You see Docs come in to Round about 1515. You do not see which patient they see first.
You go in to Report Room a moment later, come out at 1528, sit down to chart (first chance all day to do so). You have had no break that day except a quick potty run, including no lunch. You have about 1/2 hour's worth of charting to do and you will be on overtime, which is highly discouraged.
3-11 RN comes to you at 1540, tells you that Room 3 has a mess in it and you have to clean it up. She is loud and angry and speaks none too calmly.
Docs had done some procedure on Rounds while you were in Report and had left the aftermath (trash, sharps, bloody stuff - this was a long time ago when blood and sharps were left wherever).
On the one hand, you did not know there was a mess because you did know the docs were on the unit, but you did not know what they were doing because you were in Report. Also, you still had to chart and were already on OT.
On the other hand, is it right for the 3-11 nurse to walk into a mess which, she argued, happened before she was on duty? She was on duty, technically, at 1500, came out of Report about 1528.
