THAT lady should be in a nursing home!

[JBMmom, MSN, NP]

We have a resident that is pretty consistent in her belief that she is on a cruise ship. Sometimes earlier in the day she knows where she is, but by the afternoon she spends her time asking when we'll be leaving port, will we stop at this port again, how much longer is the cruise going to be, etc. (We joke amongst ourselves that if it were a cruise she should be really angry about the quality of the food and entertainment) She generally pretty happy, so we just roll with it. The other evening we had another resident leaving for a geri-psych facility after some recent outbursts. As the paramedics have arrived to pick her up, the woman that's on a cruise pulled me aside. She said, "You know, that lady should really be in a nursing home! You people don't have time to deal with all of her nonsense and she's going to get someone hurt on this cruise!" I thanked her for her concern and let her know that the woman was making a brief stop in port and we hope she'll be feeling better when she returns. Just had to share, it certainly made me chuckle.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

That is the best thing I've heard this week! Thanks

[elkpark]

How cute! I hope that if I ever end up in a SNF, God forbid, I'll believe that I'm on a cruise (or someplace equally pleasant ...)

[Adele_Michal7, ASN, RN]

Awww! That's too funny.

[cocoa_puff]

Awwww! :) Those types of residents are the best! Thanks for sharing!

[djh123]

Ha ha - I love it! Let's see, a few funny things some of the residents at my LTC place have said. Each one is a different resident:

"I'm dead!" (Reassured that he was indeed not).

When told that the room she was trying to wheel into was not her room, "I know, but it's supposed to be".

"I don't want to get up!" (from someone who 99% of the time is yelling to get up).

Several 'unprintables'.

And last night, a funeral home called our facility by mistake, saying he was ready to come pick up Mr. ______. We did have someone with that last name, the phone was transferred, and the nurse on that unit told me she told the man "Well, he's still BREATHING".