When entering orders, please remember....

[RNBearColumbus, BSN]

That It's a pommel cushion, not pummel cushion. A pommel is the part of a saddle that prevents a cowboy from sliding forward, while pummel means to beat something repeatedly, usually with ones fists. I'm not beating a chair cushion, no matter how mad I am at it.

Please enter an order for a MAT to the floor to prevent injury, not a MATT to the floor. My friend Matt is not going to lay next to the resident's bed and catch them if they fall.

It's STRAIGHT cath, not STR8 cath. It's a medical record, not a Grinder profile

Anyone else see things in orders or charting that makes you LOL?

[motherof3sons]

Please don't use the word ***** as in pus like for describing drainage. Hope that isn't against board rules...but man I have seen it more than once.

[ktwlpn, LPN]

Butt crack VS natal cleft.

[DawnJ]

Interior aspect of the buttocks is what I use for that

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

And when you're de-escalating a bad situation, you are defusing it---not diffusing it (spreading it around). That one drives me up the wall.

[kiszi, RN]

It's not a UA CNS. We are not collecting a urine sample from a Clinical Nurse Specialist.

We don't use pick lines around here, either.

[rnprettyblonde]

Too funny!

[vampiregirl, BSN, RN]

How about assessing O2 Stats q shift?

[PMFB-RN, RN]

It's CHF exacerbation, not exasperation.

[Madras]

Oh lord if I see SINvastatin one more time I'm just going to lose all hope!

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

I recently saw the word "babymama" in a nursing note.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

1. It's myocardial infarction, not myocardial infraction.

2. It's hematoma, not 'blood blister.'

3. The resident had a CABG three days ago, not a cabbage.