Wednesday, November 28, 2007

2 Nurses, same patient, 2 different outcomes...

I watched this happened last night-
SOLWD=Sweet Old Lady With Dementia Nurse 1: "I have your pills here, would you like to take them?"

SOLWD: "What?"

Nurse 1: "I have your pills here, would you like to take them?"

SOLWD: "NO!" "OH NO!"

Nurse 1: "Come on Honey, you need to take your pills."

SOLWD: "NO, NO, NO!"

Nurse 1: "Come on, lets take them."

SOLWD: "NO! Take IT out of here!" (When she said "IT," she didn't mean the pills!)

Nurse 1: Leaves without giving her the pills.


1/2 hour later-

Nurse 2: "Open your mouth."

SOLWD: "What?"

Nurse 2: "Open your mouth."

SOLWD: Opens mouth

Nurse 2: "Thank you."

SOLWD: "Thank you."

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