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So, haven't seen this thread on here, so figured I'd start it.
So I wrote my first nurse up last night while on night block. I'm on medicine and was cross-covering a s/p lumbar laminectomy patient. Around midnight the patient fell out of bed after being left sitting on the side of the bed (even though she was on falls precautions). Anyway, fell out of bed face first and had a good 'ol nose bleed. So fast-forward 6hrs... now 6am and i get a call from the nurse for that patient...
"Hi Dr. TucomSam, this is Nurse Careless. I just wanted to inform you that there was a little incident last night with your patient in 4012, Mrs. Cantstandwell. She fell and had a nose bleed, but we got it taken care of."
"Excuse me? Why wasn't I informed of this until now?!?"
"Well, Dr., with everything going on last night with your patient who had to be transferred to the ICU, we just didn't have time to tell you. I'm really sorry. She's ok now though."
"She's ok now?? How exactly do you know that? Do you clear C-spines now? Furthermore, if this happened while I was UP there (at midnight) how difficult would it be to tell me in 5 words what had happened?"
"I'm really sorry... it's just that with all the commotion--"
"--Please don't make excuses. This was your responsibility to inform me and you did not. I'll be up there in 2 minutes."
So... that's pretty much how it played out... hated to write the nurse up, but seems pretty unacceptable to me. Can't wait for the backlash from that unit now! They're all a big hospital clique, so I'll probably be in for 2am calls about 110/75 BPs! Anyway, just venting.
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So I wrote my first nurse up last night while on night block. I'm on medicine and was cross-covering a s/p lumbar laminectomy patient. Around midnight the patient fell out of bed after being left sitting on the side of the bed (even though she was on falls precautions). Anyway, fell out of bed face first and had a good 'ol nose bleed. So fast-forward 6hrs... now 6am and i get a call from the nurse for that patient...
"Hi Dr. TucomSam, this is Nurse Careless. I just wanted to inform you that there was a little incident last night with your patient in 4012, Mrs. Cantstandwell. She fell and had a nose bleed, but we got it taken care of."
"Excuse me? Why wasn't I informed of this until now?!?"
"Well, Dr., with everything going on last night with your patient who had to be transferred to the ICU, we just didn't have time to tell you. I'm really sorry. She's ok now though."
"She's ok now?? How exactly do you know that? Do you clear C-spines now? Furthermore, if this happened while I was UP there (at midnight) how difficult would it be to tell me in 5 words what had happened?"
"I'm really sorry... it's just that with all the commotion--"
"--Please don't make excuses. This was your responsibility to inform me and you did not. I'll be up there in 2 minutes."
So... that's pretty much how it played out... hated to write the nurse up, but seems pretty unacceptable to me. Can't wait for the backlash from that unit now! They're all a big hospital clique, so I'll probably be in for 2am calls about 110/75 BPs! Anyway, just venting.
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