Common nicknames for hospital items.

[LifesAJourney]

Just wanted to see if the nicknames we call certain items are the same names you guys call them lol. I work in the midwestern region.

Examples include:

1.) "Bubblier" for humidifier

2.) "Ice pack" for the polar pack and the original ice pack

3.) "Patches" for tele electrodes

4.) "Stickers" for labels

5.) "Booties" for spenco boots

6.) "Christmas tree" for O2 connector

That is all I can think of at the moment. Feel free to add to the list. I am looking forward to seeing new nicknames I haven't heard before :)

[ShortFuse_LPN, LPN]

Brown Bomb=prune juice, orange juice, and 7 Up/Sprite

[footballrn]

vitamin "P" for propofol

code brown for a bowel movement

[LongislandRN23]

HIV positive patient we say they "have a house in Virginia" when giving report, vitamin h for haldol vitamin a for Ativan, a&0x -10 for someone very confused, there's more but can't remember off the top of my head

[footballrn]

in the o.r. urologists are p**s heads,

orthopedists are bone heads

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Confused patient who talks a lot but never makes sense--they have 'verbal-salad'.

[TerraRemagen]

An oxygen H-tank is called a "Pickle". The E-tank is a "gherkin".

[jacksonvillelpn]

Depending on the doctor, the cream containing Ativan, Benedryl and Haldol is either ABH, BAH, or HAB. I just call it Happy Cream. Seroquel, or quetiapine is Quiet Time, and Xanax is Vitamin X. Can you tell I work in the dementia unit?

[Christy1019, ASN, RN]

Depending on the doctor, the cream containing Ativan, Benedryl and Haldol is either ABH, BAH, or HAB. I just call it Happy Cream. Seroquel, or quetiapine is Quiet Time, and Xanax is Vitamin X. Can you tell I work in the dementia unit?

I had no clue that stuff came in a cream!!

[lacusc93-1]

Jackson Juice

[Caitlin23]

typo..

[calivianya, BSN, RN]

042 for HIV

The Florida Room for the morgue

IVCC booties for SCDs... still haven't figured out what IVCC stands for, but we do get some confused looks from patients when a nurse says, "I need some booties in here!"

The Carwash - when you slop soapy water all over the patient and the linens and give a real scrub down, usually reserved for particularly stinky vent patients

We use the Jelco brand IV Cath, so we just ask for an 18g Jelco

And what do you all call it when you stick a patient's finger to find a glucose level? I have heard CBG, BG, BS, fingerstick...

[caroladybelle, BSN, RN]

Dexistick for a fingerstick glucose.