ETOHer...(and other slang)

[Emergent, RN]

I was talking to my farmer friend, and told him about the term ETOHer. There is other inside slang in our profession, such as Code Brown, Frequent Flyer, Drug Seeker, etc...

What's your favorite? Some of these are regional of course.

[CalicoKitty, BSN, MSN, RN]

I use the "xyz Special" to describe the lovely pressure injuries from an local facility that does trach-vent patients. 

I used to consider some patients "AAOx4 and a half" because they can be so .. uh.. extra....

[T-Bird78]

PITA. Pain in the a—

Buy one get one free (when multiple pts have an appt together and demand to be in the same exam room at the same time)

[Davey Do]

While giving report, I once mentioned that a patient looked "rode hard and put away wet" and the receiving nurse inquired to the meaning, which basically refers to horses which are not properly cooled down after strenuous exercise. They look bad and the situation can be life threatening.

I'm sure you know that one, eh, Emergent?

Old Farmers are the best for folk-philosophical comebacks. For example, I shared a small success with one Farmer, and he replied, "Even a blind sow can find an acorn now & then".

One folk philosophical observation made by an old Farmer occurred after we watched a dog mark his territory.

"Just like a dog", he said, "If ya can't eat it or (fornicate) it, (urinate) on it!"

It loses a little punch in the cleaned-up version.

 

[JBMmom, MSN, NP]

It's certainly not particular to our profession, but one of my coworkers often refers to a couple other coworkers as "useless as tits on a bull". 

When we have patients that are basically dead on the ventilator, when giving report and running through drips we'll say "they're sedated by Jesus", which just means no sedation is running.

For patients that we're having trouble weaning off the ventilator we say that "today is pull it and pray day". 

 

[MelEpiRN]

I hate the term 'expired'. Food expires. I prefer to use 'celestial discharge'. ?

[heron, ASN, RN]

Hospital gown = “johnny”

Likely brain-dead survivor of repeated and prolonged resuscitation = “heart-lung prep”

Frequent flyer = “turkey” as in “the turkey flies again” Related: busy night after welfare and disability checks drop: “the eagle flies again”

All of these from my days at a city public hospital in the early 70s.

[ViolettaCCU, MSN]

Fantastic! A couple of these I've never heard before and quite a few gave me a chuckle! We call the celestial demise as "going to heaven" and when there is a rush of cranies, traumas, colectomies, etc - we call it the Blue Light Special of "buy one get one free". And of course, "we keep knocking but no one is home" - you know what I mean! And then there is the "coming to Jesus" talk that must happen when the family needs to make decisions. I also have used nouns as verbs, too such as the patient is lovenoxed, mepilexed, and the DKA-er, and I'm sure I'll think of more!

[JBMmom, MSN, NP]

Oh yeah, the life saving coccyx mepilex is "the booty cushion".  ?

[Emergent, RN]

Discharged to the Eternal Care Unit...

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

I like the acronyms, like FOF (found on floor) and LOL (little old lady). PITA (pain in the orifice). FOS (full of ‘stuff’)Syndrome. HHH enema—for the young nurses that’s High, Hot and Helluva Lot. CTD=circling the drain. There are zillions of others I could think of if I weren’t tired out from dealing with a couple of teenage boys, who are both on the autism spectrum and have behavior problems, all day and well into the night. I raised my children, now I am old and definitely NOT thrilled about watching my grandson and his friend act like kids half their ages. Good night. Haha!

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

CCFCCP= coo coo for coco puffs. We had a Dr that used to write this occasionally as a dx, when they were definitely in that category. We all know the pt