What is the dumbest order you ever read?

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?"

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!

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?"

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?

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!