My Manager has told us we are "not to chart" when we have an unsuccessful attempt at calling report to the floor or ICU. We are a very small facility and have no nursing supervisor or even a charge nurse to intervene when the floor refuses to take report. We are especially vulnerable at change of shift. I have offered to participate on a committee to look into the causes and am still waiting for our first meeting after 2 months have gone by.
In the past, I have always charted 1. The time I called for the bed assignment 2. The time or Times I have attempted to call report & 3. The time I actually transfered the patient.
Anyone else out there had this problem? What do you put in the chardt?
