Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: So Called Humorous Acronyms Or Abbreviations Use By Healthcare Professionals [View all]UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)23. Maybe not
Last edited Mon Oct 20, 2014, 08:45 PM - Edit history (1)
charts but perhaps notes to each other to serve as warning. I worked briefly in an hospital and was in the ICU when a poor woman grabbed me and begged me for help.
I went to the nursing station and told the one the nurses who looked over and said, oh never mind her she is always complaining about something. It was time for my lunch break so I left.
Came back to the ICU and her bed was overturned and I asked another nurse what had happened. She told me she died. Her last breathes were to me begging for help and I'll never forget that. I quit not long after that.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
42 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
So Called Humorous Acronyms Or Abbreviations Use By Healthcare Professionals [View all]
UglyGreed
Oct 2014
OP
People in stressful, high demand jobs talk like this sometimes. It relieves stress. So be it.
Shrike47
Oct 2014
#3
"Somewhere" is not a good source. It's work-related humor, which never totally translates to outside
Hekate
Oct 2014
#40
I love when people with no experience of a situation makes demands regarding it
joeglow3
Oct 2014
#13
People in healthcare who invest far too much emotion into a patient are even more concerning to me.
LanternWaste
Oct 2014
#15
"Ever wonder what those abbreviations written on your charts while you are in the hospital mean?"
Brickbat
Oct 2014
#6
This is slightly off topic, but sort of related. I worked as a medical transcriptionist for
locdlib
Oct 2014
#8
40 yrs in health care and I have not seen those, this is a joke list, not real.
uppityperson
Oct 2014
#17