Re: Doctors' Chart Bloopers
ok - there are times I know the docs deliberately chart with tongue firmly in cheek... and this isn't necessarily a blooper at all...
On a secure psych ward , pt with chronic head injury (ABI) with poor impulse control frequently assaulted others when he felt angry - but was easily de-escalated and his underlying personality was very pleasant.
On one occasion he assaulted a co-pt; staff isolated him off the ward until psych review to assess risk and return him to the main unit. Entry went something like:
"Asked pt what happened and says he hit co-pt cos he was angry.
Asked if there was anything else he should have done.
Pt thought about this for a while and said "Yes".
Asked him what he should have done instead - he replied
"I should have head butted him"
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