Question

Case Study

How would you respond in each of the following situations? If you can, please relate to situations you have witnessed/experienced in your clinical/work experiences.

Question 1

You were out with friends until very late last night and had to report for work this morning at 7 a.m. You know that your coworkers won’t arrive for another half hour. You’ve got just enough time for a quick run to the corner coffee shop before your coworkers arrive.

Question 2

You promised your coworkers that you would work the day shift on Thanksgiving so they could be home with their families. Two days before the holiday, an old friend from out of town calls to say that he would like you to be his guest for lunch on Thanksgiving Day.

Question 3

You have an appointment with your supervisor next week to review the results of your annual performance evaluation. You overhear one of your teammates telling another individual that she gave you a low score on your 360-degree feedback evaluation because you refused to trade shifts with her over the Easter weekend.

Answer 1

Answer 1: Sometimes it usually happens that we have to go out with friends and the very next day we have to join our duty. Once it happened with me also, I went out of a station with my friends and the next day I have to report at 7 am. I returned to my hometown at 3:30 am and it took me 15 minutes to fall asleep. Although my sleep was not completed, I went to my duty on time. Because duty is my first priority as compared to any other things. I was totally tired but still managed to be on duty and after a cup of coffee I got my energy back and did my job with much zeal.

Answer 2: Different people have a different opinion in their life so as the priorities. For me, if I promised someone for something, I would surely do that. So, I would say to my friend that I won't be able to be present on that day as I have to go for my work. Because promise is the thing that one should always fulfilled.

Answer 3: An appointment with supervisor itself is a big matter for me, moreover about the review of results of annual performance evaluation. I won't belive in any of the words from anyone until and unless I do it my own. But if the things said by the teammates will be true, then I would surely ask my supervisor about the matter and try to sought out it.