r/nursing • u/kpsi355 RN - ER 🍕 • Mar 29 '22

Nursing Hacks What’s a little white lie you tell the completely confused patient?

I’m always telling the cirrhosis dude his truck is in the shop. Then I tell him his buddy dared him to “shoot” his lactulose and give him a sprite chaser.

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u/Elenakalis Dementia Whisperer Mar 29 '22

Whenever it's snowing - "Do you really want the girl from Louisiana who didn't see snow until she was 30 to drive you anywhere right now?" tends to stop that pretty quickly. I still pass for 20-30ish with my memory care residents, and they don't need to know I've never called off due to snow in the 12 years I've lived up here or that I usually end up picking up/dropping off co-workers on the bigger snows.

"If I see (relative who's been dead longer than my parents have been alive), I'll come get you right away."

"Oh, you don't have to worry about getting up early for school. They're on break this week."

"That scrapple/hogmaw looks great! Why don't you try some?"

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

My sister cared for an elderly woman looking for her mom to take her to school. “Don’t worry, today’s Saturday!”

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u/FanndisTS HCW - Pharmacy Mar 29 '22

I mean, I suspect if you saw that relative you WOULD come get them right away