Nurses Humor
Updated: Feb 15, 2023 Published Jun 12, 2000
Found in the History and Physical section of a patient's chart who had experienced visual hallucinations while ill:
Quote "Patient vehemently denies any auditory, tactile, or old factory hallucinations."
teeniebert, LPN
563 Posts
pt: jane doe, A/O/A, smoker since she could hold a cigg, lungs sound like ****.
hey, you gotta call 'em like you see (hear?) 'em!
WinterpegLPN
18 Posts
Dr in to examine wound. Odor present. Dr. Smith present.
I'm not sayin'......but I'm sayin'.
canesdukegirl, BSN, RN
1 Article; 2,543 Posts
brandiashley said: here's an error I made once after a very bad day, thankfully only on the report sheet for the next shift (and DON, CEO,CFO, ect) and not in the actual charting: pt: jane doe, A/O/A, smoker since she could hold a cigg, lungs sound like ****. this is what I normally think in my head but gets automatically translated into proper term (crackles throughout bilat lung fields) w/o any conscious thought, but that day, there was a major break down of communication between my brain and my hand. oops.
this is what I normally think in my head but gets automatically translated into proper term (crackles throughout bilat lung fields) w/o any conscious thought, but that day, there was a major break down of communication between my brain and my hand. oops.
Oh how funny! Sometimes I wish I could write things like that in my charts without getting in trouble!
A patient was being stubborn about getting up from the bed and walking 5xqd 1st day post-op, and the note that was written by the nurse was this:
"Pt states at home that she is usually sedimentary and doesn't need to walk today."
Hmm....the patient is usually rocky??
sairin8
98 Posts
At handover today, the staff member going off shift said "[pt's name] complained of cockroach". The then thought about it for a moment and said, "oh wait, it could be earache"
JPrn2b
9 Posts
As a CNA, reading some of these posts I'm glad we're not allowed to note in the pt's chart. That way I can't be blamed for confusing CBI with hooking IV to F/C! That's a pretty embarrassing error, not to mention dangerous if it were actually done.
pleasantly mad
6 Posts
On a psych ward I once read notes of a collegue stating;
Patient challanged me to game of chess, I accepted and beat him. Patient stated this was first time he'd ever been beat. PLAN: encourage patient to play more chess as part of rehab.
Couldn't stop laughing at this
Although not written a collegue of mine has often described a patient as 'Mad as a box of frogs' durign handover.... God I love psychiatry.
Bobylon
232 Posts
Not a blooper (as it's obviously deliberate....), but we have an RN on my floor who puts smiley faces in her assessments..... LOL
november17, ASN, RN
1 Article; 980 Posts
"the patient developed severe, 10/10, epigastric abdominal pain, which persists today. This was associated with nausea and vomiting of undigested food, which he states he ingested approximately 2 days later. "
ewww
talaxandra
3,037 Posts
Oh, november17 - I hope that's a charting blooper rather than reportage, but I can't imagine what it should have been...
It was supposed to say "two days before"
That's considerably less distressing :)