Charting Bloopers

oops! Never mind, then.

Could explain the SOB. Maybe they should have just straight cathed that nare?

foley's are great for stopping nosebleeds, the balloon works miracles

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!

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How about "sleeping quietly in open crib. Diapers clean and dry" on a 22 yo new MOM! Whoops.

In regard to the pt. that had expired hours ago.. Where was the rest of the staff all day? I have seen badly spelled or poor grammatical work written by docs, RNs, LVNs,PTs, PTAs, and this list marches on. (I'm not a CNA by the way) All observations need to recorded for continuity of care. Don't blame the aide if you don't check your patient all day, AND WHO HIRED THAT ONE AND TRAINED HIM/HER ANYWAY??

I work in a nursing home. The other night one of my aids called me over the call and said, "Mr. ____ has a bad rash on his prenatal area and needs some cream." I was laughing so hard and she came out of the room and said, "Are you laughing at me?" I could only shake my head 'yes.' I finally explained to her what prenatal was and told her she meant perineum.

This happened years ago when I worked on a general surgery floor. A med student had to do an admission physical on a rather voloptuous young woman. On the assessment sheet under "breasts" he wrote "Big and beautiful."

Needless to say this med student got his posterior cooked by the staff doc.

In response to the KAY CIEL post...That is an actual name brand of KCl which is obviously known as potassium. Just thought you should know.

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.