Bit of a rant here, or maybe I'm just tired after 6 in a row.
A patient arrives from ED with an admission order set completed but no patient name on them. Our unit coordinator points this out to the transporting RN who says they ran out of labels.
The UC politely states that she cannot process the orders without a patient name. The RN repeats again, they had no labels. UC bits her lip and glances at me as if to say "now what do I do?"
I ask the transporting RN if she would write the patient name on the orders. She grudgingly does write the on them and leaves, again stating "we ran out of labels".
Was I out of line? Is it too much to ask for orders with some sort of patient identifier? Is this worth following up, or do I just chalk it up to having a bad day?
