Hospital Bloopers

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Specializes in NICU.

Did you write these on your charts???

1. The patient refused autopsy.

2. The patient has no previous history of suicides.

3. Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.

4. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.

5. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

6. On the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared.

7. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

8. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.

9. Discharge status: alive but without permission

10. Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

11. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.

12. She is numb from her toes down.

13. While in er, she was examined, x-rated and sent home.

14. The skin was moist and dry.

15. Occasional, constant infrequent headaches.

16. Patient was alert and unresponsive.

17. Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid

18. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.

19. I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.

20. Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.

21. Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.

22. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

23. Skin: somewhat pale but present.

24. The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.

25. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.

thanks, that was beautiful. I havent laughed that hard in a long time

I think I'm gonna share these with my students in documentation class!! TFS

Specializes in NICU.

Funny,huh!:chuckle

thanks, that was beautiful. I havent laughed that hard in a long time
Specializes in NICU.

Yeah,let them not do same mistakes that other Doctors or Nurses do!:chuckle

:rotfl: I think I'm gonna share these with my students in documentation class!! TFS

I can TOTALLY relate to the teenage one :uhoh3:

I can't forget that time I was hooking up some IV Rifampin. I forgot to close the line after priming and red medicine ended up on the floor. What a koolaid stain. I think the red stain is still there. Glad they didn't charge me for it. LOL

Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry/PCU, SNF.

One once wrote, "call me for a stable arrhythmia" :confused:

so the consensus was to call him for asystole...whcih BTW, never happened.

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