After having a day where I have never heard so many excuses from the floor for avoiding report, I was curious to hear others' top list of the best and worst.
The worst [& most frequent] excuse: The bed isn't ready,
Funny, when I offer to come upstairs and personally clean and make the bed, the excuse will change immediately to something else
Best: "Sorry, the nurse is in the bathroom again [after my 5th call]...she has a UTI..."
Still can't figure how she did any patient care if her day was spent in the bathroom :chuckle. On the 6th call, I told the clerk to tell the nurse to either bring the phone into the bathroom or have her come down to the ER to have her UTI treated while I gave her report & after some Azo, she could bring the pt back up with her