non hospital approved abrevations.

[nilepoc]

so what are some of the abreviations used informally in your institution to describe patients.

there are the old ones from Samuel Shems book "House of God"

GOMER get out of my ER

LOLNAD little old lady in no apparent distress

Then the appropriated military ones.

FUBAR f'd up beyond all recognition

SNAFU Situation normal all f'd up

Then there are the ones I have learned since nursing school

TFBUNDY totally F'd but unfortunately not dead yet

JPFROG just plan f'n ran out of gas

AMF kind of like AMA, only Adios Mother F'r (very good for some er pt's.)

care to add some more to the list?

[ERNurse752, RN]

I like goat rodeo...means something was really messed up.

"Man, that code was a freakin' goat rodeo!"

[jules-RN]

I love this one: DNR/DNI - do not run, do not investigate.

:roll

[AlabamAlum]

These are great. Someone needs to compile this into an article for Jocularity.

[cbs3143]

We saw many of the abbreviations posted as well as a few not here. The paramedics were the best at using them, and would sometimes include them in the radio report prior to the patient's arrival. Gutsy guys.

One that we heard too often was ABD = Acute Bath Deficiency.

Another that was politically incorrect was NWB = Negative Wallet Biopsy.

We also had a patient arrive with acute "Flea bite iss", one of our perpetually intoxicated frequent fliers.

[Doug Cameron]

Here's a few:

One of our more colorful ER docs used to write "AMF" on the order section of the ER chart. Took us a while to catch on. Seems it was a discharge order. "Adios, Mother F......."

He didn't actually stay very long.....

"Vitamin H" was Haldol, IM please.

Gazing at abodminal flat and upright films, one would nod knowingly and say "TFS". Of course, the newbie would wonder what terrible thing could cause such abdominal pain, only to learn of "trapped fart syndrome".

In our highly Hispanic community (primarily Puerto Rican), the way (for a non-Spanish speaker) to find out if a young woman was sexually active was to hold their clenched fists out in front of them, pump back and forth a couple of times, while saying "chi chi?"

I'm sure there's more, just mining the memory banks.......

[cmggriff]

WETSU = We eat this shit up (having a good time) Gary

[nursedawn67, LPN]

My doctor likes to kid around when people have aches and pains and say they have A.G.E. syndrome....as in getting older! LOL

[Zee_RN, BSN, RN]

of course along with diagnosing TFS while gazing at an abdominal film, you can also diagnose FOS--"Full of Stool" (or S***T).

[SKM-NURSIEPOOH, BSN, RN]

Originally posted by night owl

And my favorite...............FOS..............full of sh**!

:roll

[SKM-NURSIEPOOH, BSN, RN]

Originally posted by NurseDennie

WSD - Won't stay dead.

Love

Dennie

:roll

[nursedawn67, LPN]

hey everyone i copied most of these abbreviations if you would like a copy of what i compiled just email me at [email protected] :roll :chuckle

[uncRN]

:chuckle cyb = cover your butt !