BAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAhahaha!! may i just say that i begin nursing school this fall and i've begun studying the small NOVEL of abbreviations that we should be familiar with when we start clinicals...i will be sure to add some of these to that list now :rotfl: thanks!
JNK -- just needs killing -- reserved for child molesters/abusers/rapers who suddenly have chest pain when arrested.
Idiot with jerk on a rope -- patient who sends family members to desk every 5 minutes for something useless -- like "where's the whatever channel? The washcloth is too rough, do you have softer ones? The bed's hard, can they have a softer mattress? You brought orange juice, but it's from concentrate, don't you have fresh squeezed anywhere? (visitor) "I forgot my medicine, and I was a patient here last year. Can't you look up what I take and give me my medicine so I don't have to go home (1 mile away)." When told there's two pharmacies within walking distance (one across the street in front, 1 across the parking lot behind) they suddenly don't have money -- yet they turn around and order domino's into the room 30 minutes later.....
gomer (get out of my emergency room) elderly, incontinent, confused patient that the nursing home needed a break from and called the ambulance to the er.
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My cat's vet told us they use "WK" on charts, as in, "Will Kill" This is reserved for the pets that go beyond biting.