Better than Halloween

On Halloween one can play at assuming an identity of choice. When hanging out with people who are delirious or confused, the element of choice can be lacking.Ob a recent night there were several confused patients on the unit. At some point the team members conpared notes. The charge nurse had been mistakeb for a priest. One of the nursing assistnts was mistaken for a physician.I, the chaplain, was thought to be qa physical therapist. And one patient, trying to reconcile the information that Mike was his nurse with an old belief that nurses are female, asked me if Mike was a bearded lady...