Bloody Patient With Scissors
Last night's problem child had already driven day shift into a frenzy by the time evening shift arrived. The patient had been shrieking and cursing for hours. Her roommate was in tears and wanted to be moved, but with a full house, there was no place to move her.
Right before we arrived, problem child had pulled out her IV, yanked out an important drain and with a pair of scissors, cut off her gown and fresh surgical dressing. She was lying stark naked in bed, covered in blood, holding a pair of scissors in her hand.
A doctor came in and checked on her, wrote some orders and left. It was now our turn.
During the clean up operation, she bitterly complained. She shrieked, "I was naked in my apartment and this MAN came in." Told that she was in the hospital and not at home, she screamed, "You're full of ....."
This all happened in the first hour of the shift. We had seven more to go.
Written by Melissa on 10:12 AM
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4 Comments:
Ugh, that is scary for everyone (and especially the patient)
I don't know about the patient, but for us it's just annoying. The patient, by the way is back to normal. Whatever went wrong corrected itself and she has no memory of her crazy behavior.
Are you sure this isn't a psych facility you are employed in? :o)
The problem is that psych patients get sick too and when they do, we have to take care of them. Psych wards aren't equipped to handle acute medical problems, unfortunately. Also, most of our patients are fine, mentally, when they arrive. They become psychotic because of what we do to them. :(
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