[Verified Answer]: Your patient requests a female provider to…

Your patient requests a female provider to perform vaginal exams and the delivery. It is a busy night on the unit and currently there are only two female providers on the floor. What is your BEST response? Assure your patient that no matter what happens they will have only female providers. Assure your patient you will attempt to honor their wishes. Inform your patient that you cannot promise that they will have a female provider because of the current number of patients and staffing ratios. Alert medical team of your patient’s wishes, place a female providers only sign on their door, and assure patient that you will attempt to honor their request barring an emergent event.