the floor is ridiculous lately...everyone on the bed alarm, sitters galore, super sick 1:1 ICUesque patients with plasmapheresis and chemo that have some how ended up with us, etc etc etc. today we were down 2 nurses at shift change and running our asses off when the ICU called up a patient to our only open bed. i had the nurse on one phone, our unit secretary on the other, and three other people in line waiting for things from me.
"i just got the page, i don't know who's going to be taking the patient, can i call you back?"
the ICU nurse was fine, told me she'd call back after lunch. half hour later the secretary called and told me the transfer was cancelled. why?
the patient coded.
crisis averted. narrowly.
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