By Anonymous - 22/10/2012 10:54 - New Zealand - Auckland

Today, while at a psychiatric hospital working as a student nurse, I discovered one of the patients had developed an unhealthy obsession for me. He was admitted for stalking and abusing a girl who looked just like me. It's only my first week. FML
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SortOfSexy 4

Hey, look on the bright side. Someone has a crush on you.

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RedPillSucks 31

draw a picture of you and him in a zombie apocalypse. set him as the zombie.

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olpally 32

Run the **** away... Yikes!!! That's terrifying! D:

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ICastillo 24

Now you know who to stay away from.... Just give him sleeping pills every time you're working.

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BellaBelle_fml 23

You can't just shove any kind of pills you feel like down your patient's throat. There has to be a doctor's order, dosage, set times or PRN every 4 hours as needed for example, to give the medications. A nurse can't just waltz into the facility they work, or in this case train at, and say hmm I think I'll just give this resident an Ambien , that one over there gets some Ativan, and the one in the hallway will be getting a Buspar. It just doesn't work like that. In the earlier years of nursing that is pretty much how they handled things but they quickly learned that, that isn't the best way to treat people. Not everyone in a psych or long term care facility has the same doctor's orders. Each resident has their own tailored medication regimen to fit their individual needs.

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THE_A_TEEN 27

You met Greg the resident stalker. Word of advise, do not lead him on, keep your distance from him AND have your injection needles ready, just in case.

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BobbieH 19

It might be tough for your first week, but this is a great example of the aspects of the job you should have expected. Transference is a problem with people in therapy; it stands to reason that in a psych hospital it would be more so. FYL for the uncomfortable situation but YDI for not thinking this through and setting your expectations accordingly.

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emilyjgraham 34

this was a fairly decent comment, apart from the fact that you said she should have expected it and that she deserved it... no one can start a job like that and think "okay so I need to prepare myself for when someone becomes obsessed with me..." some nurses who have worked in these places a long time probably haven't encountered all scenarios yet!

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Spectre529 12

Ooh that's really creepy. I'd be careful of that one

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donut_gurl 8

Talk to your supervisor. That can be a very dangerous situation and you may be able to have that pataient taken off of your case load.

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naughtylez82 4

I feel for you op. I was on a physch ward due to depression and suicidal thoughts. One if the guys there thought I was someone else and would scream at me whenever he saw me. It was scary.

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BellaBelle_fml 23

I'm truly sorry that you've had some pretty rough times, naughtylez82. I'm very glad that you were able to get the treatment and support you needed to pull through that time of your life.

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Bibliovore 26

Make sure you talk with your supervisor for your student nurse position, and explain what's going on. The supervisor needs to know about the situation (your safety is in part your supervisor's responsibility, and the patient's behavior and treatment response could be affected), and you can also make sure you know about all security options open to you at that facility. Given that this is a teaching situation in which you're being evaulated, you may want to be careful not to sound like you're freaked out and want off the case -- even if that's what you really want. But above all, stay safe.

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