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Ok you guys i need some help. I own a home health agency and we only provide pcs services. Pcs services meaning an aide assists patient with bathing, eating, dressing, toileting, and mobility. I had a sheet where my employees transcribe tuberculosis skin results. Meaning when an employee brings their TB skin test where they got at the health department they brought it in and my administrator assistance wrote it down. I then signed my name beside it to confirm that I have seen it. After mostly looking at it it seems as if I was giving the Tb skin test and reading them. Which I did not. I got a letter of. Oncern from the board Could this be a documentation issue that the Board of Nursing can suspend or take my license?

After reading your explanation, you should not have made the document this way. It reads as the original administration record, not as a record of having checked off the requirement.

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I would consult an attorney that is experienced in dealing with the Board first of all, and/or your malpractice carrier. I'd also be looking for guidance from the Board on exactly what they do expect in this instance if they did not specifically indicate what corrective actions you need to take on the Letter of Concern.

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