Trip To The Nursing Home

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"We've got a sleepwalker on our hands Nurse Jackie," I spoke to my co-worker calmly, it was the fourth time this week Mr. Cole took a trip to the dining hall window. Mr. Cole was recently admitted to the nursing home and was having a hard time adjusting. The first incident happened his second night here, while making my nightly rounds when we found him sitting in the rocking chair near the window. I called out to him trying to tell him it was past the time our residents are allowed out of their rooms but I got no response. As I approached

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