Hey everyone,
I posted this one in another group too, but I just think it is a really good story for this group. It is refering to nursing homes.

I love going in and getting "refusals" from Pt's that still have capacity to make there own decissions, and didn't want us there to begin with. One such case was, that we got called for the Pt who assulted a staff member, but we weren't going for the staff member, somehow they seem to think that we have magical police powers or something. This Pt was just there for rehab due to a broken hip, not due to the usual dementia, or alzheimers, etc. So we go in and the nuse says "he assulted one of our staff members and the Doc wants him to go to the ER for a psych evaluation." By this time law enforcement was there and we go into the Pt's room and ask what was going on. The Pt told us what had happened...evidentally the staff member was trying to make this guy do something that he REALLY didn't want to do. I asked him if he wanted to go to the hospital, and he told me that he wasn't going anywhere with me. I of coarse asked all the "are you with it" questions , which he answered all correctly. I said" ok sir, I just need you to sign this paper for me." I thyen went out and told the nurse that he wasn't going with us, well that went over real well (insert sarcasim here), she sadi "you have to take him, we have a Doctor's order." I said "Maam, I don't care if God himself told me to take him, I'm not going to!" I was quite proud of myself for thinking that on up on the spot like that. The Police officer then steps in and says, "Maam, he right, he can't take him against his will or I will be taking him to jail for kidnapping." So we left. Just an added note, the nursing home kicked that Pt out on the street. They had the police escort him off there property right then. PD said that he was on the side of the road waiting on his wife to pick him up when they left.