Dear God, Help me

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I just listened to this for 12 hours- almost literally non-stop. I just felt the urge to put it in an online forum full of nurses who may sympathize with my numb brain. God Bless Alzheimer's.

Oh, our poor patient who was a nurse...

"Call the pharmacy! Call the pharmacy! I've made an error! Call the pharmacy!"

Oh, dear god!

Even in dementia there is no reprieve!

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Specializes in PDN; Burn; Phone triage.
Oh, our poor patient who was a nurse...

"Call the pharmacy! Call the pharmacy! I've made an error! Call the pharmacy!"

Oh, dear god!

Even in dementia there is no reprieve!

That's just really depressing.

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That's just really depressing.

It was.

She always thought she was at work.

All the time.

Talk about being trapped in your own private hell.

It really freaked us all out.

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Specializes in LTC.

A coworker has a running joke that one day she's going to wake up at work, (as a resident) all in a panic because she has to pass more pills "Just four more pills. I'm not done yet! I've got more pills to pass out!!" lol

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.
I just listened to this for 12 hours- almost literally non-stop. I just felt the urge to put it in an online forum full of nurses who may sympathize with my numb brain. God Bless Alzheimer's.

I feel your pain. We have similar things happen in psych.

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical / Palliative/ Hospice.

I love this thread. You guys are cracking me up. I am a med-surg RN and absolutely ADORE the elderly dementia patients. The amuse me, and I have infinite patience for them because I know they can't help it.

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Specializes in PDN; Burn; Phone triage.
I feel your pain. We have similar things happen in psych.

Try being a psych patient with someone like that on the unit. You get to go home after eight hours. I'm lucky if the screamer isn't my roommate. :p

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We have a former DON patient who is a high fall risk, especially overnight ,so the nurses give her a clipboard and she goes along for the med pass. She will make notes about the job the nurses do and also which patients she feels the doctor needs to come see.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Whatever it takes to keep or get your sanity back!!

It maybe wrong.....but especially the little old ladies that just won't stop yelling. I have been known to tell them ........"Shush! The babies sleeping!" and it worked like a charm......99.9% of the time......... when one night one little ole lady shouted back....

"You shush! I don't give a _____!"

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I can't tell you how many times I have said shhhhhh!!! The baby is sleeping! If it works roll with it. I am sure someone will say it to me one day.

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Specializes in LTC Rehab Med/Surg.

ssshhhhh The babies are sleeping is a classic. I've been using that one for years.

Doesn't work so well with the old guys though.

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True. I don't have any regulars for the guys actually. I have used "the babies are sleeping" but some don't care lol.

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