My two least favorite words

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"Nurse's discretion"

Translation: we have no intention of giving you any guidance, so you're on your own, but if a family member doesn't like something you said or did, we're totally going to yell at you.

Specializes in ER/Trauma.

*squeek* *squeek* Ok, not really words but the sound a 2 month old makes who has a horridly constricted airway. Can hear 'em across the hall through the din of a busy ER. Makes my blood turn to ice...

Lab calls about a patient who has no veins - "Hemolysed specimen" :banghead: Yeah, good luck finding another vein...

"20/10" - seriously, the pain scale is out of 10. Saying "20/10" makes me think you are FOS ... especially if you're munching doritos and chugging pepsi.

Any variation of Press-Ganey/"customer satisfaction"...

I'm surprised no one has mentioned "Joint Commission" yet :stone

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Specializes in NICU.

"High maintenance"

Which translates to mean .....

I'm more important than anyone else, you should drop everything you're doing and tend to my baby NOW, even if he/she is just sleeping and looks totally content. I don't care about anyone else, I should be the top (and only) priority, for all nurses, at all times. To hell with anyone else.

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Specializes in Primary Care and ICU.

Code Blue

and

Not Flexed

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Psych.

Mandatory meeting.

Means management is gonna implement some new bright idea or yell at staff.

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hmm....one word that annoys me at times - "STAT"

A sentence that annoys me "Oh, just ask the nurse to do it."

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

Clostridium Difficile

Contact Precautions.

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

"press-gainey" or

"customer service".

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code brown

[color=#a0522d]okay, where did the all the techs go? lpns? anybody?

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Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

(work)SMARTER(not)HARDER OK I cheated it's 4 words.

Summarized to BUZZ WORDS

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"Time management."

As in, "It's possible for a CNA to take care of 12 total-care residents, including feeding 4 of them (takes about 30 minutes for each one), 3 showers, 6 of them mechanical lifts (find another CNA to help) and toileting each one every 2 hours during a shift. You just need to use time management!"

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Specializes in Med Surg, Hospice.

Active MRSA

Good, God.... does the whole world have MRSA? It sure seems like it... and I'm running the isolation ward...

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DC Foley

daily weight

contact isolation

guaiac stools

neuro checks

fluid restriction

full code (on failing to thrive elders whose ribs you're sure to crack)

psych eval

Gosh! That's a bunch and I bet I could still think of some more!

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