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 Med Surg.

80 something LOM admitted to my Med Surg unit for palliative care and nursing home placement.

Physician order read" Keep patient comfortable."

Thank you, I am glad you felt we needed an order to do that. My other 5 patients are miserable because I didnt have that order.

Doesnt that fall under nonmalefience and beneficence?:banghead:

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Specializes in Critical Care.

We just got this order the other day and had a good laugh. The order, Laculose po bid, hold for diarrhea. :lol2:

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Specializes in Burn, CCU, CTICU, Trauma, SICU, MICU.

i hate these ones. "elevate HOB to eat", "only feed when pt is fully awake", "wash hair", "trim beard and hair today", "elevate scrotum" ....

although, this was not in a chart, this was one of my very favorite things a med student did.

we had a blind patient. the poor med student made an honest mistake and really switched up "deaf" and "blind"... he wrote on a piece of paper "HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BLIND AND WHAT WAS THE CAUSE" - and held it up in front of the patient. The patient said "I'm blind, not deaf. I can not see your note..." :)

the patient asked the med student to leave the note with him and he showed the nurse who had him later. :) The patient was more concerned that this individual not be allowed to be involved in his care and orders after this mishap and I can't say that I blamed him!!

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We just got this order the other day and had a good laugh. The order, Laculose po bid, hold for diarrhea. :lol2:

This reminded me of when I worked LTC. I held a pt's routine suppository because the CNA's had informed me she had 3 large BMs that day. The ADON gave me heck because I held the suppository because there was not a Dr's order for it (to hold it). I guess I need a Dr. to tell me to hold it, I can't figure it out on my own! :banghead:

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Specializes in telemetry.

Not a funny chart order but a pharmacy error:

Actually labled and sent to our floor for Pt use...

Chloraseptic cherry throat spray:

Apply to orifice every four hours PRN severe hemorrhoids.

This was the correct med, for the correct Pt, but Rx got the route and indication all wrong!

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:bugeyes: Novorapid Insulin charted : 20 units..... ORALLY!!!!!!!!!!!
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Surgery report:

Pre-procedure: Suspected foreign object lodged in rectum. Radiology suggests may be golf ball.

Post-procedure: Foreign object removed from rectum. Sent to lab for analysis.

Lab report: Confirm foreign object is golf ball. Brand: Teitlist.

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Oncology, Psych.

Seroquel 100 mg PO Q4h PRN education!!!

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I work in a smaller hospital and last week one of the doctor's wrote this order:

Pt's dog may visit PRN

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.

I work in an ALF, and a lot of orders include abbreviations of drug brand names. One common brand, Premier Value, gets abbreviated PV. So I see a lot of orders that say "APAP PV" or "Calcium antacid PV." One said "Alcohol wipes PV." My first thought was "why do I have to give that lady partslly?"

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Specializes in Management, Emergency, Psych, Med Surg.

I also believe that one can give these alcoholics their medicine. On my med surg floor I am not there to rehab them... give them some liquor and lets get on with it. Sometimes the doctor will order beers for them and they keep the beer in the pharmacy.

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Specializes in long term care.

I work in a LTC facility and recived this order:

"Bacitracin and band aid to left side of bed Q shift"

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