On our unit we seem to see a lot of the same people over and over again as their illness is chronic. We have one patient that we don't always look forward to seeing, as he will often leave AMA, refuses to listen to doctors, and lastly has gotten more than a little fresh with the nurses. It has been a while since his last admission, but the stories still get told on a regular basis.
On his last admission he stipped down completely naked in the bed. When the nurse came in he asked her to perform oral sex in very crude language. Of course, the nurse wasn't going to put up with it and immediately went and got the resident. After a chat with the resident the patient seemed to shape up for a bit. What is funny about this whole story is that when talking to the patient the resident was overheard to say, "Sir, this isn't a pleasure palace. This is a hospital."
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Why on earth would a nurse call a resident to handle a sexually inappropriate patient? That's crazy! A nurse is a medical professional as much as a doctor is and the only thing the resident could do that a nurse couldn't is write for Ativan or Haldol or a Restraint order. The day I have to get some doctor to get a patient to knock it off without chemicals or physical restraint is the day I hand in my license!
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