Altitude vigil: wean the vent and see if they fly. Buff and Fluff: Bath and linen change. Instant replay: Repeat admission just after being discharged.
Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
New england....a Bubbler is the water fountain. It's a stretcher not a gurney. It's a Johnnie not a patient gown. It not a "christmas tree" (I'm originally from the midwest) but a nipple connector. It Guaiac not hemoccult. It's a mucous trap not Luki tube (sputum spec. for a vented patient). The Au Pair is the baby sitter. It's soda not Pop, a float not milk shake, and Jimmies not sprinkles.
Triple H enema (high hot and a heckof a lot) and Banana Bags(IV MVI/folate?Mg detox bags). We have Vitamin H, Vitamin V and Vitamin A. We have positive samsonite signs (comes with luggage) and DBQ (dirt bag quotient).
GI cocktail green or pink. (maalox/viscous lido/belladonna (green) or phenobarb (pink)
It's a bit tangential to the topic, but I remember back 30 years ago when I was a nurses' aide, the nursing home I worked in had "nourishments" before the residents went to bed. It has always been a pet peeve of mine when people use pretentious language when simpler words would do--it's a SNACK, not "nourishment" also, out of curiosity, how many different terms for "nurse's aide" are in use around the country? One of my faces is "Patient Care Technician"' which sounds like they should be carrying around a toolbox with screwdrivers and foley cath bags.
I'm a CNA and a nurse (trying not to laugh) recently asked me to go into a room and ask the older gentleman if he would like to "Use the ducky"
I blinked twice and did as requested (not sure if I was about to play into some larger joke), I'm glad he said no because it took me a while to figure out that it meant the handhelp urinal. It's not a common nickname in the hospital but was appaerently the term of choice for this guy's assisted living. We then discussed how we might be able to decorate one such that it indeed looked like a ducky...
Yay, glad to see some other places use the christmas tree tern too haha! We also say chucks and big boy/girl beds. Sometimes with the oximizer, the patients refers to it as a "mustache."
applewhitern, BSN, RN
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Altitude vigil: wean the vent and see if they fly. Buff and Fluff: Bath and linen change. Instant replay: Repeat admission just after being discharged.