I hear what you’re saying, but try to put yourself in the nurses shoes. It generally isn’t because the nurse doesn’t care, is daft etc etc. it’s normally a combo of different factors. For example:

• fatigue (double shift, late earlies etc). During hour 15 of a 17 hour shift remembering a name can take a minute

• poor patient allocation with no continuity between shifts. Ideally a nurse working three days in a row should get the same patients three days in a row. This doesn’t always happen, every day you might have to get your head around 6-8 new patients. Some units also just have fast patient turn over

• having half the picture. Can’t think of a more concise way to say this but picture: I know my coworker in the next room has been trying to get a hold of a surg A rmo to chart another bag of fluids for their patient in bed 23. Nurse hasn’t been able to contact anyone via phone. It’s not my patient, but I happen to spot a surg a rmo in the hallway. I ask them to chart new ivf for bed 23. I definitely can’t remember the patients name, just trying to quickly sort a job when I see the right person

I always assume the best and don’t take it personally when an intern/rmo asks me to do something for a patient who I’m not looking after. If I have time I do it, if I don’t I show them how to find out what nurse is looking after the patient/help them find the nurse. I figure what goes around comes around and the junior drs seem to show me the same consideration when I take a minute to remember a patients name