Another Crazy Day!

So today I was at work and I had this patient who comes in all the time and he is a total nut case. Most of the nurses at work really don't like him and they don't want to deal with him as a patient. The main reason is because they don't know how to take him. This is the kind of guy that if you let him get the best of you he knows he can do it all the time but if you give it right back to him then he knows he can't.

Let me give you an example: So today he had a low hemoglobin which means his Iron was low. So I was discussing ways with him to raise his iron. I told him to eat more iron enriched foods, or he could take iron pills or I told him that he could cook/heat his food in a cast iron skillet and the iron from the pan would absorb into the food. So he thought that was hilarious he said that is ridiculous that won't ever work. He said I have a better idea I could just go out to the barn and get a bucket of rusty nails and chew on those for awhile. I said yeah that could work too. So he just went on and on and on and was starting to get on my nerves but I didn't show it. So we continued talking and then he said to me you are crazy and I said look who is talking about crazy you are the one that is chewing on nails. So he just died laughing and said you are a alright girl you know that. I said thank you and then he left.

Patients like this can be very irritating or annoying if you don't know how to deal with them or how to take a joke but if you know how to deal with them then they can be really fun to work with. So I choose to be the one that jokes with them and gives it right back to them which makes for a better day and a day that is filled with fun, excitement and laughter. Instead of a day filled with boredom, gloom and grumpiness.

I know I have rambled on and on and probably not made a whole lot of sense but that's how I roll. :)