intermediateimpaired colleagueduty to reportpatient safetyBoard of Nursingprofessional ethics
A PMHNP notices that a colleague who is also a PMHNP has been arriving to work appearing disheveled, smelling of alcohol, and making prescribing errors. Two patients have reported that the colleague seemed 'out of it' during their appointments. The observing PMHNP has been friends with this colleague for years and is reluctant to report. Which of the following best describes the PMHNP's ethical and legal obligation?