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?

[lucyshuman]

Patient comes to the ED by ambulance after fainting episode. Apparently patient fainted when she looked at her hands and realized that they had turned blue in color. Discharge instructions written by the doctor:

1) Go home.

2) Wash your hands.

3) Next time, wash your new jeans before you wear them for the first time.

[paschick]

'Ice to balls continuous' for a trauma patient. The attending gave his residents hell for it one morning during rounds, 'Who wrote that order? That is so unprofessional, I never want to see an order like that again!' when it was the attending that wrote it.

[psalm, RN]

'Ice to balls continuous' for a trauma patient. The attending gave his residents hell for it one morning during rounds, 'Who wrote that order? That is so unprofessional, I never want to see an order like that again!' when it was the attending that wrote it.

LOL! Couldn't read his own writing?

[LPN_Michelle]

Recently I was looking through TAR for anything new on my pts (i work only weekend doubles in NH) and came across this.....

Monitor leg until clear. I lmao and called the MD at home and asked 1. which leg and 2. What exactly am I suppose to be looking for since i didnt see anything on either leg

I guess he was in a bad mood cause he answered....How the hell do I know. If it becomes invisible call me back and hung up on me.....lol

[smileedee]

On an post partum unit and some of the nurses didn't get it: "3 H enema now."

For you younger nurses that is "high, hot and a helluva lot".

[dmcgarr]

Funny or not, you decide:

Order read" Admit to M/S with PBBB"

(pine box by bedside)

[dmcgarr]

Not an order, but a transcription error that had all of us rolling:

Dictated: Patient is obese. Diet instructions given and discussed.

Transcribed: Patient is obese. Diet instructions given in disgust.

OUCH!

[elaineinmanva]

Thick socks, Coke q4hrs, back rub

[sairin8]

Um... what is so funny about IV Tylenol? I've seen it here in New Zealand (different brand names, but the same drug)

[psalm, RN]

Um... what is so funny about IV Tylenol? I've seen it here in New Zealand (different brand names, but the same drug)

I've not seen it in Michigan. Is it given IV push? What's the generic name? Very interesting...

[Not_A_Hat_Person, RN]

From the communications book: "X needs a pedicure Tuesday, please c sugar."

[sairin8]

I've not seen it in Michigan. Is it given IV push? What's the generic name? Very interesting...

The generic name in NZ (and most places outside America) is paracetamol (if you look up wikipaedia, you'll find paracetamol = acetaminophen). It comes prepackaged in a ?100ml glass bottle and I've seen it in PACU. Unfortunately I don't recall much more than that, as it was on placement. Definately paracetamol though