The "NICU Rumor Mill"

There's a childhood game called "Rumors" where a person has a written message whispered to them and then they relay that message to another person with a whisper. The message is then communicated as many times as there are people in the group. You then compare the final communication to the actual message that was written down. It can be amazing how the story changes.
A version of this game takes place in every work environment. Add the general anxiety of the NICU environment, and you really can get some interesting results. The typical scenario is that the attending physician is notified of a possible admission to the NICU. Information about the same possible admission is also communicated through a variety of channels and in a variety of different versions to nurses and other staff in the NICU. The busier the NICU is, the more distorted the varying versions may become.
For example, I was in charge of attending deliveries and admitting babies to the NICU one day. As I sat in my office, my phone rang and I was told by our secretary that a physician wanted to speak with me. I answered the call, and a pediatric nephrologist (kidney doctor) that I know told me that his new partner's wife would be having triplets that afternoon, and he wanted me to be aware. Because they would be premature, they would be admitted to the NICU. I thanked him for the information. As I thought about relaying the information to the charge nurse, the phone rang again. It was the secretary phoning to give me a "heads up" that we would be admitting triplets that afternoon. I thanked her for the information. I decided that it would be wise to inform those that would take part in the admissions of who the father of the babies was prior to the delivery. As I walked into the unit, the nurse practitioner attending deliveries for the day excitedly relayed to me that we were getting triplets, and that one of them "has a renal issue (kidney problem)". I said, "yes I know all about it. Want to know what the renal issue is?" Nods all around. "Their father is a nephrologist!" Two hours later, three beautiful healthy babies were delivered and admitted to the NICU due to mild prematurity.