Mar 16, 200323 yr Saw the same recently on nonverbal, end stage altzheimers with debility and dehydration. Couldn't believe it.
Mar 16, 200323 yr I recently saw a similar order written for a dying, nearly comatose patient. It was also for a psych consult and the only person possibly needing the consult was the patient's daughter who wasn't coping very well. (Who would?)
Mar 16, 200323 yr I always liked it when the psychiatrist would visit in the LTC and would document having had conversations with residents who had not said a word in several years. Sure I know that they did, LOL.
Comatose patient... order for
"Psych consult for depression!!!!!! ahhhhhhh!!!