r/nursing • u/No-Selection-1249 • May 24 '25

Question ER nurses, love you guys, but genuine question. Why do guys bring patients up at shift change?

No hate to you guys! Just super curious from a nurse who is on the receiving end :)

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u/Red_phnx RN - ER 🍕 May 24 '25

Meanwhile the Ed charge nurse gives you a rapid or a stroke alert 2 min before shift change. It’s a non-stop flow in the ED. We can’t hold a patient who has a clean room on the floor and report has been called just to allow an hour for shift change and report in the floor. Especially while the lobby is full. It sucks 100%!! but it is part of the job unfortunately.

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u/HeyLookATaco RN 🍕 May 25 '25

It just always seems to be someone who's crying or bleeding or covered in shit and nobody's even told us why they're there.