Funniest Things Doctors say! - page 8

I was caring for a patient who had severe psoriasis. He was being treated with coal tar shampoo. The doctor wanted to discontinue the therapy, but couldn't recall what he was stopping. The order read, literally, "DC black crap".

ha! I had the same thing happen...a paraplegic with orders for 'ambulation in hallways' for dvt measures.

Doctor wearing a neon green lanyard for his ID tag -- newly acquired as I hadn't seen him wearing it before. I commented on the green colour and said it was good he'd chosen a break-away type.

He said, "Do people really get strangled?"

(Oh poor, naive doctor)

I said, "Never underestimate the power of a hypoxic 90 year old."

(This actually happened to a coworker)

He laughed and said, "I thought you were going to say 'hypoxic nurse'!"

As a patient and a nurse I found the humor in being told by an Anesthesiologist after my emergency c-section that required general anesthesia, "for your height and weight you're surprisingly easy to intubate." Now as an OR nurse I love to recount that one to patients!