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 :)

[BanoraWhite]

Hippies = Hip Protector pants

Witches Hat = Toilet urine collector

"Lit up like a Christmas Tree" = A urine dipstick with everything showing on it

Kylie or Bluey = Blue under pad for the bed

Butterfly = Tape holding pt's catheter tube to their leg

Molly = Continence pad

[GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

Molly = Continence pad

Honest I never heard it call Molly before, 2/Funny

[resalcedo]

Vitamin M for Melatonin, Michaels Milk for propofol, brown cow for milk of magnesia and prune juice

[sapphire18]

Hippies = Hip Protector pants

Witches Hat = Toilet urine collector

"Lit up like a Christmas Tree" = A urine dipstick with everything showing on it

Kylie or Bluey = Blue under pad for the bed

Butterfly = Tape holding pt's catheter tube to their leg

Molly = Continence pad

Huh?? Molly=straight ecstasy (mdma) where I'm from, lol.

[JenRnCheaib]

uggs -rooke boots

[JenRnCheaib]

We always use this one!

[SaoirseRN]

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

Same here with ours, except we like our COWs, so they all have nametags that say things like "Buttercup" and "Bessie" on them.

[SaoirseRN]

At the nursing home where I work, we call a fall a "change of surface".

We've been known to call this "floor-seeking behaviour"

[GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

Huh?? Molly=straight ecstasy (mdma) where I'm from, lol.

Things that make you go Hmmm

[Christy1019, ASN, RN]

B52 is 2mg ativan + 5mg haldol IM

Coochie cocktail is 1g azithromycin powder po + ceftriaxone IM

GI cocktail is maalox + viscous lidocaine po

M hut is mental health treatment area

Credo is our frequent fliers

[bbaileyRN]

B52 is 2mg ativan + 5mg haldol IM

Coochie cocktail is 1g azithromycin powder po + ceftriaxone IM

GI cocktail is maalox + viscous lidocaine po

M hut is mental health treatment area

Credo is our frequent fliers

I can honestly say that I've NEVER heard of a coochie cocktail before! Hahaha!!! That's hilarious!

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

B52 is 2mg ativan + 5mg haldol IM

Coochie cocktail is 1g azithromycin powder po + ceftriaxone IM

GI cocktail is maalox + viscous lidocaine po

M hut is mental health treatment area

Credo is our frequent fliers

coochie cocktail....