Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

[JEHORAPHA]

Ever searched in a patients' room for what you thought she said she needed to "watch her pocketbook" , she staring at you and you staring at her. Then finally saying, mam what color is your pocketbook because I don't see a pocket book here. Only to have her say, no get my washtub out of the drawer, my washcloth and soap. I always like to wash my pocketbook before I go anywhere. Especially down for tests. And close that curtain, too. Then you say, Oh.

[dukeRN]

Most recently I heard a middle aged woman refer to her lady parts as her "flower"; Hoohah and cooter apparantly are very popular terms at my hospital, even among nurses! One of our HUCs circulated an email with hundreds of things to call it, the most memorable being the pink taco, boy in a canoo and fetus flaps. I tell you, people can think of some creative things!

The funniest thing I have heard from a (twenty something) man was to call his genitals "big Jim and the twins" and when I stared at him like I was clueless, he motioned down at his groin and stated "You know, my boys". I just about bit my tongue off trying not to laugh. :chuckle

[dukeRN]

Just remembered something my grandmother asked when my aunt, who had severe endometriosis and was also infertile, was in the hospital recovering from a hysterectomy. We were visiting with her in the room, grandparents, my uncle, and my mom and I, and my grandmother says to my aunt and uncle "so, will you be able to have children now?". All of stared at her in silence, just stunned. I just started laughing (if you knew my grandma, you would understand, and come on guys, it's my family not a patient, it's gotta be allowed!) and my mother exclaimed "God Mom, do you even understand your own body, I mean you are a woman!" Grandma, offering no apologies, replied "No, I don't really understand it." My grandfather, who is a crabby old Sicilian man, sounding exasperated, stated sarcastically "Well, you know, she only had four children." So, of course, I calmed down, drew a little picture, and game grandma a little lesson on the female anatomy. She also didn't know that the lady parts and urethra were different "holes". Bless her heart, people just didn't know their bodies back them I guess, they just left it to the doctors, and did what they were told. But my mom and I still laugh about it, every time grandma says or does something noteable.

[MNlpn]

I had to insert a foley into a woman one nite. Being a male nurse, I had a female CNA with me to assist. As I was getting the patient prepped she turned to the CNA and said, " He aint gonna hurt my kitty cat is he?" OMG, I about lost it right then and there, I felt (and am sure I was) about 10 shades of red!!!:imbar

[MNlpn]

Most recently I heard a middle aged woman refer to her lady parts as her "flower"; Hoohah and cooter apparantly are very popular terms at my hospital, even among nurses! One of our HUCs circulated an email with hundreds of things to call it, the most memorable being the pink taco, boy in a canoo and fetus flaps. I tell you, people can think of some creative things!

The funniest thing I have heard from a (twenty something) man was to call his genitals "big Jim and the twins" and when I stared at him like I was clueless, he motioned down at his groin and stated "You know, my boys". I just about bit my tongue off trying not to laugh. :chuckle

How 'bout "Twig and berries":roll

[MNlpn]

One more.......I worked LTC years back, I had this little old gal who was 98 at the time and quite big breasted. She would always refer to them as "the old milk bags"

[ReinventingMyselfAgain, MSN, RN]

how 'bout "twig and berries":roll

franks and beans, franks and beans!!!!

warren, from there's something about mary

[HisTreasure, BSN, RN]

Yin Yang and Feng Shuey (spelling). I was telling my friend about this thread and she said her boyfriend once asked her [well that's not important, and it wouldn't be allowed by the moderators anyway] not to hurt his Yin and Yang. He refers to the big boy as his Feng Shuey...evening it all out! THAT is creative!

[Chaya, ASN, RN]

When my son was about two, he pointed to his testicles and said "they look like badoons" Translation "balloons". We called them balloons from then on.

I'll never look at "badoons" in quite the same way again!:chuckle :roll

[StudentC]

OMG! This thread has me ROTFL.

Just had an elderly patient who kept telling me their wee-wee needed to pee-pee. Then I had to try to explain the foley...

[nanmad]

My favorite response by a petient was his "twig and berries".

[applesRN]

This one's already been mentioned, but here it is anyway.

Monkey.

Ok, if that's not bad enough, but then she said- if only I had a pole for it to swing on! She was 80!

Anyone hear poop called 'boom boom' or boo boo? This is what the CNA's here call it!

[pie]

Coochie. She was old and she said when they were first married, her husband used to say "coochie coochie coo". Thought I would die laughing before I got out of the room!!