Deb's Place

Medical Humor

These pages were made simply for fun and
 
enjoyment with no intention to ridicule anyone.  As a
 
nurse, I know as well as all other nurses know, that
 
a nursing career is a very rewarding profession,
 
but it can be frustrating and stressful at times.  The
 
easiest way to "de-stress" is to laugh.  Haven't you
 
ever heard that laughter is the best medicine?
 
Researchers are currently looking into how laughter
 
affects the healing process.  I hope you'll enjoy these
 
pages and believe it or not, but LOTS of things
 
you'll read here are true!
 
~ Deb ~

 
CHART DOCUMENTATION BLOOPERS FROM ACTUAL FILES
 
Patient experiences difficulty swallowing tires easily.
 
Patient was shot in the head with a .32 caliber rifle. Chief complaint: headache.
 
There was a nonsterile delivery by the nurse in a bed of a five-pound infant male.
 
Patient was referred to the hospital by a physician with green stools.
 
Patient was married twice but denies any other serious illness.
 
Patient separated from his wife and he's also allergic to penicillin.
 
Baby delivered, cord clamped and cut, handed to the pediatrician,
who breathed and cried immediately.
 
The skin was moist and dry.
 
The patient was to have a bowel resection, however, he took a job as a stock broker instead.
 
Pt is divorced from her ex-husband.
 
Pt had a partial hysterectomy and is now completely blind.
 
Urinalysis revealed moderate blood and trace urine.
 
Patient voids around the clock every two hours.
 
After the baby's head was removed, the remainder was delivered easily.
 
The patient is 72 years old. His mother is also elderly.
 
The patient is a 62 year old woman who was at a
flea market when she developed severe itching.
 
The patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.
 
She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life
until 1970 when she got a divorce.
 
The patient was in his usual state of good health until his airplane
ran out of gas and crashed.
 
Patient lives with his parents and pet turtle, who is presently
enrolled in day care three times a week.
 
Both breasts are equal and reactive to light.
 
She is numb from her toes down.
 
Bleeding started in the rectal area and continued all the way to Los Angeles.
 
Fetus is a male, no other gross abnormalities noted.
 
When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.
 
The patient is tearful and crying constantly and appears to be depressed.
 
The patient refused an autopsy.
 
The patient has no past history of suicide.
 
Discharge status: The patient will need disposition, and therefore
we will get Dr Lee to dispose of him.
 
Patient was becoming more demented with urinary frequency.
The patient expired on the floor uneventfully.
 
She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate
directions in early December.
 
Patient states he is in good health except for his illness.
 
On second day the knee was better and by the third it had completely disappeared.
 
The patient was seen in consultation by Dr Lee who feels we should sit on the abdomen.
 
Patient has two teenage children but no other abnormalities.
 
Patient was treated with oral suppositories.
 
Dr at beside attempting to urinate.
 
Patient alert but unresponsive.
 
By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped and he was feeling better.
 
Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
 
The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1985.
 
Patient released to outpatient dept without dressing.
 
Discharge status: Alive but without permission.
 
Healthy appearing, decrepit 72 yr old male.
 
Mentally alert, but forgetful.
 
Patient left his white blood cells at another hospital.
 
While at the hospital, she was examined, x-rated, and sent home.
 
Has occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.
 
She is numb fromher toes down.
 
Past medical history insignificant except for a 40 pound weigh gain in 3 days.
 
Experienced mood swings because she suffered from PBS.
 
Since the patient stopped smoking, his smell is beginning to return.
 
She is quite hard of hearing, as a matter of fact, she can't hear at all out of her left eye.
 
Sinuses run in the family.
 
The patient was bitten by a bat as he walked down the street on his thumb.
 
He was advised to force fluids through his interpreter.
 
Patient vehemently denies any auditory, tactile, or old factory hallucinations.
 
Pt continues to be confused. Oriented to person, place, and time.
 
Patient is on IV D5 1/2NS with Kay Ciel 20 meq/L.
 
The patient was BEAN BAGGED on 100% oxygen.
 
A full examination will be completed with the patient ON THE FLOOR.
 
Pt. reports relief from rectal exam per MD.
 
He is clearly psychotic this morning. He states he has a frog in his throat.
 
16 Fr foley inserted into pt's L nare.
 
Skin: Somewhat pale but present.
 
Vomiting of unknown origin.
 
Pt admitted in error.
 
Patient had a large brown stool ambulating in the hall.
 
Pt having small amount of pain after the baloney surgery.
 

 
YOU MIGHT BE A NURSE IF
 
Your immune system is so well developed that it has been
know to attack and kill squirrels in the backyard.
 
You have a special shrine in your home to the inventor of nerve pills.
 
You have recurrent nightmares of being hit and run over by the portable x-ray machine.
 
You call tell the difference between a Dr's order and the ground around a chicken farm.
 
You never get into an argument with an idiot, because they only bring
you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
 
You believe God and hard work made us nurses, nervbe pills made us friends.
 
You ever wished that they would make corrugated
catheters to use on really annoying patients.
 
You no longer have a gag reflex.
 
You hide on Thursday nights so you don't have to translate all
the terms on "ER" for your friends/relatives.
 
You have ever been tempted to place a rectal tube hooked to suction for a FOS patient.
 
You use the phrase "Turn and Baste" and you are nowhere near a kitchen.
 
Discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal seems normal.
 
You have your weekends off planned one year in advance.
 
You believe in the power of the full moon.
 
You would like to encourage obnoxious patients to sign out AMA.
 
You know to NEVER EVER utter the word "quiet" out loud!
 
You find yourself out in public complimenting strangers on their great veins.
 
You've ever had to hurry and leave a patients room before you started laughing.
 
You think caffeine should be available by IV.
 
You have ever bet with your co-workers on a new admit's blood alcohol level.
 
Your idea of a good time is a full code at shift change.
 
You believe that "shallow gene pool" shold be a diagnosis.
 
You believe that some people need a permit to produce.
 
You believe that chocolate is a food group.
 
You believe that "too stupid to live" should be a diagnosis.
 
You beleive the waiting room should be supplied with a nerve medicine salt lick.
 
You own more than three pens with the names of prescription drugs on them.
 
You have ever had a patient control his seizures when offered food.
 
You hide on Thursday nights so you don't have to translate
all the terms on ER for friends and relatives.
 
The hems in your scrub pants are held in with steristrips.
 
You refer to motorcyclists as "organ donors."
 
You are the only one at the dinner table NOT
allowed to talk about your day at work.
 
You believe that the sight of a full moon can ruin a perfectly good day.
 
You've ever sworn you are going to have "NO CODE" tattooed on your chest.
 
You have ever had to leave a pt's room before you began laughing outloud.
 
You know that drug seekers will be allergic to all medicines except narcotics.
 
You get an almost irresistible urge to stand and wolf
down your food even in the nicest restaurants.
 
You always try to schedule days off around the phases of the moon.
 
You've ever had a patient with a nose-ring tell you "I'm afraid of shots."
 
You believe that the sight of a full moon can ruin a perfectly good day.
 
Your family members must have a fever of at least 105 or be missing a
limb with active bleeding in order to receive your sympathy.

 
NURSING SUPERSTITIONS OR PROVEN FACTS?
 
Mondays are ALWAYS bad days.
 
Everything comes in 3's - admits, codes, deaths, etc.
 
Never bring a book or magazine because you definitely won't be reading it.
 
Certain rooms are jinxed, will continually have codes and/or deaths.
 
Certain beds will pass on the previous patient's personality to those who follow.
 
Mentioning the name of a PIA patient will surely cause them to soon be admitted.
 
When elderly patients see or call for their parents, death usually follows.
 
When working with certain nurses you know you'll always have a code or a bad shift all around as well as when working with others, you're sure to have a good shift.
 
Calling the ER during a nice and quiet shift, will surely cause admissions to occur.
 
The full moon will cause patients to go absolutely wacky.
 
Nurses never say the "Q" word (quiet)  as saying it will cause chaos to break loose.

 

 

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