A reader sent me a picture of this hospital room with Halloween decorations
. I can see it now:
. I can see it now: (This didn't actually happen, but I bet it could have, at least with an Internal Medicine Resident vs a VA Nurse)
Patient: Doctor! Doctor! I need help!
Happy: What's wrong ma'am?
Patient: I think I'm going crazy. All night long I keep seeing giant spiders attacking me.
Happy: No ma'am. Everything is just fine. That's just a giant spider Halloween decoration hanging from the ceiling of your hospital room. I'll go talk to your nurse to find out what's going on.
goes to talk to nurse
Happy: Why is there a giant Halloween spider decoration hanging above poor old Mrs. Smith's hospital bed?
Nurse: We hung it there to make her think she was hallucinating. Then we treat her "delirium " with large doses of Ativan so she isn't riding her call light every hour. It's a little trick we learned in nursing school
Happy: I see. Do you mind if I hang scary Halloween decorations in the nursing station so I can order Ativan for the nurses for riding the pager too often as well?
