I work the night shift. Unfortunately, just because quiet hours are between 2200 and 0600, that does not mean that all of my patients are sleeping and completely stable.
That said, if and when problems arise, I have to call someone, namely the PA, NP or physician.
But sometimes the orders in the program are confusing. Sometimes the assignments have changed so many times that I don't immediately see the latest order.
Last night I accidentally paged the wrong person three times. I do genuinely feel bad when I do that, but it's an honest mistake. Being that I am a medical professional, that is clearly not the worst error I can make.
But if that's the case, at least have the decency to TELL ME I'M PAGING THE WRONG PERSON. I don't want to bother you if you're not covering but we also have the mutual responsibility to look out for our patients and if I spend a few hours paging the wrong person and you don't response, you're annoyed, I'm annoyed and the patient is sitting there wondering why nobody seems to care.
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