Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
Praise the Lord and Pass the Haldol
4Mar2008 Author: Mother Jones, RN
Best quote from last weekend:
A nurse was passing out meds when she approached an old man sitting in the dayroom. She said, “Excuse me, Sir. I’m here to give you your Haldol, but first, I need you to tell me your name and your date of birth. The old man responded, “I’m, I’m…I’m THE LORD! And my birthday is July 25th. The nurse said, “Isn’t your birthday on December 25th? The Lord was born on Christmas Day, and that’s on December 25th.” The old man thought a moment, and then said, “I’m the Lord, so I can change my birthday to anything I want.”
Can I get an Amen!
7 Responses to “Praise the Lord and Pass the Haldol”
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Evil HR Lady
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
I have to say, I agree with the man’s logic.
Kim
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
I love conversations with the sweet delusional ones. You never know where you’ll end up. Although, if he was there with you, there was probably some not so sweet stuff mixed in too. Thanks for sharing the great quote.
Elaine
March 4th, 2008 at 4:54 am
Brilliant!
~Autumn
March 4th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Amen!
The Curmudgeon
March 4th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
But can He make a stone so heavy that even He can’t lift it?
(That one was usually good to provoke Sister in clobbering the one who asked the question….)
Rollernurse
March 4th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Hilarious. He told her, didn’t he?
Where do you get this stuff?
License Pending
March 6th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Who am I to question. He really is the Lord.
I love talking to the delusional. They teach us in nursing school not to do that, but you find out the most interesting things.
I had a patient tell me that he used to work on the space shuttle and they erected a statue of him in a nearby town. Just to keep him talking I asked “so what’s it like to work on the space shuttle?” I’m sorry. I can’t help it. If nothing else, he was cooperative with me and gave everyone else a hard time. I can’t write a journal article proving why my technique was effective or how it is effective over time. There are just some things nursing school can’t teach you.