Nurses Humor
Published Nov 20, 2001
nilepoc
567 Posts
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?
NurseDennie, BSN, RN
723 Posts
Totally NOT approved:
PIA - Pain in A**
CD - Circling the Drain
GORK - God Only Really Knows (I think)
I loved the one I saw on this forum (from you maybe?)- "Darwin Consult"
I can't think of any more right now. I have a little page in my webpage about these - some of the real ones and some of the "ad lib" ones.
Love
Dennie
Oh! I remember a good one now - for the people with intracranial bleeds from a fall:
FDGB - fall down, go boom
WashYaHands
455 Posts
PBx3 - Pine Box By Bed
codebluechic, ASN, RN
89 Posts
FTD...fixin' to die!
suzannasue
195 Posts
My Favorites are:
CTD= circling the drain
SDY= Shoulda died yesterday
BTF= bought the farm
Saw in Md progress notes "pt having PSN's"...asked him what exactly is a PSN???? He said " Premature Something or Nothers"
ryaninmtv, ADN, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN
114 Posts
My personal favorites:
Request a consult with Dr. Kevorkian
Tranfer to the eternal care facility
Beautiful
kewlnurse
427 Posts
we use "gomer" as a generalized term for crusty old peole, ie: we sent him to the gomer home today
Cluster F$%K- originally used in the millitary adapted to anything done by mangement
PITA Pain in the A$$
When i was 18 played on the FUBAR softball team, never played sober
Gorked- sedated , "that guys getting squirrly, gimme a haldol cocktail (haldol and ativan, ummm yummy) to gork him", "man she came in gorked, don't know if it's meds or if she's just a gomer"
Persoanlity disorder = a$$hole "Man that patients husband has a serious personality disorder, GORK HIM!!!"
17th floor = dead (our building has 16"
OzNurse69
245 Posts
We use "PFD" for our Sat night regulars - p!ssed, fell down.
RNforLongTime
1,577 Posts
All patients need a little "TLC"--Thorazine, lorazepam and compazine.
My favorite patients are "SIR" Sedated, intubated and restrained!
galenight, BSN, RN
193 Posts
Probably my favorite order for those hallucinating:
Vitamin H
Haldol! LOL
My favorite essential nutrient!
CashewLPN, LPN
348 Posts
PCD-- prepped for celestial discharge
consult doctor arbot
(our resident MD Death.... ex-neurosurgeon.... operated on wrong side of heads twice... caused massive TBI)
ATS-- Acute thespian syndrome