Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

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Ok...

So I am a part of a committee putting together a "seminar" targeting New Grads, Recent Grads and students.

We are tentatively calling it "REAL Life in the ER".

We are planning it from a humorous perspective.

I have the task of ED "Definitions"

You know...

"DDK"=Dead Doesn't Know it

"Code Brown"=No explanation needed...I hope!

Got it??!!??

So if anyone has some funny ones...please post them so I can include them in my "lecture"

Thanks!

:rotfl:

Also, any funny "Nurse Calls"

positive "O" sign: nursing home pt comes in via EMS w/ mouth wide open and eyes closed

positive "Q" sign: same as above w/ tongue hanging out

hypoCBCemia:what the pt suffers from when she insists on having labs drawn even though she's not sick

an "excremental" cardiac rhythm: looks like sh!!t (asystole, vfib, etc)

TMB disease: too many birthdays

does anyone else put the body bag under the bedsheet when you get word of a code coming in?

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For those of you that have missed this type of thread in the past, I have a pretty good list of these "acronyms and abbreviations", approx 14 pages worth....so if anyone wants a copy please let me know. :)

Thanks.

I sent a PM with my e-mail address

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I agree these anacronyms are funny- to those of us who work in Emergency Departments. I would like to raise the possibility however, that their use may be inappropriate for a presentation aimed at students, new grads and new ER nurses.

I think they may appear disrespectful and uncaring. Every job and every specialty within any job has its' own jargon that is not interpreted the same way by others.

I have a feeling that using these terms in a presentation of that nature will only reinforce the stereotype of ER nurses that we all try so hard to overcome.

I understand what you are saying but I think a little humor will go along way in easing the anxiety of new nurses and those considering the scary world of the ER.

I personally think that ER nurses are some of the most caring I have ever had the privillege to work with. We step into people's lives at their worst moments, in the most chaotic of circumstances, under the most stressful uncontrolled times...and shine. Day after day after day...

If it takea a little humor to make it through...so be it.

Those who would sterotype us have no understanding...

And I choose not to live my life by their closed-minded rules.

End of soap box!

Sorry

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I live in Canada where the americain dollar cost almost 1.50$ canadian so when we have to give ativan or haldol or whatsoever to a patient who REALLY needs it, we ask for an "USA dose"

THats cute- they do the same in France in a general sense. Anything obnoxiously big is "a l'americain" :beercuphe

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For those of you that have missed this type of thread in the past, I have a pretty good list of these "acronyms and abbreviations", approx 14 pages worth....so if anyone wants a copy please let me know. :)

Can you pls direct me to that thread. TY in advance.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, LTC.
Can you pls direct me to that thread. TY in advance.

Actually it's not a thread, it is a list that I made up from previous threads. I have accumulated so many acronyms and nonapproved abbreviations that it is approx 14 pages worth. If you would like me to email it to you I would be more then happy to. Just pm me an addy and I'll send it off to you. :)

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This isn't an acronym but..... have you ever had those pitiful suicide attempts that are in your ED so much that you know they just enjoy the attention? I'm gonna write a book titled "Suicide, Doing It Right the First Time"

...only it's called "Final Exit"

NurseFirst

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does anyone else put the body bag under the bedsheet when you get word of a code coming in?

Wasn't there a whole thread about this? :rolleyes: Some people thought it was disrespectful, some people thought it was practical.

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Wasn't there a whole thread about this? :rolleyes: Some people thought it was disrespectful, some people thought it was practical.

We do it if it sounds pretty darn likely we'll need it. It's actually turned into sort of a good luck charm for the pt - if we put it down, they'll get a perfusing rhythm back to spite us. ;)

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We do it if it sounds pretty darn likely we'll need it. It's actually turned into sort of a good luck charm for the pt - if we put it down, they'll get a perfusing rhythm back to spite us. ;)

We ER nurses...

We are a superstitious bunch!!!

Just like the "Q" word...

hee hee hee

:rolleyes:

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Regarding the little old nursing home pt. that upon arrival is confused, disoriented, tachycardic, hypotensive, and not making any urine.

After rehydration with about 3 liters normal saline, he wakes up and asks "Hey, where's my cigarettes?"

IHBJAW - Instant Human Being Just Add Water :roll :chuckle

NURSING HOMES..NOBODY IN MY FAMILY WILL EVER BE IN ONE.....

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TA = "theraputic assassination" as in:" her dad needs a TA", said of pregnant 12 yo.

"Positive suitcase sign" = There is an overnight case under the stetcher. Most dramatic example of it was a confused little old man who was brought in by his family at 11:30 pm on a friday night. After exam we went to the waiting area to explain that we couldn't find any acute problem with him. What do you know, vanishing family!

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