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!
We have a resident Dr. Dumm....and Dr.Tickle.....an OB-GYN Dr. Bush....Allergist Dr. Thrush....We also had a resident Dr. Yonker...which we got a kick out of because here we call our Yankauer's ...Yonker's....Surgeon Dr. Lim....and....drum roll please....Dr. Nutt psychiatrist.....haha.....swear it's true!!!
We have a resident Dr. Dumm....and Dr.Tickle.....an OB-GYN Dr. Bush....Allergist Dr. Thrush....We also had a resident Dr. Yonker...which we got a kick out of because here we call our Yankauer's ...Yonker's....Surgeon Dr. Lim....and....drum roll please....Dr. Nutt psychiatrist.....haha.....swear it's true!
We have a doctor in Obs and Gynae from Czechoslovakia called Svab,pronounced as' swab!'
working in london, most hospitals are staffed by a very diverse multi-ethnic mix of nurses from far-off lands. unfortunately (for them) nurses' names can cause amusement for hospital staff.
i remember once working with a nurse called candida and on another occasion a nurse called malena. i was just hoping that during handover there were no patients with thrush and bloody stools... that would have been too much...
Specializes in cardiac/critical care/ informatics.
No Kidding had a patient named oral cox that is the spelling we thought it was a joke when we called the surgeon and said he was consulted he thought we were joking. took some convincing so he would come see the patient.
I had an OB/GYN named "Dr. Richard Pees" at Hershey Med Center - he went by Dick, though. Why he chose the nickname he did with that last name, I don't understand...also, maybe he should have been a urologist. ?
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RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN
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I love it!