What is the dumbest order you ever read?

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I thought I had seen some AH orders but yesterday took the all time win! I had a 97 year old man admitted from ER with impaction and the order said---- "Give oil retention enema and have pt. hold for one hour." I am LMAO as I am thinking "OK where am I going to find a cork.:roll :chuckle

Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

I love it when I'm in the nursery and the pediatrician comes in on his/her morning rounds and asks me, "Is Baby Jones (or whatever) going home today?"

"Well, Doc, that's kind of your call to make." :D

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Specializes in Oncology.

"Lasix 20mg IV PRN"

Uhm, prn for what? When she asks for it?

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Some of the nurses at work were just talking about this at work yesterday. One that made me laugh was "If no BM in p.m. give MOM in a.m."

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This was the order I had a few days ago:

"No new orders"

:D

at least it let you know he was there and looked at the chart if you did not see him

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Specializes in ED, ICU, PACU.

"Redo pts eye makeup before discharge" :grn:

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Specializes in Making the Pt laugh..

Last week: "Call RMO for different chest pain" on a Pt who had spent three days in coronary care before admitting to our ward and then having chest/epigastric pain.

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Specializes in Pedatrics, Child Protection.
"Redo pts eye makeup before discharge" :grn:

NO WAY!!!

Sorry...that is just too much! I just can't stop shaking my head. Guess her mani/pedi was looking OK???

Argh!!:icon_roll

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Specializes in critical care.

I had a obese patient 289 pounds and the doctor wrote a order for daily weights. He wrote if you don't have a scale to weigh her, take her to the zoo and put her on the scale they weigh the elephants and phinos on. Seriouslyr

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Specializes in NICU.
I had a obese patient 289 pounds and the doctor wrote a order for daily weights. He wrote if you don't have a scale to weigh her, take her to the zoo and put her on the scale they weigh the elephants and phinos on. Seriouslyr

Um, I think a certain doctor might need to go back for a refresher course in sensitivity. Jaysus.

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An unresponsive vent pt with 10 drips: "Hold vent"

obviously doc meant hold the settings, but it took me a second, i could just imagine "holding" the vent from the pt...

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

"Ambulate in hallway and document o2 level."

Pt was a quad.

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I've been a nurse for a little over a year, and here are a couple gems I've found so far:

"Percocet 5/235 1 tab PO q6 PRN (pt may refuse)"

1) If it's PRN and the pt doesn't want it, then the pt will just not ask for it.

2) The pt always has the right to refuse, so DUH.

Another one, "Lactulose 30ml PO qd (pt may not refuse).

See #2 from above.

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