Because I am at work I am surrounded by nursey language. Here are some of my favorite words and phrases. If you figure a couple of these out you might just be disgusted. I'll try to keep it tame.
- Inspiratory wheeze
- Precordial thump
- insitu
- empyema
- purulent
- neuro breath
- ICUitis
- loculated
- self limiting
- stat
- code brown
One rather disturbing thing that all of us do is to describe various body fluids by equating it with food. Commonly used foods include:
- vanilla pudding
- mustard
- rotten sour cream
- red juice
- prune juice
- There are many more but I fear you may never read my blog again.
- You would like to meet the inventor of the call light in a dark alley one night.
- You avoid unhealthy looking shoppers in the mall for fear that they'll drop near you and you'll have to do CPR on your day off.
- You find yourself checking out other customer's arm veins in grocery waiting lines.
- When checking the level of orientation of a patient... you aren't sure of the answer.
- Your bladder can expand to the same size as a Winnebago's water tank
- Eating microwave popcorn out of a clean bedpan is perfectly natural
- You've told a confused patient your name was that of your co-worker and to HOLLER if they need help.
- You don't get excited about blood loss... unless it's your own
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