impossible resident

[nurse4lyfe37]

So there is a little lady had a head injury and forgets she Just went to the bathroom n asks every 5 min she doesn't sleep ever if u ever tell her she just went she won't believe you and shell get combative..shell go in her Room and go herself setting all her alarms off n I have to go answer them in the middle of med pass so she won't Fall she won't wait for a cna and they are all frustrated we tried a bladder med but so far its not helping and trazadone but its not helping is there anything we can do?

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

Get an order for pyridium. Maybe the woman is having bladder spasms making her think she has to pee. It's a rather benign drug...use it for a few days. We've had great luck with it...once a UTI was ruled out.

[sharpeimom]

Pryidium is a mild drug, but as I learned from my own experience, shouldn't be taken by anyone with a lowered seizure threshold. I only took one dose and had a seizure. I have partial complex seizures so it might not be that way for every type.

It's a great suggestion though. My cousin who has MS swears by it!

[nurse4lyfe37]

I will try pyridium....she is on lasix 20 bid but everytime she goes to br she trinkles uti ruled out several times we think its not a bladder problem but part of her head injury from her last fall ...she gets oob every 2 to 5 minutes ..weve all timed it..in every shift if you tell her she juzt went ..sometimes on the way back from the bathroom shell get combative if yiu set anything up a schedule she forgets 1 minute later if you take her in the hall distract her shell ask evryone to go ir just head in there herself she has all the aids on

all the shifts n nurses in tears