Admitting Diagnosis

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Our admitting department keys in the admitting diagnosis. Often they are misspelled, but when I went to put this pts orders into the computer, I just about fell off my chair.

"Hairy orbital cellulitis"

Anyone else with wierd ones?

2 from ortho trauma:

pre-op: MPAH (man punted across highway) for MVA w/ multiple fractures

post-op BBMF (bones broke, me fixed)

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I got a chuckle from an H&P for a patient with CHF & a Lasix drip that the transcriptionist listed under Plan of Care to "continue to monitor eyes & nose".

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Specializes in RETIRED Cath Lab/Cardiology/Radiology.

My bil used to work as a nite ER admitting clerk, and told us he'd seen one written up as:

"pre-infarted angina."

:D :D :D

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Our unit clerk is a super anal retentive person. Sometimes we rearrage her rows of pens (black, red and highlighters when she leaves her desk, just to see how long it takes her to see it....or mix her small paperclips in with her large ones. It's all done out of love...

Anyway she called admitting because a dx: of "rectal fissure" was heard incorrectly and typed up on paperwork as "rectal seizure".

She asked, what's a rectal seizure....."I told her it's what happens to you when we rearrage your pens!" :chuckle

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Eurosepsis

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I work in LTC, but I think this d/x began with the unit secretary in the hosp. where the pt. was discharged: mixed edema. When she got to our facility nobody even questioned it. However, she was admitted to the hosp. for non-compliance with taking hypothyroid meds...

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Specializes in Psych.

acute spychosis

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Specializes in Neuro, Acute, Geriatrics, Rehab, Oncology.

As a new nurse I ran a chart to the Charge nurse to figure out the order that was just written : TW an then a check mark. The CN said "Oh thats a uroltogy consult" I could not figure out HOW. She told me it was his MDs shorthand for tallywhacker check!

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Specializes in Psych.
As a new nurse I ran a chart to the Charge nurse to figure out the order that was just written : TW an then a check mark. The CN said "Oh thats a uroltogy consult" I could not figure out HOW. She told me it was his MDs shorthand for tallywhacker check!

:roll :roll :roll :roll :uhoh3:

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We had a couple of good ones come through our ER.

Our admitting clerk typed "laceration to index finger from a fart" instead of raft.

One of our docs used DIM on one admitting diagnosis...didn't have a clue what it was until someone said "Doctor is mystified":chuckle

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Specializes in Neuro/Ortho/Med-Surg ICU.

One of the EMTs helping in triage typed "elevated billy rubin" on a 2 day old. Its been his nickname ever since!

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I ran into my fair share of doctors who wrote inappropriate things in charts. One new one wrote Pain in the A** for a patient with hemorrhoids. The very same one who wrote "Stopped breathing" on a death certificate.

I wonder whether that particular doc got his qualification from a box of Cheerios.

My apologies...... that was ugly. ;) Hehehehe

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