DEATH TO THE ALARM!

Specialties Geriatric

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Got a fiercely independent frequent faller. Disconnects his clip alarms, breaks the chair alarms.

We rig up an alarm on his bathroom door. That's Wednesday. By Friday, after repeatedly cursing us out, he grabbed a cane and beat it to death.

:D

(Yes, he has already signed an AMA....)

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Specializes in Gerontology, nursing education.

You know, I think I would pay money to see that.

Kiddo, I think instead of having Nurse Jackie as your avatar, you ought to be writing for Nurse Jackie. Crack me up!

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Hahaha, I am glad he's not my pt, but is it bad that I find myself silently rooting for this guy? :p

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One of these days you guys will look up and he will be gone, vanished, flew the coop, free.

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

I'd love to do that to a couple of monitors in our unit. If we ever replace them, they're going send them to the Smithsonian cuz Florence scratched her initials on the bottom!

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One of these days you guys will look up and he will be gone, vanished, flew the coop, free.

Nope. Not an escapee, er, um, eloper.

I was rolling when I found out. And yeah, everyone's rooting for him. Cracks me up.

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Sue, sure everyone's rooting for him! Secretly, aren't you too? :p

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Sue, sure everyone's rooting for him! Secretly, aren't you too? :p

Not so secretly. Activities and PT keep coming up with new interventions and I can't just say, "Bite me." So I acquiesce and then silently cheer when he beats the crap out of the annoyance.

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I really hate those stupid bathroom alarms. I always seem to set them off myself lol.

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU.

hahahahahahahahahahahahah Good for him..

and good for you he left!!

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Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU, Psych, Med-surg...etc....

That is so funny! That is one of the reasons that you have to love LTC- but sometimes it can be so frustrating too! I love the locked dementia units- especially after sundown...

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I have a couple of tele monitors that need the cane tx. Maybe I will put the thought in Mr. Sundowner's head...

just a thought.

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