I had a very whacked out experience today at work. I had an employee of mine deliver a "message from God". Now I have to say here over the course of my life this has to be at least the 10th person, if not more that has come up to me to "deliver a message from God". I've talked to friends and co-workers that say they've never had this happen to them in their life. I'm not talking about people I know well trying to convert me...because I am a Christian, usually it's been people I hardly know. Or completely never seen before.

For instance one message from a nurse from an agency pool about 4 years ago...who I never had met or talked to came up and said "God told me to tell you to call your Mother, she's ill." I hadn't talked to my Mother in a couple of months, so I called her and sure enough, she was sick and ended up in the hospital the next day after I started making calls and got my brother over there. She was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Now...remember I'm in Michigan, my mother is in Iowa.

The other messages I wish I could say weren't appropriate and these people were whacked....but that would be a lie.

Today was whacked. I had a nursing assistant who is in her 50's come into my office when I arrived this morning, shut the door and immediate begin speaking "Dawn, I have a message from God and I am anxious and upset because if I don't deliver this message immediately I'm going to explode!"

Alrighty then. Well this woman begins this Temptations dance routine thingie and tells me God told her to tell me "that I'm about to feel His administration and He is keeping back satan's devils and I need rest and peace in my life and that (she names my boss here) and that she all her evil spirits is about to be taken down and you need to open yourself for His message."

Ok. She starts becoming louder and louder, she has this holy roller southern preacher accent thing going on, the Temptation routine is speeding up and and her speech is getting faster and faster. Not often am I speechless...but damn, she did it.

She ends this tirade by grabbing me, hugging me and telling me she and God loves me. Well at that point I didn't doubt her sincerity but damn I'm questioning what God is up to.

So I sat this woman down and kindly told her that this wasn't appropriate in the work place especially when she starts saying my boss is going to be taken down. As she starts talking her conversation is completely inappropriate and after about two more minutes of listening to her, I realize this woman in the last 24 hours has become delusional, paranoid and definitely exhibiting psychotic behavior.

I tell her to go on break and simmer down, that I appreciate the message, but please don't be delivering anymore to anyone in the work place. Well I should explain here that this woman about a year ago filed a suit against me for religious persecution. She had been praying for patients in their presence without their permission. I had complaints, I asked her to stop..she hadn't, so she was given disciplinary action. Thus the suit was filed. Far as I know that's still in limbo somewhere.

So I called my HR Regional person who tells me not to say anymore to her until she talks to legal. So I have to watch someone who is delusional and paranoid render care to my patients all day until I hear back from legal. Fucking corporate bullshit. Finally 7 hours later I get an email that legal is closed til Friday. Hang tight.

Sometimes I don't know what is worse, psychotics or corporate yahoos.