Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

[nilepoc]

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?

[anticoagulationurse]

An elderly patient needed a note from the doc to give to her apartment superintendent to allow her to have a pet.

A prescription was written: "One cat, use as directed daily and PRN".

I photocopied it and blacked out the patient ID info and added it to my "funny pile" which I read on the bad days at work.

[grace90, LPN, LVN]

An elderly patient needed a note from the doc to give to her apartment superintendent to allow her to have a pet.

A prescription was written: "One cat, use as directed daily and PRN".

I photocopied it and blacked out the patient ID info and added it to my "funny pile" which I read on the bad days at work.

Aw, that's kinda sweet.

[ginger58, ASN, RN]

Can I ask... approved by whom? Not trying to be argumentative or anything but doesn't *sound* like a diagnosis,much less an approved one. JMO

Thank you.

Where do you work that FLK is approved??

[ginger58, ASN, RN]

I had an order for "a jigger of whiskey qhs" And how many cc's is that?????

I think 45 mLs. A jigger is an ounce and a half...if I remember correctly.

[AliRae]

I think 45 mLs. A jigger is an ounce and a half...if I remember correctly.

And ... you win for knowing that! =)

Ah, the things I never get to see in peds...

[sayrah_85]

change linen please...........

perineal hygiene please...

(that's OUCH! to nurses)

[drmorton2b]

Birthday Cake Today! qhs

[Laurel RN]

We had a real jerk of a doctor who would right things like:

Box of Kleenex to bedside STAT

[AliRae]

Oh my gosh. Just the other day we came across the funniest thing we have ever seen in a chart. Under nursing orders for a 16 year old female who had been come in after an MVA, we found a one word order. I'm not even sure if I'm allowed to say the word here, but it's a name for the *ahem* "manly parts". (And rhymes with rock.)

We collared the trauma (or was it ortho?) resident, and asked him to please explain. He turned bright red and bravely attempted to joke about it. Unfortunately his bravado failed him and he basically ran away when we asked him to clarify the order for us. Route? Dose? Frequency?

The order was quickly removed.

[mkohut_]

We Have a very humorus MD that you never know what he will write and we read for fun at times.

He was making rounds and stopped in to see a male patient that had an altered mental status (I forget the reason) but upon entering the room our good doctor discovers his mid aged male patient nude, all linens tossed off the bed and he is holding his IV tubing making a fly fishing cast motion repeatitively. MD asked what he was doing?

HIS NOTE: Visited Mr. Doe this a.m. Patient pleasantly confused sitting in bed stating he was on a fishing trip and caught one at least 2 foot long; upon assessment noted it could not possibly be more than 3 - 4 inches.

That is seriously the most hilarious thing I've ever read! THANKS:lol2:

[Agnus]

this reminds me of the order that read "Pap normal repeat in 2 weeks." I asked the doctor if he really meant this. He got very red faced and said "yea. I really like to do paps"

Poor guy.

[Katmanduuu]

I remember a Dr in Texas who got in a ton of trouble for writing "KCAB" in orders. It wasn't the order that got him in trouble, per se, but rather the 'translation'......"Keep Casket At Bedside" :trout: I'm willing to bet this yutz doesn't know the meaning of the word 'subtle'. :rotfl: