Is it appropriate to check on pts?

[MikeyBSN]

I was just wondering if you think it's appropriate to call a unit/hospital where you sent a pt from the ED to see how they are doing. Does anyone here do this?

[JeanettePNP, MSN, RN, NP]

Here's something that bothered me.

My dh once had to be transported in middle of the night to the ER c/o abdominal pain. My SIL's brother happened to be the EMT that transported him. The next morning (I stayed home with a baby) I got a call from my SIL that dh was admitted with a bowel obstruction. Her brother had come home and called HER to tell her that dh was admitted. Meanwhile I had been on the phone with the ER all morning and they told me that they could tell me nothing over the phone. What's wrong with this picture?