[scarymary]

Originally Posted by nurtch04

OOPS........ I meant....... Pt incont. of lg bowl movement

That reminds me of the Gomer Scale

http://www.lambert.net.au/med/gomerscale.pdf

[pink dolphin]

this is funny. the secretary had updated the kardex when she took off the order and wrote vital signs q shi_t, she was missing the f. we were all laughing in report that day.

[pink dolphin]

my first experience with a pt's that passed away. I called security to come and pick up the body to take to the hospital morgue. I told the security officer, the pt will call me later with funeral home arrangements. He never let me live that one down.

[peridotgirl]

Originally Posted by scarymary

That reminds me of the Gomer Scale

http://www.lambert.net.au/med/gomerscale.pdf

I read it but didn't quite get its purpose.. what is the Gorner's scale?

[workingforskies]

Funniest order I have ever seen written….

We had a real fighter in our pediatric bone marrow transplant unit. A 5 year old full of hell’s fire. (BTW, 10 years later and she is still doing fine!) Everything was a battle with her.

One day, after a particularly grueling physical exam, the muttering doctor walked out of the room and wrote on the order sheet: “NO TV FOR 24 hours!!!” About 10 minutes later, after he had cooled off a bit, he walked back in, picked up the chart and wrote: “May reduce to 2 hours with good behavior.”

We all got a good laugh out of that.

[JustaPatient]

Originally Posted by workingforskies

Funniest order I have ever seen written….

We had a real fighter in our pediatric bone marrow transplant unit. A 5 year old full of hell’s fire. (BTW, 10 years later and she is still doing fine!) Everything was a battle with her.

One day, after a particularly grueling physical exam, the muttering doctor walked out of the room and wrote on the order sheet: “NO TV FOR 24 hours!!!” About 10 minutes later, after he had cooled off a bit, he walked back in, picked up the chart and wrote: “May reduce to 2 hours with good behavior.”

We all got a good laugh out of that.

lol..he is like a parent.

[scarymary]

The Gomer Scale is something that is done tongue in cheek. A bit like completing a Sopra or Tiss form or whatever you use to evaluae pt activity. Each thing the pt does earns them more points. The more points, the worse they are. Think it originated as G O M E R (get out of my emergency room)

[Silverblitzen]

Originally Posted by Irish Lass

On inpatient order sheet:

CTBKLO
... of course I had to ask!

Coffin to bediside, keep lid open

OMG! That's hilarious! Thanks for the belly laugh - I needed it today!

My funniest dx was when we sent a very much older lady to hospital for "Failure to thrive" I think she must have been 96 if she was a day. Well, no family, no DNR so we had to send her. She came back later that night with a written diagnosis of "Old".
Whodathunk? Ha!

[Cindy_A]

My funniest dx was when we sent a very much older lady to hospital for "Failure to thrive" I think she must have been 96 if she was a day. Well, no family, no DNR so we had to send her. She came back later that night with a written diagnosis of "Old".
Whodathunk? Ha!
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I am an amateur geneaologist, I know many times I have found a cause of death listed simply as "old age."

[Aimee03]

These are too funny!

I've seen orders written by a first year resident, who didn't take time to go SEE the pt, for a pregnancy test STAT to rule out ectopic pregancy for severe stomach cramps, pt was a male!

My favorite was ""Vital Signs with pulse ox Q4 hours, NO EXCEPTIONS."
The order by the same doctor immediately under that was, " Do NOT wake pt if sleeping"

He got mad at us when we didn't get vitals at midnight cause she was asleep. CRAZY