October 11, 2010

Drunken Fontanelles

In the newborn physical examination sheet, I described the infant's anterior and posterior fontanelles as "neither sunken nor drunk  bulging". I doubt if any pediatrician could imagine how a drunken fontanelles look like. But a drunken clerk? Certainly they can. Yakult-drunken clerk. 


I learned today:

Acronyms/shortcuts must not be used in writing orders. For instance: BF with AP which means breastfeeding with aspiration precautions can also mean breastfeeding with attending physician, or the more obvious, boyfriend with attending physician. LMAO. 

3 comments:

BabyPink said...

Miyakasinga ako sa drunken oto! Hahaha!:)

So acronyms, depende mambo sa field ka ago antawaa i ped/ka-communicate ka. Siemps, sekano a mga doctor na katawan niyo den so ibig sabihin oman i acronym ago shortcut iyo. Aya a maregen na amay ka kenaba doctor so dii ngka diimbityarai tapos piyangosaran ka sa mga datar anan. Hehe:)

bee said...

hahaha... a good laugh for my busy morning...
love your hand writing, doc...

and for acronyms? i agree with baby pink :)

Aziza said...

@BabyPink: The funny thing is, person of related field ang nagtanong sa attending physician kung ano daw yung "BF with AP", breast feeding with attending physician ba daw. Ei, kayad ami den!! :D

@Bee: 'yan ang handwriting ng mga tamad ng mga mi kalyo sa kamay. haha!! thanks though!! :D