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No. 70
Old Dec 09, 2002, 12:32 PM

Originally posted by Stargazer
Gee, I would've started calling him every hour with an update on the vital signs: "It's 5 AM, Doctor...just thought you should know the BP's still 00/00! Isn't that something? Sorry, did I wake you?"



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No. 71
Old Dec 09, 2002, 01:01 PM

Originally posted by AHRN
Another classic from NICU.
Post-op order:
Dangle BID.
We are still trying to figure out if we let the feet out the isolette port holes or drop the door and sit the baby on the edge!
Nah...you were supposed to do the Michael Jackson thing and take the baby out on the window ledge and dangle him over the parking lot! hahaha
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No. 72
from Cameron67
Old Dec 09, 2002, 01:06 PM

Originally posted by Stargazer
Gee, I would've started calling him every hour with an update on the vital signs: "It's 5 AM, Doctor...just thought you should know the BP's still 00/00! Isn't that something? Sorry, did I wake you?"
I would have too!
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No. 73
Old Dec 09, 2002, 01:13 PM

I have been sitting here LMAO!!!!!!!!!

My dogs think I am nutz!!!!
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No. 74
from indynurse
Old Dec 09, 2002, 04:03 PM

Gee, I would've started calling him every hour with an update on the vital signs: "It's 5 AM, Doctor...just thought you should know the BP's still 00/00! Isn't that something?
"BP, RR & HR are still the same, but I am concerned that his temp is dropping...."
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No. 75
from Stargazer
Old Dec 09, 2002, 04:19 PM

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No. 76
from Nurse Hag
Old Dec 09, 2002, 08:37 PM

The weirdest order I ever got was for a 85 year old woman with a URI Temp of 101 and after the so called Doctor saw her he wrote---- Kleenex topically prn. Please!!!!!!!!!! I waited until the brillant mind was off duty and got a ATB.
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No. 77
from MPHkatie
Old Dec 09, 2002, 08:46 PM

Default oh my
We get new residents once q month in my ER - so you can imagine. My fav's are not the screwy tylenol IV, etc but these gems:

Please place pt in room for pelvic exam (no the RN was going to set ehr up right there in Hall D.)

Please bring pt ice water stat....

Please put pt in a gown (Pt was a 21 yr old, alert oriented person with leg pain, but MD could not tell her, hey put on the gown at the bottom of the bed).....
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No. 78
from RN always
Old Dec 10, 2002, 06:23 PM

Originally posted by zudy
My very favorite was by one of our ER drs that saved ALL his charts from his 24 hr shift, and about 3 am would start ALL of his charting for the entire day About halfway thru, he would always fall asleep. We could always tell the point where he fell asleep, he would be writing, and then there would be a long line that eventually went off the page. We would let him sleep awhile, wake him, and he would ALWAYS pretend that he wasn't REALLY sleeping. Whatever. YOu get the general picture. He was charting on a pt who came in with chest pain, and was discharged home to follow up with her cardiologist. Her cardiologist's last name started with a "K" . His last order on this sweet little lady was " pt to F/U (follow up) C (with) then he STARTED then cardiologist's name, but was only able to get the first letter out before he fell asleep We all asked him to be OUR PCP, and write orders on us!

This is absolutely hilarious.............................!!!!
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No. 79
from hogan4736
Old Dec 11, 2002, 01:50 AM

"remove pt's socks"

written by a lazy ER doc with whom I used to work
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