Posted by alexandra_k on October 21, 2005, at 16:33:34
In reply to Re: Another member of the family, posted by alexandra_k on October 21, 2005, at 16:29:48
I remember being on the ward once and one of the patients kept wanting to talk to me about how she was pregnant and was going to have a baby.
I wasn't sure whether it was true or whether it was part of her delusion.
I actually asked one of the nurses (fairly unthinkingly) and was of course told that confidentiality prohibited my being told the answer to that (of course - doh!)
I was just trying to figure whether there would be more harm in indulging her deluison or in being a little dismissive of her real pregnancy by guiding her around to other topics.
I pointed that out and the nurse just shrugged and walked away.
I chose to do the latter...
Oh well.
I'm just a patient...
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