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Fashions in naming come and go.
There used to be a pop song "Brandy" and there are girls named after liquor. I guess it would be natural for the Light family to name their son Bud. :) A new old name in this area is Grace. :)
posted by
Pat_B
on February 10, 2007 at 9:33 AM
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mneme
Scouts honour, mneme. I wasn't pulling your leg.
posted by
johnmacnab
on February 6, 2007 at 5:05 AM
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johnmacnab
I meant the bottle with the silly message, not the post (in the comments).
posted by
mneme
on February 6, 2007 at 3:36 AM
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jacenta
It certainly is, jacenta. Luckily for me, I tend to forget mine instead of overdosing on them.
posted by
johnmacnab
on February 4, 2007 at 8:13 AM
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johnmacnab...
Errors in meds is scary!
posted by
jacentaOld
on February 4, 2007 at 3:57 AM
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Whacky
You have a point there, Whacky, and it might be an excellent idea for seniors to get meds in
their treats.
posted by
johnmacnab
on February 3, 2007 at 12:18 PM
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Actually the kids can open the bottles it's the adults who have trouble!
-^..^-
Bo gets meds in his treats!
posted by
Whacky
on February 2, 2007 at 9:22 PM
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mneme
A frightening promotional joke, mneme, but then any survey can be made to prove whatever you want it to.
posted by
johnmacnab
on February 2, 2007 at 10:04 AM
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TAPS
Ah! Now I understand, TAPS. You'll have to forgive me for being so slow - I blame global warming.
posted by
johnmacnab
on February 2, 2007 at 9:55 AM
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johnmacnab
I think you're pulling my leg here... or perhaps it was a promotional joke :)
posted by
mneme
on February 2, 2007 at 12:24 AM
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Johnmacnab
They do use recording devices for the doctor's notes in the charts but they still write the orders by hand for the nurses to process.
posted by
TAPS.
on February 1, 2007 at 5:26 PM
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bel_1965
LOL. Our granddaughter helps us to attach the safety fixtures that are supposed to stop her from opening cabinets. I'm sure she shakes her head at the daft old fools she has for grand parents, as she does so.
posted by
johnmacnab
on February 1, 2007 at 12:18 PM
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LOL John
those childproof bottles don't work for kids...as children are the only ones that CAN open them.
posted by
bel_1965
on February 1, 2007 at 6:05 AM
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TAPS
That sounds horrific, TAPS. You would think they would use tape recorders or iPods, wouldn't you, and have it transcribed after grand rounds. When we were younger back in the UK, Ell has just reminded me that the Doc's used to write prescriptions in Latin.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 31, 2007 at 6:17 PM
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Johnmacnab
Working at an extended care facility on the day for grand rounds (house doc seeing all of his patients on one day), it was horrible processing the written orders. Chasing a doctor down in a very large facility to ask what he had written, very often resulted in him not being able to read his own orders that he had written less than an hour before. In order to prompt him, I would have to tell him what was wrong with the patient, then he would remember what he had ordered but not from what he had written. No wonder there are an abundance of med errors.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 31, 2007 at 3:55 PM
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strat
At last! I have someone to blame for my mistakes -
'It wasn't me, it was Strat.' It was logical that you would be hired to write the info - nobody else knew anything about them anyway.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 31, 2007 at 11:52 AM
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I did a stint as a technical writer a few years back.
I knew nothing about computers, quality assurance programs, or manufacturing processes. So I was hired to write a guide for all three.
People like me are the reason the rest of the world can't program their VCRs. Fortunately, that technology, like the one I was writing about at the time, is now obsolete.
posted by
strat
on January 31, 2007 at 6:13 AM
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mneme
Yeuch! I have the same problem with opening jars, which is why we have an opener under a kitchen cabinet. When we were in the UK a few years ago, I picked up a bottle and noticed some writing near the bottom of it. I turned it up and over and it read
'do not read this when the bottle is open' Duh!
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 31, 2007 at 5:58 AM
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azfal50
Thanks for popping in, Azfal. It is a strange world, isn't it?
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 31, 2007 at 5:54 AM
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johnmacnab
You learn something new every day. Me, I can understand the directions, jus can't open jam jars. I have another one for you, read on the back of a bottle of that horrible chalky milky antacid : "Caution: Do not drink from bottle." And there was I about to mistake it for a milk shake.
posted by
mneme
on January 31, 2007 at 4:52 AM
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Interesting read.
posted by
afzal50
on January 30, 2007 at 6:01 PM
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