Am I allowed to push the button?

[Kayceee]

I work as a patient care assistant in a hospital in Ohio. I vaguely remember job training telling me to never push the restart or silence button on a patient's iv pump. The reasoning being I'm not licensed and it is not a task that can be delegated. (In other words, illegal) However, I worked under a nurse who insisted I can do it if I know why the pump is beeping. I admit to knowing what the problem was and fixing it. (Unbend patient's arm) however, I refuse to touch button. Am I allowed to touch the button or not?

[ASUdevil]

I was always taught no. And it's not fair to put a PCT or CNA in that situation. The only exception for me is, if for example I am in the room with both hands busy (starting an IV or something like that) and the monitor or pump beeps. I might ask the CNA or PCT to silence or restart the pump. But it's considered outside their scope to troubleshoot it themselves and take action on pushing a button without direction or supervision by the responsible RN.