An Accident and Emergency Department in Birmingham boasts a Nurse Payne
Nurse Hacker scrubs regularly in a London Operating Department
Sister De'Ath walks the corridors of a hospice in Victoria
Does Annie Beaver still work in Obstetrics in New York?
Mrs. Ake, a retired RN, was a specialist nurse in rheumatology
Kathy Foley was the head of the Catheter Insertion Team (back when they had those in the old days).
Dr Hui (pronounced "Wee") was a urologist whose wife, a nurse, worked as his office manager. Her name was Pi (pronounced "Pee"). Nurse Cox worked for a different team.
Chris Feely always favoured complementary therapies - especially therapeutic massage, while Nurse Fang was more at home with Cosmetic Surgery.
Ed worked with a nun who's last name was Fuchs. He did not know how to pronounce her name - so he asked. And he wanted to die.
Mary Slaughter could never get a post on the Surgical Unit, and Nurse Cutts was never the 'First Pick' Midwife.
Sharon Ward - when she gets promoted - will be Sr. Ward.
Not forgetting Melina, who works on a general medical ward and Nurse Nurse - she goes where she's sent!
In Australia we have a bowel specialists called Dr. Lipzhits. Really, no kidding.
When I was a kid my sister rented an apartment from people whose name was lipzshits.......they where not very nice and never wanted to make repairs and just gave her a hard time............I would come home and hear her say those lipzshits never want to fix the leak........or dam those lipzhits are cheap.....all that time I thought my sister was cursing them out never knew that was there name and despite how angry my sister was she was just saying there name aLL those years I thought my sister was curising at them never knew it was a real person name ..........LOL
Thats funny I worked for a retina specialist (ophthamologist) who name was blinder...........a lot of patient would ask me are you sure he is going to make my eyesight better...........
I had to take my dog to an ortho vet and his name is Dr. Bone ~ no joke~! We also have a Dr. Holder that is a Ob gyn. we joke with him to "go hold her, go hold her" when he has a pt in labor!!
And I am Nurse Mata. Matar is Spanish for "to kill" & introducing myself as the nurse caring for you today might make you a little nervous too if you were admitted to the LTC-Subacute Unit I work at.
Specializes in Med-Surg, , Home health, Education.
fiestynurse said:
At the University of Wisconsin Hospital there was a Dr. Doctor. When they overhead paged him they had to remember to add his first name, because if they paged just Dr. Doctor, every doctor in the hospital would respond.
Wasn't one of his kids in the olympics? I think he was a speed skater.
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A dentist named Dr. DeKay and a veterinarian named Dr. Bone. Love it!