Reply #75: When I worked in a nursing home

[ismnotwasm]

We regularly had difficult psychosocial situations to deal with. Several times I have had to call the police because of restraining orders against family members, or allegations of abuse. We've had family members bring guns in--(not threatening, just had them) Come in drunk. We thought one resident was being poisoned by a family member. Had a drug dealer one time, when we were accepting junkies for long-term antibiotic care for the infected abscesses they get from muscling dope. I worked in one for eleven years, and never ran across a situation I remember were I thought a taser was justified, but I could certainly imagining one. A 75 year old woman? Most likely an inexperienced cop without backup, and like liberal nurse says above, nurses also without experience or training to deal with the situation. Any facility should have policies in place to deal with volatile situation, but "should" is just a word.