The Rapist In The Corner
It started out innocently enough, the old lady needed to pee, so the aide put her on a bedpan. The patient fell asleep, so the aide tried to gently slide out the pan. The patient woke up and began screaming "RAPE." There was nothing we could do to calm her down. She was screaming for the police, convinced that she had just been raped.
In her hallucination, she could see the rapist hiding in the corner of her room. She started screaming, "Don't let him get away." The patient was getting so angry at us. It was bad enough that she had been raped, but now we were going to let the rapist get away.
We thought for sure that given her mental state, she would quickly forget about the incident, but the next day she was still complaining about the rape. She complained to everybody and was becoming frustrated that no one believed her, not even her son.
It was becoming a stressful experience for all of us. We didn't like the accusation that we were somehow involved with her rape and were worried that someone might start to believe her. Days went by with her still complaining about the rape.
Then she developed a vaginal infection, which of course, in her mind, was further proof of the rape. It was just a yeast infection which we needed to treat with a vaginal cream. That was bad. The last thing we wanted to do was insert anything in her vagina. We were afraid that she would think she was being raped twice a day. We felt we had no choice but to only give her personal care with plenty of witnesses in the room.
One day while she was downstairs getting her head examined (CT of the brain) three nurses sat in her room and watched TV during their break. I walked by the room and glanced in to see what was going on. One of the nurses said, "We're waiting in line to be raped."
Written by Melissa on 10:07 AM
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16 Comments:
Well, at least nobody can blame me. I'm 1500 miles away in Texas. :)
You nurses... You got jokes. :)
we want more lassie stories
That gave me a good laugh this morning,thanks :o)
Gary, but how can we be sure? You could have hopped a plane and gotten back before anyone noticed you were missing. :)
Lisa, we need to joke to survive. :)
Anon, does that mean you don't like my work stories? :)
Madwag, glad you enjoyed it.
how could I not laugh... it sounds very English to me.... he he he.... I still love it... and it could help that I am twisted just a bit.
Yeah, restraints are allowed in the hospital, why not duct tape over the mouth? ;-)
Of course, THATS easily remedied!!!
Need some help with my fifth amendment rights over here! I just can't shut up!
Of course, to smooth out the wrinkles in the 1st amendment vs. 5th amendment rights in a hospital setting, my experience has been that nurses will generally go out of their way to make sure that all rights are maintained.
Thank the heavens!
EXCEPT in the case of being under the influence of opiates and then being administered Sodium Pentathol.
Even if asked if you want privacy from friends and family, once you are under the influence of opiates, one doesn't really care.
In that event, it is my opinion that no witnesses be allowed into the room, regardless of what patient says. That's the dirtiest trick in the book, IMHO. Even if it is unintentional.
You cannot expect a person under the influence of a large amount of opiates + sodium pentathol to make an accurate decision like that.
Madwag, I'm twisted also. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Marc, you've been busy. I really, really wish that we could apply restraints in the form of duct tape over the mouth. It would make my life much easier.
When you say you wish WE could apply restraints in the form of duct tape over the mouth, who do you mean by WE?
Apply duct tape over WHO's mouth?
When you say it would make your life much easier, do you mean that it would make your job much easier? If so, exactly what job would that be?
By we, I mean my fellow nurses and by who, I mean patients that won't stop screaming. My job is being a nurse. :)
Well, sedating them is certainly within the hospitals rights, isn't it?
Of course, I'm sure that everyone working in the hospital is much too busy for anything like that to be true, but of course if she really believes it, it can have a similar effect. Having someone there with her who can be patient and understanding as well as sedating her if need be is probably the most effective solution though in that case, huh?
BTW, Do you make a habit out of discussing private, confidential information about your patients with the rest of the world?
Marc, I'm careful to disguise people's identities. Little facts that don't change the essence of my story are changed. No story can be traced to any patient. After I'm done with the changes, the patients wouldn't recognise themselves if they read my blog.
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