Going Bananas

I must say there is never a dull moment in the delirium unit at the hospital. First we had a patient who was usually drowsy but suddenly came to today and was a potty mouth cause we’d ask him to move his leg to put on the footstool. Next we have 2 pleasantly confused ladies walking around and wanting to go home, which presents a huge falls risk to us as we have to watch where they are while we’re busy doing our things as well.

Then we have another patient throwing cups of water at her room mate, attempting to throw a jug of water but was stopped. Next she threw fruit at everyone. While we were swapping chairs, she tried to reach into the HSA’s bag but was stopped, and next she tried to reach into the dustbin and that was when we made our way out of her room ASAP. I think I was partially amused but also I was a bit panicky cause we were quite near her and we were carrying a heavy chair. My supervisor got me to hurry along and got out of there.

Next we had a lady do a kitchen assessment with us and she was progressing along until we brought her back to the unit and that was when she went ballistic and wanted to go back home. At this point, I was actually holding her hand and she got a bit anxious and my supervisor got me to let go of her and get out of there. I think we spent a good amount of time trying to avoid her and get out of there before she dragged us by our hands and demanded that we let her out.

I’m tired from running away from the patients today, I’ve got more documents to type up and things to read before I go to bed. That’s all from me today!

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