Funny Sign In Slips

mhull · Oct 21, 2004

I had a patient this morning that the triage nurse though was so funny, she had wrote, "I feel like every bone in my bone is giving birth"......OUCH!!!

laurakoko · Oct 21, 2004

slip read- "I got sugar today"

She had diabetes, and meant her blood sugar was elevated....:chuckle

Carotid · Oct 23, 2004

somethin's always up with those, "i just want to talk to the doctor" c/o. 9 times out of 10 it's been those daggum rectal f/b from slippin' out of the bath tub.

newfloridaRN · Oct 23, 2004

"barfing diarrhea" :chuckle

veetach · Oct 25, 2004

here are a few that come to mind. Sometimes our triage nurses have to be experts at keeping a straight face too.

"glubber prumbles" (gallbladder problems)

"stomack ake"

"I am her to have my told checkd" (I still dont know what this was, the patient had abdominal pain)

I could add to this list daily. lol

missmercy · Oct 25, 2004

I once had a slip that said "Has questions about enlargement".
When we called him into triage he stated that his girlfriend told him that his member was too small and that he wanted to talk to a doctor about getting a penile implant. :rotfl:

I guess that COULD be considered an emergency -- depends on who you talk to!:rotfl:

missmercy · Oct 25, 2004

As a camp nurse -- was on duty for a teen snow camp -- Kid walks into my office and announces that he had been out on the sledding hill, took a jump and "passed away" at the bottom of the hill. Turns out he wasn't dead after all (SURPRIZE!) had been momentarily unconscious.... OH!! PASSED OUT at the bottom of the hill!!!! :rolleyes:

Another good camp one -- was when the kid came in with an "itchy thing" -- tried to get some more detailed description -- found out the "itchy thing" was caused by poison ivy on an appendage that shouldn't have been out in the woods!!! (Actually, had Poison ivy on his backside too -- was on a hike -- had to relieve himself and used leaves to clean up -- OOPS! Wrong leaves!!) :rolleyes:

traumakimmy · Oct 27, 2004

rectal humor is always funny.

my personal fav. "i got out of the shower and got hungry. it was early and no one else was up so i snuck outside and slipped in the garden and that is how the zucchini got stuck up there"

another classic was a man in his 70's said he was at work and developed diarrhea. so not wanting to leave work decided to stick a lightbulb (big end first) into his bum so that he could finish his shift. after the xray he decided to sign out AMA. we all thought he'd be back within hours "but" he never did.

traumakimmy · Oct 27, 2004

c/o ran out of cudamin and azzburn

Trauma-tizedRN · Nov 2, 2004

Got a shifty head atake.

Hmmmm....not sure...thought maybe headache, head pain of some sort.....

Nope. No pain. Just felt dizzy. Said he felt he was "having attacks where is head felt shifting all around"

trjpw · Nov 4, 2004

rectal humor is always funny.
my personal fav. "i got out of the shower and got hungry. it was early and no one else was up so i snuck outside and slipped in the garden and that is how the zucchini got stuck up there"
another classic was a man in his 70's said he was at work and developed diarrhea. so not wanting to leave work decided to stick a lightbulb (big end first) into his bum so that he could finish his shift. after the xray he decided to sign out AMA. we all thought he'd be back within hours "but" he never did.

Is that the light at the end of the tunnel?

flashpoint · Nov 4, 2004

This has nothing to do with the topic, but don't you love it when people try to correct you on how to pronounce meds, body parts, etc? We have a frequent flyer that is always coming in wanting pillicinnin for her sore troat and if we dare say penicillin or sore throat she gets all bent out of shape and corrects us...LOL.