How NOT to Write an Incident Report

[CloverPark, BSN, RN]

I just had to share this... So I work night shift, and early this morning I had a patient fall (ugh). It was really hectic this morning, so I didn't get a chance to read what she wrote in her incident report until after she had left. I couldn't believe she actually wrote what she did, and I had a good laugh, but wished I had seen it earlier to have her rewrite it. Anyways, here is what it said:

"...Patient was on the floor on her hands and knees, in doggie style position, when I found her..."

I don't know what she was thinking!

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

"...Patient was on the floor on her hands and knees, in doggie style position, when I found her..."

Well, for better or worse, the majority of people get a mental picture of how the pt was found.

[Davey Do]

"...Patient was on the floor on her hands and knees, in doggie style position..."

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[Elfriede]

Adults only ?!?

[WalterWho]

O. M. G. Becky...

[NurseCard, ADN]

Bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yay....

[guest1048932]

Ah yes, I think someone has to talk with her and remind her that one should never use sex positions when filling out incident reports! Otherwise, reading her incident reports might become a bit like reading the Kamasutra!

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

WOW! And I thought it was bad when a colleague charted that his patient "grabbed me by the nuts."

[MECO28, BSN, RN]

Oh man. That beats the note I saw that described in graphic detail, a patient’s abdominal pain d/t constipation, the bowel regimen given, and ended with this gem: “Patient felt better after having large bowel movement, however the b.m was so large it got stuck when flushed, necessitating a call to maintenance”.

[bananas1]

Haha so I can't beat that BUT thought this incident report was quite good, we have a book of 'nursing humour' and this was stuck in it.

[CalicoKitty, BSN, MSN, RN]

On 2/19/2019 at 12:52 AM, MECO28 said:

Oh man. That beats the note I saw that described in graphic detail, a patient’s abdominal pain d/t constipation, the bowel regimen given, and ended with this gem: “Patient felt better after having large bowel movement, however the b.m was so large it got stuck when flushed, necessitating a call to maintenance”.

So, one clogged pipe led to another clogged pipe.

[GenieToBe]

This was seen charted during the evening shift by a former colleague of mine.

"Patient c/o numb and cold balls. Given hot pack to make it less cold and numb."