You are a final-year medical student on placement. A junior doctor asks you to take blood from a patient. You’ve observed the procedure many times but have never done it unsupervised. The ward is extremely busy, and the doctor says:
“It’s fine — just go for it, it’s easy.”
How appropriate are the following actions?
- Politely decline and explain that you haven’t done this unsupervised before.
- Attempt the blood draw to avoid letting the doctor down.
- Ask a nurse on the ward if they can supervise you.
- Say nothing, pretend to be confident, and try anyway.
Answer options for each action:
- Very appropriate
- Appropriate
- Inappropriate
- Very inappropriate
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