Carrie is to be scheduled for an elective outpatient surgical procedure. When you ask if she has a preferred date and time for the procedure, she tells you she would really like to have the surgery done on Monday of next week because her sister will be in town to help care for her. You check with the outpatient facility, and they have an operating room open at 11:30 on Monday morning. However, the surgeon is scheduled to leave for vacation on Monday at noon. What should you do? 

A. Tell Carrie that next week is impossible because the surgeon will be on vacation
B. Tell the surgeon that he'll have to postpone his vacation to perform Carrie's surgery
C. Explain the situation to the surgeon and ask for his advice
D. Schedule Carrie for Friday instead, even though her sister will not be here yet
E. Schedule the surgery for Monday at 11:30 and hope the OR is running ahead of schedule


C. Explain the situation to the surgeon and ask for his advice
Explain the situation to the surgeon. She may be willing to delay her departure for an hour or so, or she may have another suggestion.

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