Nursing is my life

The Following come directly from actual charts. Enjoy people and don't make these same mistakes!!!!

1. The patient refused autopsy.

2. The patient has no previous history of suicide

3. Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital

4. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.

5. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

6. On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it disappeared.

7. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

8. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 19939. Discharge Status: Alive but without permission

10. Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

11. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch

12. She is numb from her toes down.

13. While in ER she was examined, x-rated and sent home.

14. The skin was moist and dry.

15. Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.

16. Patient was alert and unresponsive.

17. Rectal examination revealed a normal sized thyroid.

18. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.

19. I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.

20. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

21. Skin: somewhat pale but present.

23. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.