Lady Patients and their Minds
Last night I got called in to work as an aid on another floor of the hospital. I don't know if I've ever laughed so hard at some patients. One little old lady, I think she was 85, was pleasently confused. She was talking to me and another nurse about how she really feels pushed around and trapped in her room. At the end of the conversation, she begin singing "This is My Story". She sang that one phrase over about 3 times and then proceeded on to singing the entire chorus. I really laughed cause it was sung a bit out of context.
Then there was one other lady that tried to get us to think that she was out of her mind. She yelled, screamed, and cried all night. Finally the same nurse walked in, closed the door, and asked her what was wrong. She just started complaining about "Why God, why". The nurse then proceeded to tell her that she needed to count her blessings. That was not taken too well. Later I went in cause she was once again crying loudly. I asked her what was wrong and tried to make her comfortable in bed. She made some comment about being alone. But then her language changed and man was she ever mad at me. I quickly informed her that I did not want to hear her talk like that and if she continued I was going to leave and close the door. I think that made her even madder, but she held her tongue.
I was just about at my wits end with both of these ladies by the time morning came. If one wasn't screaming, then the other was telling me that she was going home right now and if the doctor did not hurry in, then he just wouldn't get to see her for that day. Then amist all of that confusion, there were other patients to tend to. Those that needed pain meds, IV pumps alarming, people needing to be repositioned, and people needing to use the bathroom.
Working in the medical field, one needs to be so many places at once. There are not only the patients to make comfortable, but there are families that need their questions answered, phones that won't stop rining (and no answering machines), then last night on top of all of that, I had two other floors calling me asking how the put in orders, and other such questions. Talk about quite the night. At least the night went fast and I was still able to laugh!
Then there was one other lady that tried to get us to think that she was out of her mind. She yelled, screamed, and cried all night. Finally the same nurse walked in, closed the door, and asked her what was wrong. She just started complaining about "Why God, why". The nurse then proceeded to tell her that she needed to count her blessings. That was not taken too well. Later I went in cause she was once again crying loudly. I asked her what was wrong and tried to make her comfortable in bed. She made some comment about being alone. But then her language changed and man was she ever mad at me. I quickly informed her that I did not want to hear her talk like that and if she continued I was going to leave and close the door. I think that made her even madder, but she held her tongue.
I was just about at my wits end with both of these ladies by the time morning came. If one wasn't screaming, then the other was telling me that she was going home right now and if the doctor did not hurry in, then he just wouldn't get to see her for that day. Then amist all of that confusion, there were other patients to tend to. Those that needed pain meds, IV pumps alarming, people needing to be repositioned, and people needing to use the bathroom.
Working in the medical field, one needs to be so many places at once. There are not only the patients to make comfortable, but there are families that need their questions answered, phones that won't stop rining (and no answering machines), then last night on top of all of that, I had two other floors calling me asking how the put in orders, and other such questions. Talk about quite the night. At least the night went fast and I was still able to laugh!
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