Terms we will not admit to using

[gwenith]

You all have heard of them and of course we never actually use any of these terms but somehow they are there and everyone knows them.......

There the "unofficial" abbreviation list

like

FLK Funny Looking Kid

or

Craft syndrome - Can't Remember A Flippin' Thing

PFO - clean version - Potted (Drunk) and Fell Over

AHD - Acute Haloperidol Deficit

Or the pseudomedical jargon for describing patient peculiarities i.e.

Mononeuronis Asynapsis

Acute Pneumoencephalopathy (thanks TeeitupTom)

Acute Hyponicotaemia (busting for a cigarette)

Does anyone know anymore??

Okay can anyone add to this list

[Chaya, ASN, RN]

wt* list

(Whenever we have to call a Doc b/c we can't decipher handwriting or need to call another facility with crictical info on an admit we collate everyone's questions into a "what the heck???" list before we make the call!)

[Kiwimid]

i have a family member who we refer to having bse

she is a bit of a mad cow

[Murseintraining78]

What about someone having a case of rectal - cranial inversion.....also known as someone having their head up their a**!!!!!!

[nyapa, RN]

A friend of mine used to hand over her patients to the next shift as being on "weedkillers" (IV antibiotics) and "ratsak" (warfarin)

[nratchet]

For those working in Nursing home management

Law suite waiting to happen= Family members who walk in with

cameras, complain about everything, hate all the staff

and have had their loved one in every nursing home in

the area before yours was stupid enough to accept them.

:smackingf

[nancykday]

status hispanicus= histrionic spanish speaking female

Vitamin v = valium

[prmenrs, RN]

B O H I C A---bend over, here it comes again. Usually in re: administration's stuff.

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

B O H I C A---bend over, here it comes again. Usually in re: administration's stuff.

[fishnets]

PNEUMOCEPHALUS- air head.

instead of saying "sweaty palms" you say "palmoplantarhyperhydrosis"

[siouxsieyq, BSN, LPN, RN]

For those working in Nursing home management

Law suite waiting to happen= Family members who walk in with

cameras, complain about everything, hate all the staff

and have had their loved one in every nursing home in

the area before yours was stupid enough to accept them.

:smackingf

Those patients go on the facility's Do Not Re-admit list, or as we call it "The DNR list"

[azhiker96, BSN, RN]

One of my faves is MP "malignant personality" or the phrase "enjoys ill health".

Instead of "circling the drain", I heard an ICU nurse say "he's not on the bus but he's got the correct change".

[oregonchinamom]

I haven't seen my ICU favorite: PBBB

(pine box by bedside)