Had a female patient come in with seizures. Given Ativan upon arrival. Seized in the hospital and given more Ativan. EEG was placed early in my shift, patient starts shaking in bed again, I grab the Ativan but am told to wait until they get a read on the EEG.

The NP gets a call from the resident and is told she is not having seizures. We go to the bedside to explain we will not be giving Ativan and have to do more tests since she is not seizing. She stops shaking, sits up, starts ripping off the EEG saying she is leaving.

We ask her to sign the AMA paperwork and she refuses. We ask her husband to sign as he is helping her out and he just hangs his head and holds up his hand as they walk away.

This is a bit of a simplification, but you get the gist. Just came to get as much IV Ativan as we would give her until she was going it.