[Spidey's mom]

Originally Posted by L&Dnurse2Be

"See above orders" This one drives me nuts!!!

We have one doc who writes "see progress notes" so you have to get the orders off the progress notes because he doesn't want to write them twice.

steph

[luckylucyrn]

Originally Posted by Miss Mab

We have some computerized entry so he will put in cardiac monitor, pulse ox, etc. (yeah, already on 'em since they got here two HOURS ago and I ordered all the labs and xray before you added these important orders to the bottom of the list-----duh doc, thanks) and I know part of that is CYA but it's irritating since it's always already done. Like the "we should watch the BP" doc. Really? Who'd a thunk?

We recently had someone come down from the group of people who audit the charts and charge the patients for all of the stuff we do, and for us if there is no order for the cardiac monitor, then they can't charge for it. So they lose money if the doctor doesn't order it. So now if we put the patient on the monitor and the doctor doesn't order it, we have to write a verbal order for the monitor.

At one point they added up all the money the nurses in our ED were losing the department by our charting alone, and it was $33,000 for stuff like THAT.

[Kidrn911]

I had a stat discharge, I was in the midst of settling two other patients. This doctor wanted the patient to discharged ASAP. I explained I would get to it in a few minutes and she went bonkers. Neverthess, I told my manger and director and this. There will be no more stat discharges in my hospital. I can honestly say the mangers really take up for the nurses and don't allow abuse of us from the medical staff.

[Kidrn911]

Originally Posted by TexasGrrl

It sounds like he's a perv!

Not really. My institution requires that. It lets the doctor be able to conduct a full exam and even detect child abuse.

[HeatherB-SST]

Originally Posted by MadisonsMomRN

We had an order to give Coumadin prn... huh, what?

"Uhhh...excuse me, nurse? My blood feels a little clotty..do you think I could get some Coumadin? Thanks ever so much." LOL

[grace90]

From a general surgeon- 'watch for shock and hemorrhage'. Well, duh! However, when this surgeon has been paged for a pt who is in fact hemorrhaging and circling the drain, he either doesn't answer his pages, which prompts rapid responses, or he takes his time coming to assess the patient.

[Nakia]

How about 1L NS IV push!!! Who is gonna stand there and push a L of NS???

[ERRNTraveler]

I had a doctor last night write the following order: "CocaCola with Ice & a straw PO"

Now, I could see if she wrote "PO fluids" or something like that, but the BRAND of beverage, with ice, AND a straw???? Come on....... I was tempted to ask her if she wanted the patient to have fries with that....

[grace90]

Originally Posted by ERRNTraveler

I had a doctor last night write the following order: "CocaCola with Ice & a straw PO"

Now, I could see if she wrote "PO fluids" or something like that, but the BRAND of beverage, with ice, AND a straw???? Come on....... I was tempted to ask her if she wanted the patient to have fries with that....

Hmmmm...... Good thing she specified the route with that order. One might have been tempted to give it PR.