Nurses' handwriting

[rph3664]

Yesterday, I received a phone order from one of the floor nurses that was totally illegible. I sent a copy of the order back to the floor with a note attached explaining that I could not read it, and received a note back saying what the order was, and that she didn't think she needed to rewrite it because we can decipher physicians' handwriting.

:angryfire

This was copied and given to our manager. I don't know what is going to happen to that nurse.

:icon_roll

[chicookie, BSN, RN]

Mine starts off nice and then by oh about 12 or so it becomes horrible.

*I* can't even read it.

[kellykelly]

I guess I don't see the need for this to be forwarded too, other than to get the nurse in trouble because of her "attitude". If our pharmacy could not read something a nurse had written (it has happened) it simply would not be filled until it was re-written and faxed. Then she'd have to re-write it.

[rph3664]

Maybe her attitude?!?

There's a great need for medication orders to be legible and understood...if she can't understand that she needed to be reported..jMo.

We call nurses all the time because we can't read something. Our orders are faxed, and it's often because there is an artifact on the fax. But that wasn't the case here.

A few years ago, a doctor who moved away soon afterwards deliberately wrote illegible orders, and refused to answer pages when we called him. :angryfire He almost lost his privileges for doing this.

[ToxicShock]

maybe it's just me, but I've always had a hard time trying to figure out if someone has an "attitude" based only on their text. Maybe she was just being facetious.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

the nurse informed you of what the order was. so, why did you feel the need to forward that to the manager? what exactly do you want to happen to her? you sound like a trouble maker. jmo

i was wondering about that, too. then i concluded that the real complaint may have been that she thought the nurse was rude to her and wanted to get the nurse into trouble. the problem with that sort of thinking, though, is that then you have a nurse (who may have just been having a bad day) angry with you. and probably her friends, too.

[twistedpupchaser]

I always thought that my handwriting was realy bad but have been complimented that although not neat is easily read. One trick that works for me and my crap writing is to find a pen that works for my style of writing. My father who has the same handwriting as me uses a caligraphy pen and his writing is very good with that pen. I dont use a caligraphy pen but use a particular shaped nub.......works for me.

[rngolfer53]

Yesterday, I received a phone order from one of the floor nurses that was totally illegible. I sent a copy of the order back to the floor with a note attached explaining that I could not read it, and received a note back saying what the order was, and that she didn't think she needed to rewrite it because we can decipher physicians' handwriting.

:angryfire

This was copied and given to our manager. I don't know what is going to happen to that nurse.

:icon_roll

Ummm, where do you work???????????

My handwriting is pretty lousy, but fortunately we use computer entry. Whew.

[rngolfer53]

i confess, my handwriting is deplorable. I try to write neatly if i know someone else has to read it, though

I would be so happy if someone would describe my handwriting as merely "deplorable."..................

The descriptions of mine usually take no more than four letters.

[mcknis]

I am horrible some days at reading others handwriting ,and there are many days I am horrible at reading my own!