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Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 5 months agoIf a patient doesn’t want to take it, they just say they don’t want to take it, no one is force feeding people or calling security. Patients refuse medication all the time for many different reasons. In this example, the nurse should just document the patient refused and why, notify the doctor what happened, and continue on with their work. Not stand there in an hour long staring contest until the patient takes it.
It’s very important the medical staff know what things you have and haven’t actually taken. If it’s a medication you really need, your doctor will probably come and explain why refusing is a bad idea. If people don’t like the plan, don’t want any treatment, or don’t want to stay in the hospital, they can just walk out and leave. It’s a hospital not a prison. Your doctor may just ask you to sign something just to document they explained to you why leaving is a bad idea.
GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
It sounds like you’re on OP’s side to “chart it and move on”, which makes sense to me. I don’t quite understand what more OP is expected to do here.
hedgehog@ttrpg.network 5 months ago
Rather than documenting that the patient refused to take it at 7, taking the pill away, and then (time allowing) giving the patient another chance to take it later, OP wants to leave the medication with the patient and document that it was handed to the patient at 7. Unfortunately, doing that creates uncertainty, which isn’t acceptable in a medical context.
GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
Thank you. That makes sense.
Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
They aren’t expected to do more here. Not sure what they’re on about.