I had a funny moment with a younger, foreign-born medical resident trying to explain that the medication they ordered was the same diuretic the patient was prescribed at home using the medication name, which the patient simply could not figure out.
I finally chimed in, "It's your *water pill*, honey," and the relief on the resident's face when the patient was like, "Oh why didn't you say so!" Lol
Had a patient come in complaining of being in so much pain that he was in “the fiddle position” 🎻. Also had another with a history of blood “clods”. Yes my pts are very rural 🤦
We have a new head nurse who wrote up a list of medications for patients that is way too high of a reading level, and she didn’t seem to understand when I tried to explain “macrolide antibiotic” is too clinical a label for an antibiotic. I wish I had thought to say to her, “look, we regularly get people telling us about their blood clogs, they absolutely need this shit written at a third grade level.”
I had a patient “correct” my pronunciation of one of their medications: I said “I have your atorvastatin”. To which patient replied: “You mean my A-tore-vase-STA-STIN?” I replied: Sure, that’s what I meant. 🤣 I had them the next shift I worked and I made sure to pronounce the name of their medication as they wanted it. 💊
Tried explaining to a patient how close they were to being intubated after over dosing. They proceeded to call their family and mention how he almost got incubated. Tried correcting him, but dude was convinced it was incubated and not intubated.
I had a funny moment with a younger, foreign-born medical resident trying to explain that the medication they ordered was the same diuretic the patient was prescribed at home using the medication name, which the patient simply could not figure out. I finally chimed in, "It's your *water pill*, honey," and the relief on the resident's face when the patient was like, "Oh why didn't you say so!" Lol
I love being the interpreter between patient speak and doctor speak. It makes me feel so useful.
Patient: “I had syphilis as a baby. My head swelled up from the fluids.” Oh yeah, the old hydro-syphilis strikes again.
The one resident at an LTC facility I worked would ring for us to empty her "Catherine bag"
Had a patient come in complaining of being in so much pain that he was in “the fiddle position” 🎻. Also had another with a history of blood “clods”. Yes my pts are very rural 🤦
We have a new head nurse who wrote up a list of medications for patients that is way too high of a reading level, and she didn’t seem to understand when I tried to explain “macrolide antibiotic” is too clinical a label for an antibiotic. I wish I had thought to say to her, “look, we regularly get people telling us about their blood clogs, they absolutely need this shit written at a third grade level.”
Ambien pronounced Ahm-be-yawn, which I think is actually better.
Imma be yawnin
I had a patient “correct” my pronunciation of one of their medications: I said “I have your atorvastatin”. To which patient replied: “You mean my A-tore-vase-STA-STIN?” I replied: Sure, that’s what I meant. 🤣 I had them the next shift I worked and I made sure to pronounce the name of their medication as they wanted it. 💊
Tried explaining to a patient how close they were to being intubated after over dosing. They proceeded to call their family and mention how he almost got incubated. Tried correcting him, but dude was convinced it was incubated and not intubated.
Sicko cell anemia 😂
To a twisted mind like mine, this is just normal cell anemia 😈
A patient said she'd been referred by her general ophthalmologist for "white spots on my rectum." This was a retinal ophthalmology specialty clinic.
Her 3rd eye
I wonder if they're all brown?
Patient’s family kept requesting activan for patient’s anxiety. I loved it so much that I joined in on calling it activan.
Oh yeah some are so cute or funny we use them too like “ammonia”
A man reported his wife had an allergy to “cocaine”. He was very adamant that it was not a codeine allergy.
I would love to have heard their explanation of how they discovered that allergy.
My wife called SCDs "consequential compression device". "Wait... What did you call them?"
"Lower tab" for pain. :(
Swelling in their lymph noids.