Anernurse2b replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency
Disclaimer: DO NOT attempt to use any of these terms in medical documentation. QA/QI and medical directors usually frown upon it. *Hyperlisteremia: *n. Condition in which unresponsive patient...
Anernurse2b replied to Teachchildren123's topic in Nursing Humor
Some new vocabulary here as well! Disclaimer: DO NOT attempt to use any of these terms in medical documentation. QA/QI and medical directors usually frown upon it. *Hyperlisteremia: *n. Condition...
Anernurse2b replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor
I actually overheard this at IHOP with my teenagers after my 3-11 shift: (Said patrons were, um, intoxicated) "Hey, man... my ex girlfriend hooked us up for Mardi Gras a few years ago with these...
Anernurse2b replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor
Not a good idea to 'forget' to tell the (ER) nurse that the funeral home picked up her patient while she was gone for a few minutes. Said nurse then walks into the room and emits a primoral scream...
Anernurse2b replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor
Don't keep breaking your promise to help your 84 yr old widowed mom trim her hedges. When she takes the 'small' chain saw to 'touch up underneath so the dog can get to the fence' and the chain nicks...
Anernurse2b replied to Divern808's topic in Emergency
you know you're an ER nurse when: ... you get excited for patients that their wait time after triage is less than 4 hours.... ... the tooth to tattoo ratio exceeds the shoe size ... when the little...
Anernurse2b replied to Teachchildren123's topic in Nursing Humor
There are actually 2 memory notebooks of nursing now. I use both extensively. I graduate in May. At 44, you are never to old to be a nurse.. right! I am not CTD
Anernurse2b replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor
We had a 3-4 day old brought into triage with jaundice. The pediatrician had the parents bring the child to be evaluated for elevated bilirubin. The EMT triaging wrote for chief complaint: "High...
Anernurse2b replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency
Those 'calls for information'.... one night shift employee actually had the guts to say this (had worked there 15+ years). Caller: "I have a _______ (fill in the blank - rash, lump, etc). Can you...
Anernurse2b replied to Divern808's topic in Emergency
...You hear someone referring to "GOMER PYLE" and you do NOT think of the tv character, you think 'code brown'. ....you plan your days off around the full
Anernurse2b replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency
I would also like a copy of the 'list'. When I first started as a clerk in the ER 5 years ago, the slang by the medics/RNs was shocking to me as well. I graduate from nursing school in the spring, and...