we too have "sliders" -although I like to add a little apple juice to improve the MOM, prune juice and margarine. I suppose this could be a gourmet slider?
A "slug" is a patient who acts like one when otherwise capable of actually moving.
i went to school in the east and worked in the west for 15 years. then i came back. guerneys went back to being stretchers, patient gowns went back to being johnnies. dmis went back to being imis. or maybe i have that backwards.
on the west coast, it's an-jih-nuh; in new england it's an-jye-nah. i got funny looks on both coasts until i adapted to the local pronunciation, so i got to the point where i would say, "it's an-jih-nuh or an-jye-nah, depending on whether your doctor went to stanford or harvard."
if it's ice cream and milk all whipped up in the blender it's a frappe, not a milkshake, if you're in new england. and it's jimmies, not sprinkles, on your sundae.
it's not coffee milk, it's a cabinet, if you're in rhode island.
I am really enjoying this thread, and it reminded me how obscure our nursing jargon can be to laypeople (except those who watch medical shows on tv;) ). "I need a PRN of ASA QID for my COPD patient--ASAP!!!" Alphabet soup!
We had to stop calling our computers on wheels "COWS" because some visitor got offended and complained because she heard "Get that COW out of the hallway" LMAO....now they're WOWs, workstations on wheels...how upscale
We had to stop calling our computers on wheels "COWS" because some visitor got offended and complained because she heard "Get that COW out of the hallway" LMAO....now they're WOWs, workstations on wheels...how upscale
that's what my pt. in gi use to say.
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we too have "sliders" -although I like to add a little apple juice to improve the MOM, prune juice and margarine. I suppose this could be a gourmet slider?
A "slug" is a patient who acts like one when otherwise capable of actually moving.
"celestial discharge" (self-explanatory)
many patients find "hat" a humorous term.
I'm sure there are more...