You Have Entered a Patient's Room and Explained That You

Multiple Choice

You have entered a patient's room and explained that you need to draw blood, and the patient repeatedly refuses. What should you do?

A) Attempt to draw it anyhow because the physician ordered the test.
B) Call for another phlebotomist to help you convince the patient.
C) Take the request form back to the laboratory after you have finished drawing your other patients.
D) Notify the patient's physician according to the institution's written policies.