctor for numbness and tingling in her right leg. Over
the next 6 months, she has critically high glucose levels, she
doesn't take her medication, and the provider is significantly
concerned. She continues to have numbness and tingling that migrate
from her left hip, leg, and foot. The physician orders scans of her
leg and lower spine. Each scan is negative. She continues to have
pain and numbness and tingling in her neck, back, and legs. During
her most recent visit, the provider orders a scan of her thoracic
spine and right knee. One week later, the patient e-mails the
provider that while the knee scan was completed, no one has
contacted her about the other scan. The nurse checks the record and
responds, "My bad.... I missed it.... I'll order it now." The next
day the patient unexpectedly appears at the clinic, where you
observe her staggering at the desk and slurring her speech, asking
to see you. You and the receptionist place her immediately into a
wheelchair. After being assessed, she is admitted to the hospital,
where she is diagnosed with a slow bleed into the spinal column.
The patient has irreparable damage to the spine and will be
quadriplegic the remainder of her life. 1. What standards of
practice apply in this scenario?