Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

the INFANTigo has me rolling.

reminds of some sick slips i saw in the Army, where the soldier right their chief complaint on the slip, there are so many spellings of diarrhea, but many would just right "the *****" to avoid ridicule.

one off the top of my head was "aunt bites"

My mother constantly confuses NP and LPN. I'm an RN.

I was receiving report the other day. the nite nurse said "Mr.X in Rm.XXX has a hx of Left AKA. But not anymore, now he is here for a wound." I was confused and just looked at her and questioned "he doesnt have Left AKA anymore?" she said "no, that was resolved" I said "Are you sure? Isnt that-" she cut me off and said "yes. I am." she was clearly in a hurry to leave. I was thinking... umm maybe I have my abbrv messed up... she finished report and left. I went straight to his room and imagine my surprise *sarcasm* when the pt's left leg was still amputated!!!

OMG I DIED laughing!!!

Scary tho, made me wonder about the assessment that was done... esp when she was able to palpate a pedal pulse in the LLE.... <3