Simultaneous admissions (vent)

[Morainey]

Okay, so when I'm in charge I know that I am supposed to take admissions. That does not mean EVERY SINGLE admission. That also means that yes, I deserve a lunch break too! It also means, if we get two admissions at once, guess what, you just might have to do your own admission!

Can we please break away from this idea that having a charge nurse means staff RNs are off the hook for admissions?? I work really hard to make everyone's day a little easier but I can't do back-to-back-to-back admissions all day! And especially not two or three admissions at the same time!

[Morainey, BSN, RN]

I think the issue is somewhere along the line "help with admissions" got turned into "do all the admissions". I think it may be the culture of my unit, unfortunately. I am chalking it up to bad behavior on the part of a few individuals... people who, when you give them the report sheet on the next admission, come out with something like "but aren't you in charge today?" and "did (other nurse) get an admission too?" Cringeworthy.

[CrazierThanYou]

Well at my hospital don't help with admissions and they sure as h**l don't do the admissions, EVEN if they don't have a single patient.