Terms we will not admit to using

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You all have heard of them and of course we never actually use any of these terms but somehow they are there and everyone knows them.......

There the "unofficial" abbreviation list

like

FLK Funny Looking Kid

or

Craft syndrome - Can't Remember A Flippin' Thing

PFO - clean version - Potted (Drunk) and Fell Over

AHD - Acute Haloperidol Deficit

Or the pseudomedical jargon for describing patient peculiarities i.e.

Mononeuronis Asynapsis

Acute Pneumoencephalopathy (thanks TeeitupTom)

Acute Hyponicotaemia (busting for a cigarette)

Does anyone know anymore??

Okay can anyone add to this list

"Logorrhea" to describe a person who talks way too much.

Logos is the Greek word for "word."

rrhea, as in diarrhea.

I heard a nurse describe a patient to the on-call doctor. Pt. had limited understanding. She said the pt. was "a little short in the higher elevations."

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Specializes in Acute Care.

Going in the chile or she/he'll be in the chile soon

The morgue is very close to the cafeteria. The meat in the chile always looks strange. And some of the cafeteria workers are a bit... different.

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I heard a co-worker describe someone's leadership style as 'mushroom management' the other day...keep 'em in the dark and feed 'em **** (manure)!

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Specializes in Acute post op ortho.

FTD=Fixin' to die.

4F-female, fat, fertile & forty (gall bladder)

ATS - Acute Thespian Syndrome (the patient is faking illness)

UDI - "Unexplainable Drinking Injury"

Faecal Encephalopathy= **** for brains

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I thought the 4F's for gallbladder pts. were "fair, fat, forty and fearful."

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I thought the 4F's for gallbladder pts. were "fair, fat, forty and fearful."

fair, fat, flatulent, and forty

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Specializes in ER, LTC, IHS.

The assisted living where I worked had a real tight group of night girls. We always used to joke about so and so needing some "pillow therepy" ;)

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Specializes in Neuro, Cardiology, ICU, Med/Surg.
The assisted living where I worked had a real tight group of night girls. We always used to joke about so and so needing some "pillow therepy" ;)

A colleague of mine used to say he was going to administer the PTT (pillow tolerance test).

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Specializes in Neuro, Cardiology, ICU, Med/Surg.

A colleague used to say he wanted to administer the PTT (pillow tolerance test).

The assisted living where I worked had a real tight group of night girls. We always used to joke about so and so needing some "pillow therepy" ;)
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I work in vet med so I have heard some of these plus we have our own.

CTD=circling the drain

DIC=death is coming

CDrD=call Dr. Deere (tractor to remove dead horse, cow or other large animal from stall)

GLO=good looking owner

CLO=cute looking owner

@=owner is crazy

ADW=ain't doin' well

NMP=needs more prednisone (last ditch effort)

ODS=owner drug seeker

PD= poor dog

PC=poor cat

SOS=stupid owner symdrome

blue juice/koolaid=blue euthanasia solution

pink juice/koolaid=pink euthanasia solution

giving a little micheal=propofol

4FU=4 fingers up=dead

4FD=4 fingers down=alive

FLB=funny little beats

PFAM=pray for a miracle

N$=no money

give a "cookie"=IV or IM sedation

TTTF=too terrible to fix

HBC=hit by car

TBT=trashed by truck

GTL=go to the light

HD=happy dog (no manners)

HDT=happy dog tail (broken tail from slamming it on the walls or in the kennel)

WIWGN=wish it would go now

MC=mean cat

OOCK=out of control kids

CRS=can't read sign (yapping on cell phone in the exam room)

And I have others at work

Fuzzy

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Specializes in Neuro, Cardiology, ICU, Med/Surg.

Sorry for the double post... for some reason, when I post replies on my blackberry, I don't get any feedback that the post actually happened.... it just kind of sits there in limbo.:imbar

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I currently work in a pain management office, and we often have to dismiss patients for various reasons. These things could range from a "dirty" u/a to "doctor shopping." Well, if we know ahead of time that we'll be dismissing someone, a post-it note is put on the chart with the following tag:

DOADNPGDNC200

Dismiss On Arrival Do Not Pass Go Do Not Collect 200 (dollars)

Hey, it works for us!

Oh, and we have a habit of putting a drawing of an eye on a post-it if we're watching the patient because we have a suspicion of them doing something illegal.

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