Question

A patient care technician (PCT), Marc, who is like a nurse’s assistant, is in a patient’s room. The intravenous (IV) machine starts to beep because the IV line gets tangled. The PCT helps the patient to untangle the line, but the beeping continues. Only nurses are trained to work with IV machines, but the nurse, Aerin, is busy with another patient. Marc knows that since the line is now clear, all Aerin will need to do is hit a button to stop the beeping . What should Marc do?

Answer 1

Marc should inform the RN. Something else could be wrong also and he’s not trained to evaluate the situation.