Psych nurse protip: “I wanna be able to give this my full attention so we’re gonna put a pin in this and circle back.” Then you literally just leave, possibly mid-sentence if they’re really that hyperverbal. Some acutely manic patients are so hyperverbal that I have to take their temperature under their armpit because they literally cannot keep their mouth closed around the probe.
Psych nurse protip: “I wanna be able to give this my full attention so we’re gonna put a pin in this and circle back.” Then you literally just leave, possibly mid-sentence if they’re really that hyperverbal. Some acutely manic patients are so hyperverbal that I have to take their temperature under their armpit because they literally cannot keep their mouth closed around the probe.