Another Crazy Patient

I almost knocked out a doctor today. The syringe was behind my back and I was sneaking up on the patient. Things weren't going well, so I decided to retreat and plan a second attack. While backing towards the door with the uncapped needle facing behind me, a doctor walked in the room. We almost collided.

The shot was haldol, ativan and cogentin. The doctor would have been knocked out cold, like the patient is now. By the way, there is no point in fighting the nurse. The nurse always wins. (Especially if the nurse is me.)

The hardest part was getting my coworkers to help me. I had four people in the room to help hold her down and they all just stood there. Yes, it was true that she was oriented and that people normally have the right to refuse treatment, but she was completely crazy. She was bipolar and completely out of control. Screaming, raving, violent lunatics can be medicated against their will.

It wasn't until Richard showed up that I was able to sedate her. He grabbed her arms, rolled her over and I shot her up. While this was going on, she was screaming that Richard was a c...sucker and that he was too stupid to be a doctor and should be picking cotton. In other words, she was being her usual pleasant self. She had been carrying on like that since she arrived on our floor. Now, she is sleeping like a baby.

Richard said that she had three problems; she was bipolar, high as a kite and a bitch.