Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

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To start things off, the best and funniest order I have seen on a chart, was in the discharge instructions for a trauma patient. It read simply

Darwin Consult

and was signed by the resident. Well the attending did laugh, but it was not the highpoint of that residents day.

so do you have more?

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'

lol, thats funny..

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OMG....destined to be a classic...:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

To funny,lollol

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These threads to funny, busting a thread in my belly, Thanks I needed a good laugh :chuckle

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Give Pt red jello that wiggles Stat!!

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Specializes in ER/ ICU.

Tazer therapy prn

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FTD PBBS-fixing to die pine box at bedside

B pneumonectomy - Yah, now I know why she'd SOB (should have read ®

HHH for the enemas

give pt box of tissues-for cold sx (I didn't want an antibiotic, just maybe some claritin and robitussin)

An order for ceptra-finally realized he'd ment Septra

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A nurse on the OB floor reviewing notes saw this on a chart:

student nurse writes: Breasts engorged and lactating. Encouraged to breastfeed newborn.

Nurse questions the student nurse in front of the whole group and decides to "punish" student nurse. Turns out that the patient on the chart was one of the few ones on the floor in for a D&C.

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Specializes in ortho/neuro/general surgery.

Nurse questions the student nurse in front of the whole group and decides to "punish" student nurse. Turns out that the patient on the chart was one of the few ones on the floor in for a D&C.

nice

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"Please transfer patient to a smart nurse."

Boy, did he get in trouble for that one! :doh:

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Specializes in med surg.

I hope it was just a long night for the resident...

Male came in with an abscess on his left leg with a hx of diabetes. The resident wrote on the orders:

CNS of left leg.

And all i could think was...what does the central nervous system have to do with this? And this I realized she should have written

C & S of left leg for culture and sensitivity.

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Specializes in med surg.
When I was active duty in the USAF (many moons ago) we all pulled a rotation in the ER. We got the usual real injuries and the usual whackos....but on one chart or one of the whacko visits the MOD (medical officer of the day) was so frustrated with the numerous visits that he carved the shape of a turkey in the erasor tip of a pencil and stamped the man's chart with it (in the corner) after he did his usual discharge note. We all laughed but wondered if he would get in trouble for doing that. I don't think he ever did.

I'm sorry, I don't understand what the turkey part means...

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Specializes in Junior Year of BSN.

I'm guessing he was calling the patient a turkey?

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