As a nurse

As a nurse, I would have to say one of my funniest moments was when I went in to check on one of my patients and he was talking to someone on the phone.

He was encephlopathic (very confused) and highly aggitated. Someone had to sneak behind him and give him a shot of Haldol.

He was swinging at us and putting the staff and himself in danger. BUT before that happened, he was on the phone.

I was trying to talk to him. He wouldn't listen to me and finally handed me the phone and said, "THEY want to talk to you."

I looked at him and said, "Who is this?"

"I don't know who she is. She didn't tell me her name. I called the Police." He had a very straight face.

I took the phone in shock and said, "The police?"

The dispatcher asked me if I was his nurse and if he was okay.

She said that the called 9-1-1 and told her that we were trying to kill him.

I was in shock and didn't know what to say immediately but then told her that he was confused and that he's fine.

I apologized for the call. I had to laugh at that one. I had always heard about pts calling the police...never thought it would happen to me! .