What is the dumbest order you ever read?

nursedawn67, LPN · Dec 9, 2002

Originally posted by Stargazer
Gee, I would've started calling him every hour with an update on the vital signs: "It's 5 AM, Doctor...just thought you should know the BP's still 00/00! Isn't that something? Sorry, did I wake you?"

I would have too! :roll :roll

Scavenger'sWife, RN · Dec 9, 2002

I have been sitting here LMAO!!!!!!!!!

My dogs think I am nutz!!!!:roll

indynurse · Dec 9, 2002

Gee, I would've started calling him every hour with an update on the vital signs: "It's 5 AM, Doctor...just thought you should know the BP's still 00/00! Isn't that something?

"BP, RR & HR are still the same, but I am concerned that his temp is dropping...."

Stargazer · Dec 9, 2002

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Nurse Hag · Dec 10, 2002

The weirdest order I ever got was for a 85 year old woman with a URI Temp of 101 and after the so called Doctor saw her he wrote---- Kleenex topically prn. Please!!!!!!!!!! I waited until the brillant mind was off duty and got a ATB. :roll

MPHkatie · Dec 10, 2002

We get new residents once q month in my ER - so you can imagine. My fav's are not the screwy tylenol IV, etc but these gems:

Please place pt in room for pelvic exam (no the RN was going to set ehr up right there in Hall D.)

Please bring pt ice water stat....

Please put pt in a gown (Pt was a 21 yr old, alert oriented person with leg pain, but MD could not tell her, hey put on the gown at the bottom of the bed).....

RN always, BSN, RN · Dec 11, 2002

Originally posted by zudy
My very favorite was by one of our ER drs that saved ALL his charts from his 24 hr shift, and about 3 am would start ALL of his charting for the entire day:confused: About halfway thru, he would always fall asleep. We could always tell the point where he fell asleep, he would be writing, and then there would be a long line that eventually went off the page. We would let him sleep awhile, wake him, and he would ALWAYS pretend that he wasn't REALLY sleeping. Whatever. YOu get the general picture. He was charting on a pt who came in with chest pain, and was discharged home to follow up with her cardiologist. Her cardiologist's last name started with a "K" . His last order on this sweet little lady was " pt to F/U (follow up) C (with) then he STARTED then cardiologist's name, but was only able to get the first letter out before he fell asleep:D We all asked him to be OUR PCP, and write orders on us!

This is absolutely hilarious.............................!!!!

hogan4736, BSN, RN · Dec 11, 2002

"remove pt's socks"

written by a lazy ER doc with whom I used to work

deespoohbear · Dec 11, 2002

Had a patient who was about 8 hours post op from a bilateral hernia repair. Pt hadn't been able to void except for a very scant amount of urine (20?cc's, maybe). I called the surgeon and told him. He said that if he hadn't voided in 2 hours, to straight cath him. I went to write the order, and I wrote: If pt does not void in 2 YEARS, straight cath. :eek: :eek: :chair: I about peed my pants when I saw what I had written. He probaly would have gotten a tad miserable by that point..

Furball · Dec 11, 2002

haha

That one reminds me of an order for some kind of ointment which I can't recall at this moment, but the order read apply bid for 10 years instead of 10 days....

hardy har har

Enright · Dec 11, 2002

On a rehab unit I worked, The day charge wrote we should document "nature of flatus" on all patients.

Stargazer · Dec 11, 2002

Originally posted by Enright
On a rehab unit I worked, The day charge wrote we should document "nature of flatus" on all patients.

Oh, dear. Did you get out the thesaurus and start looking up synonyms for "explosive" and "musical" and "silent-but-deadly"? :chuckle