You’ve just completed an 12 hour shift and all you want to do is head home to relax. Just before your shift ends, however, a patient is admitted with internal bleeding. Nurse blogger The Nerdy Nurse recently posted on some of the reasons why she hates getting an admission at a shift change. Here’s a few of her reasons:

• Patients almost never have an accurate medication list or their medication bottles.
• The patient room is often filled with family members, which makes asking personal and confidential health-related questions impossible.
• Taking care of an admission at shift change often causes her to feel rushed.

Check out the rest of her list on her new post ‘10 Reasons Why I Hate to Get Admissions at Shift Change.’

How do you feel about receiving a patient at shift change? Let us know in our comment section.

“Poor Dr. Jones, he’s just received the results from the walk around–now he has to tell the partners. I told him not to take them to the cafeteria.”

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“As you may know, we are in the middle of a C. diff. outbreak and…”

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“By the way, the surveyor from the Joint Commission is here early for your meeting.”

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“I can’t make it to work because I’m stranded on a desert island … No! I’m not making it up this time!”

And the winner is … (drum roll, please) … Aimee Dinwoodie!

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“No, doctor, when I said I wanted to go another ’round,’ I meant on patients!”

And the winner is … (drum roll, please) … Peggy Hodapp!

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And, we’ll be back next week with a brand new cartoon! Will YOU be the next winner?

In the meantime, we’re going to give away a few copies of our Quick-E! Clinical Pocket Guides to some nurses. Have a money-saving tip that’s helping you beat this bad economy? Enter our contest and let us know about it.

“Our patient suffers from a rare form of Informaticsitis. She has lost her ability to Google and is now forced to read books.”

And the winner is … (drum roll, please) … Sandy Biga!

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“Oh my God! You’d think he won a cameo on the season finale of ER.”

And the winner is … (drum roll, please) … Linda Luusua!

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“It’s time to get out of bed now. Your shift is over, nurse Joan!”

And the winner is … (drum roll, please) … Mike Russo!

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“I heard they were serving food at this meeting!”

And the winner is … (drum roll, please) … Kristen Sharpe!

Congratulations, Kristen! Thanks to everyone who submitted a caption. They were all hilarious!

And, we’ll be back next week with a brand new cartoon! Will YOU be the next winner?

Looking for a new contest? Are you a stressed out nurse? We are asking you to complete the following sentence: “I am a stressed out nurse because …” The five best answers will be rewarded with Stressed Out Nurses T-shirts! Check it out!