Nurses Humor
Published Sep 9, 2001
You are reading page 33 of Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?
anticoagulationurse
417 Posts
An elderly patient needed a note from the doc to give to her apartment superintendent to allow her to have a pet.
A prescription was written: "One cat, use as directed daily and PRN".
I photocopied it and blacked out the patient ID info and added it to my "funny pile" which I read on the bad days at work.
grace90, LPN, LVN
763 Posts
An elderly patient needed a note from the doc to give to her apartment superintendent to allow her to have a pet. A prescription was written: "One cat, use as directed daily and PRN". I photocopied it and blacked out the patient ID info and added it to my "funny pile" which I read on the bad days at work.
Aw, that's kinda sweet.
ginger58, ASN, RN
464 Posts
Can I ask... approved by whom? Not trying to be argumentative or anything but doesn't *sound* like a diagnosis,much less an approved one. JMOThank you.
Thank you.
Where do you work that FLK is approved??
I had an order for "a jigger of whiskey qhs" And how many cc's is that?????
I think 45 mLs. A jigger is an ounce and a half...if I remember correctly.
AliRae
421 Posts
And ... you win for knowing that! =)
Ah, the things I never get to see in peds...
sayrah_85
20 Posts
change linen please...........
perineal hygiene please...
(that's OUCH! to nurses)
drmorton2b
253 Posts
Birthday Cake Today! qhs
Laurel RN
21 Posts
We had a real jerk of a doctor who would right things like:
Box of Kleenex to bedside STAT
Oh my gosh. Just the other day we came across the funniest thing we have ever seen in a chart. Under nursing orders for a 16 year old female who had been come in after an MVA, we found a one word order. I'm not even sure if I'm allowed to say the word here, but it's a name for the *ahem* "manly parts". (And rhymes with rock.)
We collared the trauma (or was it ortho?) resident, and asked him to please explain. He turned bright red and bravely attempted to joke about it. Unfortunately his bravado failed him and he basically ran away when we asked him to clarify the order for us. Route? Dose? Frequency?
The order was quickly removed.
mkohut_
30 Posts
We Have a very humorus MD that you never know what he will write and we read for fun at times.He was making rounds and stopped in to see a male patient that had an altered mental status (I forget the reason) but upon entering the room our good doctor discovers his mid aged male patient nude, all linens tossed off the bed and he is holding his IV tubing making a fly fishing cast motion repeatitively. MD asked what he was doing?HIS NOTE: Visited Mr. Doe this a.m. Patient pleasantly confused sitting in bed stating he was on a fishing trip and caught one at least 2 foot long; upon assessment noted it could not possibly be more than 3 - 4 inches.
He was making rounds and stopped in to see a male patient that had an altered mental status (I forget the reason) but upon entering the room our good doctor discovers his mid aged male patient nude, all linens tossed off the bed and he is holding his IV tubing making a fly fishing cast motion repeatitively. MD asked what he was doing?
HIS NOTE: Visited Mr. Doe this a.m. Patient pleasantly confused sitting in bed stating he was on a fishing trip and caught one at least 2 foot long; upon assessment noted it could not possibly be more than 3 - 4 inches.
That is seriously the most hilarious thing I've ever read! THANKS:lol2:
Agnus
2,719 Posts
this reminds me of the order that read "Pap normal repeat in 2 weeks." I asked the doctor if he really meant this. He got very red faced and said "yea. I really like to do paps"
Poor guy.
Katmanduuu
10 Posts
I remember a Dr in Texas who got in a ton of trouble for writing "KCAB" in orders. It wasn't the order that got him in trouble, per se, but rather the 'translation'......"Keep Casket At Bedside" :trout: I'm willing to bet this yutz doesn't know the meaning of the word 'subtle'. :rotfl: