Funny Typos

I had to correct a student nurse: she was attempting to describe a wound that had purulent drainage. She called it ... er... ah...a Puss* wound!

With computerized charting I have made some interesting typographical errors that I catch when I am reviewing notes. Today I noted a patient called because of his terrible abdominal craps (instead of cramps:idea: ). Ant one else?

when I was still a "unit coodinator" (that's what it said on my badge- coodinator), a doc was in late one night writing orders. I want to take them off, and read "mri breast with contrast, r/o cva". I ran it by three nurses and they all agreed tht that was what it said. Any guesses as to what he had been staring at the entire time he was writing orders?

There is a nurse at my facility that abbreviates the term nursing assessment when charting. She writes nursing @ss. English is her second language and we've told her a few times what she's writing, but to no avail, lol.

I had to correct a student nurse: she was attempting to describe a wound that had purulent drainage. She called it ... er... ah...a Puss* wound!

in her defense how else do you spell it

... nursing @ss...

Man, I used to work with a bunch of these people when I was still doing hospital work!

While it's no typo, just wanted to throw in that I still laugh from time to time when I see "SOB".

Remember the old style incentive spirometers called the Triflo?

http://www.windsongpress.com/images/TriFlo2_sm.jpg

As the patient took a deep, steady breath, the ping-pong balls inside would bounce around and measure 500, 1000, 1500 cc in each chamber respectively.

One morning, I saw one of our docs leaning against the wall, laughing so hard he was nearly crying. The night nurse had charted her patient's attempts with his trifo :

"Patient lying in bed with two blue balls up"

Many years ago, when doctors used to dictate their admitting H & P, and a typist would type it up, I had a male patient who was admitted with severe anemia due to a prolong microscopic GI bleed. It said "Patient sought medical attention when he looked down and noticed he was male (pale). Must have been a shock. LOL

One day I finished signing my charting on the computer and realized I had written "Neutromember precautions"!!... [neutropenic]

And once I saw a doc's note that said "skin pooping"...should have been skin popping.

in her defense how else do you spell it

A wound with pus is spelled "purulent!"

when I was still a "unit coodinator" (that's what it said on my badge- coodinator), a doc was in late one night writing orders. I want to take them off, and read "mri breast with contrast, r/o cva". I ran it by three nurses and they all agreed tht that was what it said. Any guesses as to what he had been staring at the entire time he was writing orders?

Hate to say this, but in the doc's defense, if "coodinator" is written that way on your name tag, I'm wondering if he noticed that "coordinator" is spelled wrong?