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Band 5+: Describe a time you had to make a difficult decision with limited information. You should say: - What the decision was about - What information you had available - What the outcome of the decision was And explain how you felt during and after making this decision.

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In my line of profession, we usually have to make a decision every day because we save lives. I'm working in an operating room as a nurse, and we have two roles: circulating nurse and scrub nurse. One time, there was a call from the emergency room that we had to cater to an emergency procedure. However, in our OR, we have a protocol that if there is a scheduled case for that particular slot, we will not entertain any other cases. But during that time, it was an emergency. The emergency nurses told me that the patient had severe abdominal pain and needed an emergency appendectomy. At that moment, I was scrutinizing the cases that we had scheduled.
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In my line of profession, we usually really have to make a decision every day because we save lives. So I’m working in an operating room as a nurse and we do have two roles inside the operating room as a circulating nurse and scrub nurse. So one time there is a call from emergency room that we have to cater an emergency procedure but in our OR we have the protocol that there’s a scheduled case for that particular slot you will not entertain any other cases but during the time it was an emergency so the emergency nurses told me that the case of the patient is severe abdominal pain and she is about to go a emergency appendectomy. So at the time I was scrutinizing the cases that you you You

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