Nurse Slang Yo!

[ladysushi]

So this morning, after my alarm clock rudely woke me up (so ruuuuude ) , I engaged in my terrible terrible habit of getting on facebook immediately after shutting my alarm off on my phone. I am friends with a few nursing students and they are always posting funny little nursey articles. Well this morning, one of my nursing student friends left a link to a pretty funny article that discussed the different slang used by nurses at work.They had it set up in a dictionary format, where they would use the words in a sentence as an example. As a dorky, overly excited pre-nursing student, I found them hilarious!

My fave was "PITA" which stood for Pain in the orifice.

Such as There is a PITA in room 9, just to let you know.

So I wanted everyone to share some of their "Nurse Slang" they may use daily or have heard before.

Thanks!

[AcuteHD]

What is posted on a nursing message board may be wishful thinking or just facetiousness as opposed true happenings in reality...

...Facetiousness & humor is often necessary when working in the all too serious world of nursing. Sometimes you have to laugh to be able to handle the tragedy and loss that is witnessed.

Cool that you were able to use this word, without sounding forced, on two seperate threads in two days. No sarcasim intended, in case it sounds iffy.

[Farawyn]

Cool that you were able to use this word, without sounding forced, on two seperate threads in two days. No sarcasim intended, in case it sounds iffy.

sarcasm

You can do it, you just can't spell it.

[AcuteHD]

sarcasm

You can do it, you just can't spell it.

Dang, that doesn't look right, but Google says it is. Ugh.

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Cool that you were able to use this word, without sounding forced, on two seperate threads in two days. No sarcasim intended, in case it sounds iffy.

sarcasm

You can do it, you just can't spell it.

Hey Far, need any backup? Because, um, it's separate, not seperate.

(Pet peeve- that is one of the words on my list that I hate to see misspelled. Sorry, Acute)

[AcuteHD]

....Sorry, Acute

LOL. I'm getting used to it.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

What a great attitud that gives confidence to potential patients to undergo a surgery... The patients are healed and that's just what they need. Why would they complain because they won't know it if it happens when they're under or they won't remember it?? A professional attitud is way too much to ask from professionals they need to trust,I guess

I'm sorry your sense of humor is on the fritz. Please come back and join us when it gets better.

[Farawyn]

Hey Far, need any backup? Because, um, it's separate, not seperate.

(Pet peeve- that is one of the words on my list that I hate to see misspelled. Sorry, Acute)

I missed that one, Thanks Rosie.

I love that Acute Googled "sarcasm", and cops to it. Good sport.

[AcuteHD]

That's why I only chart either 'access visible' or 'patient alert' Those I can spell.

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Wunce I cood not spel "trakter-trayeler Truk-Dryverr", and now I are wun.

[Kalohen89]

BIBA- brought in by ambulance

Going to check the weather- smoke break

The COW is out of the paddock- computer on wheels is missing

[my_jenni]

In Adult psych, we call the Benadryl 50/Haldol 5/Ativan 2 cocktail a B52 (as in the bomber; strong mix of sedating meds!) We also have the malingerers posing as psychotic, which we call Psychosis FOS (Full Of ****)

[JaneS, BSN, RN]

Having read all the comments in this thread, I will offer two that have not yet been suggested:

Failure to Fly = a kid that fell from something he shouldn't have been on and got hurt enough to need to come in (not used for serious injuries like falling from a second story window, etc.)

Tubed, Tamed, and Tied = a patient that is ventilated, sedated/paralyzed, and restrained.