Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

nurse2002 · Mar 7, 2003

I think the best one ive ever seen was on a med surg floor. The pt was confused and pulling out tubes. The order said "Do not restrain, do not let pt pull out IV". I just dont understand......................lol.

Nadine RN · Mar 7, 2003

Transcribed by ward clerk:

Baloney amputation

What the doc said:

Below the knee amputation

Sleepyeyes · Mar 7, 2003

Originally posted by Nadine RN
Transcribed by ward clerk:
Baloney amputation

What the doc said:
Below the knee amputation

:rotfl: BWAAAHAHAHAHA!!! :rotfl:

yes, yes, cut out that baloney RIGHTNOW!! (wonder if it was elective sx???)

Nadine RN · Mar 11, 2003

I don't think any male patient would elect to have their baloney amputated...

: )

spot · Mar 11, 2003

"ASS 325 qd" obviously should have been "ASA 325 qd"

MandyInMS · Mar 11, 2003

Not an order..but read this progress note other day for a 68 y/o pt being discharged who had complainted of erectile disfunction.

::: Will order Viagra upon discharge @ pt request and unleash him on society:::

I'm still gigglin'

Nadine RN · Mar 12, 2003

Thank heavens SOME dotors have a sense of humour!

ekgqueen · Mar 13, 2003

wrote by pmr: PPJ

(push prune juice)

Tinkertots · Mar 15, 2003

One of my favorites I see way too often:

Physical Therapy for progressive ambulation on pts (yes, I see it often) who have been paraplegic or quads for years

CTalmadge · Mar 16, 2003

May ambulate PRN, this was in a chart of a resident that was w/c bound and could not stand.

rebeccajs · Mar 16, 2003

A teaching hospital where I worked, one of the foriegn residents wrote "eyes and nose q shift". We all laughed for days over that one.

Cooker93 · Mar 18, 2003

This wasn't an order but a return to the nursing home diagnosis-CATARACTS - probably caused by an impaction. I want this Doctor to see what's wrong with me...NOT!!!:chuckle :chuckle