Hi, I'm new to these forums but i love these discussions you all have! I have had similar situations.
We are called to pick up a patient for his dialysis, he refused to go, we couldn't do anything about it. Two days later we return, patient still refuses to leave. We explain the worse case scenario if he doesn't go and he states he doesn't care. Patients family was there begging and crying for him to go, still didn't work. Next day, patients mental state deteriorates, so we were able to take him then. Unless they have an order from a dr. or the courts forming them under the mental health act, our hands are tied... No matter how much the nurses at the nursing homes scream at us...
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Hi, I'm new to these forums but i love these discussions you all have! I have had similar situations.
We are called to pick up a patient for his dialysis, he refused to go, we couldn't do anything about it. Two days later we return, patient still refuses to leave. We explain the worse case scenario if he doesn't go and he states he doesn't care. Patients family was there begging and crying for him to go, still didn't work. Next day, patients mental state deteriorates, so we were able to take him then. Unless they have an order from a dr. or the courts forming them under the mental health act, our hands are tied... No matter how much the nurses at the nursing homes scream at us...