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?

Specializes in onc, M/S, hospice, nursing informatics.

One of the young, more naiive and cocky residents, wrote "DNR/DNI unless stops breathing for some reason other than present illness."

I can just picture us going up to him, "Mr. Jones, Mr. Jones... why are you not breathing???" :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

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"Pt's Jack Russel Terrier to bedside by pts family Q.O.D. and PRN for depression"

For a depressed trauma patient with a new spinal cord injury.

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Oh this thread is too funny

We had a 1st yr resident last year who wrote

"May only breast feed when Mom is available" so of course his nurse paged and read the order out loud to him. You could feel him blushing in his stammer.

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After RN charted, "Pt. consumed entire tray.", Pulmonology ordered "Check stool for silverware". Courtesy of my Mom.

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Specializes in Orthopedic/General Surgery.

Find those hearing aids!!!

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Specializes in acute care.
After RN charted, "Pt. consumed entire tray.", Pulmonology ordered "Check stool for silverware". Courtesy of my Mom.

:lol2:

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Specializes in Post Anesthesia.

We had a patient who's hickman cath wouldn't give a blood return so , per protocal we notified the first call resident. His solution- irrigate with 30cc gingerale! I was unable to convince him that irrigating central I.V.s with soda pop was a bad idea but nursing judgement prevailed - we ignored the order.

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Specializes in Post Anesthesia.

While working in ICU I notified the resident that my patient who was a DNR/Comfort Care Only was going downhill fast. His solution was "STAT Levophed drip- titrate to sbp>90. When I pointed out the pt's code status he told me that a SBP

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2 oz. Jim Beam Whiskey BID :cheers:

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Specializes in Staff nurse.

May begin general diet and start with mashed potatoes with brown gravy ASAP. I was a nursing student and the pt. told me the dr. wrote this order...so I checked the chart and it was there!

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"1 Liter NS, IV Push"

I am still looking for a syringe large enough for that order.

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one 12oz can of bud lite q h.s. husband will bring from home.

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