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  1. Attacked by confused patient

    guineapignurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday I had a confused patient become violent. I work on a med surg floor and this patient was in with a UTI. She was on IV abx and A&Ox 1 but sometimes 2. o do not know what her baselime mental status was.She became agitated when she was ins...

  2. Looking after confused patient & lack of support from nurses

    joshle posted a topic in Australia

    Hello everyone, I was hoping to get a nurses opinion on a situation that developed at work. I'm working as an assistant in nursing at the moment which is an assistant nurse in case you haven't heard of that title before. Anyway I work on various wa...

  3. Sexual harassment by a confused patient

    rootsie posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad nurse and have already had my fair share of confused patients in my 4 months working on a neuro unit. During my shift last night, I had a patient w/ dementia who was just weened off a 1:1 for impulsiveness. Everything was normal durin...
  4. JKL33

    The Elderly: A Request

    JKL33 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We do not need to raise our volume and use a higher pitched voice when dealing with elderly confused patients. All it does is make things worse. Their brains are not going to suddenly understand if only we speak louder and louder and higher and highe...