Taking care of confused, often elderly patients can have it's challenges but also moments of levity. Here are just a few lighthearted incidents that I could think of off the top of my head:
~ Peaking in on one of my cute-as-a-button old lady charges at 2:00 in the morning to hear a high squeaky voice chirp out: "Good morning sweetie! How are you? I love you!"
~ Having my delicious, just made green tea snatched by a patient lurking in the nurses station in his wheelchair.
~ Giving a sleeping pill to a normally restless little lady only to come back 15 min later to find her slumped over in her wheelchair dead to the world - not to awaken for another 10 hours. Seeing as her wheelchair had no footrests on it, I had to pull the wheelchair backwards down the hall and with the help of another nurse, lift her into bed.
~ Being interrupted while giving report at 7:00 in the morning to the on-coming shift by a loud, irate voice and looking over to see a tiny, short little thing sporting two black eyes parked behind her walker, mad as a hornet about something or other. (Ok, so it's not funny that she was so angry, but it was a comical sight.)
~ Hearing a bed alarm go off and seeing 3 nurses appear out of nowhere to dash down the hall at high speed to avert a patient from falling out of bed
3 comments:
LOL love this...could just imagine - the elderly are the best hey???
makes me want to go back and work in the hospital again - who knows??
your so cute Bean! just had to tell ya
Sounds like fun! Keep sharing the anecdotes :)
Dor
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