Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

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To start things off, the best and funniest order I have seen on a chart, was in the discharge instructions for a trauma patient. It read simply

Darwin Consult

and was signed by the resident. Well the attending did laugh, but it was not the highpoint of that residents day.

so do you have more?

Specializes in Women's health & post-partum.
hope i didn't spoil the fun, but what does s/p and t&a mean... ??

keep em' coming please. :yeah::heartbeat:d:chuckle

t&a tonsilectomy and adnoidectomy

s/p i don't see at a quick glance where that one comes from, but it's probably "status post"--like post-op

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

s/p = status post

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24 hour urine collection on a anuric pt. I just laughed.:chuckle

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oh i forgot my favorite.

give 50 gallons of golytely bowel prep tonight

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thank you jamesdotter and elvish. i really appreciate it. actually, the funny thnig is when i went to get my pt's chart today for past surgical hx, "s/p" was on there. :chuckle so, now i know what it means. :D:yeah::twocents::chuckle

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Specializes in PERI OPERATIVE.

We have an arrogant Anesthesiologist who like to think he's God and must think that the nurses are dumb.

He has extensive orders for epidurals including: "Perform standard measures for fetal distress". Oh really? I couldn't figure that out on my own, and I didn't realize you were an OB doc. Next he'll be writing "Call Code for cardiac arrest" or "Apply Kleenex to nasal drainage".

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Specializes in NICU.
24 hour urine collection on a anuric pt. I just laughed.:chuckle

At least it wouldn't take a lot of time. Or effort.

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Specializes in PICU, CCU, Psych.

I worked with a resident in PICU that was.. challenged. She has failed the Peds rotation several times, but her husband was high up in the coporate level in the hospital so she was allowed to repeat it.

On her THIRD ROTATION through the PICU I saw her order:

Tylenol 325mg IV push

Another night, I had a patient with D5 0.45NS with 30 mEq KCl and her potassium was rising and the resident said, "Do I need to order a whole new bag to make it D5 0.45NS with 10 mEq KCl or can you just pull off the extra potassium?"

I was like, "Uhhh sure let me go get my magic partical separator syringe."

What an idiot.

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I worked with a resident in PICU that was.. challenged. She has failed the Peds rotation several times, but her husband was high up in the coporate level in the hospital so she was allowed to repeat it.

On her THIRD ROTATION through the PICU I saw her order:

Tylenol 325mg IV push

Another night, I had a patient with D5 0.45NS with 30 mEq KCl and her potassium was rising and the resident said, "Do I need to order a whole new bag to make it D5 0.45NS with 10 mEq KCl or can you just pull off the extra potassium?"

I was like, "Uhhh sure let me go get my magic partical separator syringe."

What an idiot.

That is kinda scary.....glad I have never had her at my hospital.

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Specializes in ED/trauma.
I worked with a resident in PICU that was.. challenged. She has failed the Peds rotation several times, but her husband was high up in the coporate level in the hospital so she was allowed to repeat it.

On her THIRD ROTATION through the PICU I saw her order:

Tylenol 325mg IV push

Another night, I had a patient with D5 0.45NS with 30 mEq KCl and her potassium was rising and the resident said, "Do I need to order a whole new bag to make it D5 0.45NS with 10 mEq KCl or can you just pull off the extra potassium?"

I was like, "Uhhh sure let me go get my magic partical separator syringe."

What an idiot.

Next time, bring a catalogue from your local university to work and tag the page with info on the MBA program... then give it to her.

I think she's a little TOO lost to be a resident... :smackingf

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Specializes in ortho/neuro/general surgery.

3x in a chart of a home O2-dependent pt- WEAN O2!!!!!!!!!!! In huge caps and with lots of exclamation points. :uhoh3: :rolleyes: :uhoh21:

We charted that she desatted on room air, multiple times, and even left notes on the progress notes and right on the orders, but doc didn't see it somehow.

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

I saw one on a chart this weekend - Depo-Provera!

Ya think they meant it??

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