RVFD2006

I work at a hospital that has a Rapid Decision Unit. It's part of the ED but is on another floor. It's frustrating not getting report for many reasons: 1. Sometimes the patient isn't in the system (on our unit) yet so I can't read the chart. I work at night so we have no unit clerk to look up patients. We do it all ourselves. 2. Many times nurses will draw labs and cultures before they're ordered so when I look up the patient in the chart they're listed as not done when they have in fact sent them to the lab already 3. If Patient is combative it's nice to know 4. Sometimes I'm unable to gain access to get a computer such as the other day I was on the toilet getting report. 5. We do a lot of Cat scans. They scan the contrast say at 10pm but the patient didn't finish drinking it until 11 pm. That can throw everything off 6. Last but not least, it lets us know if we are getting another patient so we can make sure the vital important stuff is done/given to our other patients. i plan on moving to the ED eventually and really unless you have an emergency, it only takes 2,3 minutes to help out a fellow nurse. Is it really to much to ask?