So, you get to work in the morning, not only to find out that you are short a nurse, and you'll be expected to cover an entire floor on your own, but there's another surprise--state surveyors are there today! It's making you sick just thinking about it, and making you nauseous, but you're probably anxious and not necessarily physically ill. In the heat of the moment, which option do you choose?
A. Go to work anyway since you are already there. Pretend you didn't see the sign stating that state surveyors are there and go about your job the way you normally would during other times you've been short-staffed. You have, after all, managed to take care of an entire wing before.
B. Panic, and leave work before taking report on any patients, reporting sudden illness. However, you are scheduled to work the next day, so you show up, taking the chance that state surveyors completed their assessment in one day.
C. Panic, leave work, and report sudden illness. Call in for the next day because there's a good chance that state surveyors will be there tomorrow, too. You have to look out for yourself before anyone else.
