Nurses Humor
Updated: Feb 15, 2023 Published Jun 12, 2000
Found in the History and Physical section of a patient's chart who had experienced visual hallucinations while ill:
Quote "Patient vehemently denies any auditory, tactile, or old factory hallucinations."
Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN
12,126 Posts
Suck balls QID. I wouldn't get anything done from laughing too hard over reading that order LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BowlerRN
85 Posts
I transferred a pt with pneumonia to the hospital one day. Instead of charting that she went to NVCH-the hospital in my town, I charted that she was sent to NVHS-the High school. I caught the mistake the next day.
I hadn't changed my profile yet, I was officially an LPN a little over a week ago!
Stitchie
587 Posts
cmggriff said: I saw this one in a chart review the other night, "Pt. reports relief from rectal exam per MD"
Maybe when the exam was over? I would be!
nurseygrrl, LPN
445 Posts
When I come back from work after a few days off, I read the charts of a few pts. who have been on report to see what's going on. On Saturday I saw the nurse had written on report that Ms. 'A' had an incident...ok. I went into the chart to see what had happened and lo and behold, the note read something like this...
"Resident had incident at 10am. No c/o pain or discomfort. Oncoming shift made aware. Incident report #439 filled out."
OMG!! First of all...she had an incident?! Well what in the HECK happened to her? :rotfl: Secondly...incident reports are IN HOUSE tools! you're never to write that you filled one out in a note...sheesh! :chuckle
Saw "pt. could not recall losing consciousness" again in nurses' notes.
Valsalva maneuver charted as "Salsa maneuver". Now i wonder, was it picante or extra chunky? Or are we talking about a dance here....
FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I
3,619 Posts
A new intern to our CCU once charted attempts to cardiovert a patient in the following manner:
Attempted to convert the patient with 200 jews, unsuccessful. Second attempt to convert the patient with 300 jews unsuccessful. Patient finally converted on the third attempt with 300 jews.
The mental picture of three hundred rabbis surrounding a patient's bed yelling, "Convert, convert!" was too much. We nicknamed him "Call a Code or Call a Rabbi" from that day forward.
Hee,hee,hee,hee,ha,ha,ha,ha! This one is soooo good!
caffine addict
139 Posts
OHhhhhhh Frances,
What are we to do with you ?
kathy26
15 Posts
:rotfl: iam cna work inteaching hospital . learning how to chart wrote pts member in tact
zambezi, BSN, RN
935 Posts
panda_181 said: One of my co-workers said she saw a chart that said "Pt had large bowel movement ambulating around floor!" Amanda ?
Amanda ?
I have seen this happen--more than once. It is not pretty.
zambezi said: I have seen this happen--more than once. It is not pretty.
The word describing the size of the bowel movement is too ambiguous.. It should be described by a comparison to an object. ex: While ambulating, pt had a bowel movement the size of a hockey puck, Jane Doe RN
NurseRatchet26
59 Posts
Lynn Casey RN said: A collegue wrote..."pt states "slept well until nurse came in to get on patient"(instead of check on pt!)LOL!
Sounds like a bad adult film!