This is a re-do because the 2012 class in pharmacology had some amazing answers to the abbreviation quiz that not only made me laugh they also would have gotten very good grades...IF this was a creative writing class...not pharmacology...See the new entries to this post below:
Today was the first exam for my Pharmacology class. I graded the exams and began to think about all the things we can no longer do or say in class...teachers and students. When I taught a second grade after school drama class, I clearly remember hugging and wiping tears from one young thespian who could not remember her lines...today...that hug could be beyond the boundaries set, by the child, her parents, or the school district.
It's a shame the way we are restricted and I must admit I sometimes go beyond the invisible line in the sand.
I find it hard to talk about the creation of another person, when I teach Maternal-Child Health and not sometimes mention...OH No...God, Heavenly Father, Jehovah...the big guy in the sky. Now I'm not preaching or giving a sermon but my goodness it is hard to look upon a new born baby that was created in nine months from the DNA of two different people and not think it's a miracle beyond our understanding. And that a greater being than a mere human had a lot to do with it.
From time to time I have a student ask ,"What do you think about abortion or pregnancy termination." I remind them of the timeline of physical and neuro-conscious development and ask when they consider a life begins? It is quite clear when I make that statement what I believe without putting it into words (which could come back and bite me). But I let them figure out the answer for themselves, knowing that today the climate is very different from when I was in school. Over 40 years ago when I first worked in Labor and Delivery, one of the things we were allowed to do as nurses was declare our feelings on the issue of pregnancy termination and we were not required to participate in the procedure. Fancy that one happening today.
All this leads me to some interesting and very 21'st century answers on the medical abbreviation quiz. We list medical abbreviations such as PRN (whenever necessary) or TPR (temperature, pulse, respiration) and expect the student to fill in the blank with the appropriate meaning of the abbreviation.
Since nursing and medicine in general has it's own language, knowing these abbreviated terms is a critical part of a student's knowledge and an important part of communication between professionals.
Some of the answers were very creative and others gave me insight as to how much the world has changed.
Medical Meaning Student Answer
ADL activities of daily living active dance life
(watching dancing with the stars last night?)
ac before meals electric plug
(electrition husband?)
bid twice a day what you do at an auction
(watches antique roadshow?)
CHF congestive heart failure crummy reaction found
(I think I'm having a crummy reaction to these answers)
Derm Dermatological like a germ only nicer
(what were you thinking?)
DNR do not resuscitate Do Not Run!
(good if you work at the pool)
HA headache hard ass, holding account
(has a nasty boss...see previous blog entry of 2/22)
HDL High Density Lipoprotein honey do list
(must have been one of the male students)
INR International Normalized ratio ingestion required
(not bad try)
ER Extended Release Erection returning
(used the little blue pill recently)
GTT Glucose tolerance test Gut toughness test
(another creative try)
MED minimal effective dose medical emergency Do over
(AND don't tell anyone this happened)
NPO Nothing by mouth Not pleasant odor
(code brown)
optha ophthalmic opthamolicalology, orthomydiacal,
(if I use enough letters maybe I will be right)
SR sustained release sometimes rancid
(the NPO was SR?)
SubQ sub cutaneous sub-courteously
(is this a spelling error?)
SL sub lingual standing lateral
(Or sitting posterior?)
OT occupational therapy over there
(over there...where?)
SOB shortness of breath someone obnoxious
(Watch out! SOB-OT)
LR Lactated Ringers lactating regularly
(can male patients do this?)
RTU ready to use regular time uncertain,
religious talk underway
(Oh my! is this test over yet?)
PVC premature ventricular contraction plastic pipe
(husband is a plumber?)
Tx treatment Texas
(How long ago did you move to Calif?)
Tab tablet totally awsome babe,
taboo
(Ot is a Tab who is LR....try that one)
pc after meals politically correct
(Really?)
HUH, what did you say?
Today was the first exam for my Pharmacology class. I graded the exams and began to think about all the things we can no longer do or say in class...teachers and students. When I taught a second grade after school drama class, I clearly remember hugging and wiping tears from one young thespian who could not remember her lines...today...that hug could be beyond the boundaries set, by the child, her parents, or the school district.
It's a shame the way we are restricted and I must admit I sometimes go beyond the invisible line in the sand.
I find it hard to talk about the creation of another person, when I teach Maternal-Child Health and not sometimes mention...OH No...God, Heavenly Father, Jehovah...the big guy in the sky. Now I'm not preaching or giving a sermon but my goodness it is hard to look upon a new born baby that was created in nine months from the DNA of two different people and not think it's a miracle beyond our understanding. And that a greater being than a mere human had a lot to do with it.
From time to time I have a student ask ,"What do you think about abortion or pregnancy termination." I remind them of the timeline of physical and neuro-conscious development and ask when they consider a life begins? It is quite clear when I make that statement what I believe without putting it into words (which could come back and bite me). But I let them figure out the answer for themselves, knowing that today the climate is very different from when I was in school. Over 40 years ago when I first worked in Labor and Delivery, one of the things we were allowed to do as nurses was declare our feelings on the issue of pregnancy termination and we were not required to participate in the procedure. Fancy that one happening today.
All this leads me to some interesting and very 21'st century answers on the medical abbreviation quiz. We list medical abbreviations such as PRN (whenever necessary) or TPR (temperature, pulse, respiration) and expect the student to fill in the blank with the appropriate meaning of the abbreviation.
Since nursing and medicine in general has it's own language, knowing these abbreviated terms is a critical part of a student's knowledge and an important part of communication between professionals.
Some of the answers were very creative and others gave me insight as to how much the world has changed.
Medical Meaning Student Answer
ADL activities of daily living active dance life
(watching dancing with the stars last night?)
ac before meals electric plug
(electrition husband?)
bid twice a day what you do at an auction
(watches antique roadshow?)
CHF congestive heart failure crummy reaction found
(I think I'm having a crummy reaction to these answers)
Derm Dermatological like a germ only nicer
(what were you thinking?)
DNR do not resuscitate Do Not Run!
(good if you work at the pool)
HA headache hard ass, holding account
(has a nasty boss...see previous blog entry of 2/22)
HDL High Density Lipoprotein honey do list
(must have been one of the male students)
INR International Normalized ratio ingestion required
(not bad try)
ER Extended Release Erection returning
(used the little blue pill recently)
GTT Glucose tolerance test Gut toughness test
(another creative try)
MED minimal effective dose medical emergency Do over
(AND don't tell anyone this happened)
NPO Nothing by mouth Not pleasant odor
(code brown)
optha ophthalmic opthamolicalology, orthomydiacal,
(if I use enough letters maybe I will be right)
SR sustained release sometimes rancid
(the NPO was SR?)
SubQ sub cutaneous sub-courteously
(is this a spelling error?)
SL sub lingual standing lateral
(Or sitting posterior?)
OT occupational therapy over there
(over there...where?)
SOB shortness of breath someone obnoxious
(Watch out! SOB-OT)
LR Lactated Ringers lactating regularly
(can male patients do this?)
RTU ready to use regular time uncertain,
religious talk underway
(Oh my! is this test over yet?)
PVC premature ventricular contraction plastic pipe
(husband is a plumber?)
Tx treatment Texas
(How long ago did you move to Calif?)
Tab tablet totally awsome babe,
taboo
(Ot is a Tab who is LR....try that one)
pc after meals politically correct
(Really?)
HUH, what did you say?
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