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By: Mexico Medical Student » Grand Rounds 5:11 - Death and Transfiguration

Mexico Medical Student » Grand Rounds 5:11 - Death and Transfiguration — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:01:46 +0000

[...] the end is certainly scared, and perhaps even confused. Mother Jones of Nurse Ratched’s Place helps a confused, hospitalized elderly woman in a very significant and touching way. In another mental health story of an elderly lady, Sara at [...]

By: Strong One

Strong One — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:45:40 +0000

Strong work MJ… It proves that we need to have a heart to heal a heart.
Great story.

By: tammy swofford

tammy swofford — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:40:37 +0000

Let me see…. I worked with the “fire goddess”. She went around the unit stamping out small imaginary fires on the floor. They we had the patient who told everyone, “You can call me pickle or you can call me God.” Not sure what that was all about. We had a man brought in on bench warrant who was mad as a hatter. Kept coming to the desk and complaining about black mold in his shower, we were trying to poison him. Geriatric psych is sad. At times it is just a place for a doctor to stash a neglected geriatric who has used up all other means of care with their medicare dollars. So they get a psych diagnosis and spend a few days with the nurses, get a few good baths, meals, meds adjusted etc.

Tammy

By: K_Nurse

K_Nurse — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:27:11 +0000

I’ve worked inpatient psych for only two years, so I can relate to the newbie part. Thanks for allowing us some of your insight and wisdom. Much appreciated!

By: Healthcare Today

Healthcare Today — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:38:59 +0000

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Wonderful story from Mother Jones, R.N….

By: Nurse_PhD

Nurse_PhD — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:03:35 +0000

That is what I call brilliant nursing!

Love the blog, BTW.

By: Nurse K

Nurse K — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:15:15 +0000

When I was an aide at the NH Alzheimer’s unit, there was a fmr. LPN there and she always thought she was on the job too. She kept asking which patients needed to be ambulated and tried to feed people random stuff at lunch. She was a wandering Alzheimeur (not debilitated), so I just let her walk next to me while I ambulated people and made sure to thank her for helping. No biggie.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:25:20 +0000

Now that was a lovely, caring gesture. Caring at its best.