This includes creating your own false pseudo-terminology from other terminology that didn’t make sense in the first place…
Hilarious nursing terminology “definitions”
Artery
The study of fine paintings
Barium
What you do when CPR fails
Cafe’-au-lait spotÂ
A great little coffee shop
Cesarean Section
A district in Rome
Cilia   Â
A girl’s name
Colic        Â
A sheep dog
Coma  Â
A punctuation mark
Congenital Â
Friendly
Dilate Â
To live long
Fascia
A Nazi communist
GI Series Â
Baseball games between teams of soldiers
Hangnail
A coat hook
Medical Staff
A doctor’s cane
Minor Operation
Coal digging
Morbid Â
A higher offer
Nitrate
Lower than the day rate
Node    Â
Was aware of
Organic
Church musician
Outpatient
A person who has fainted
Protein Â
In favor of young people
Secretion
Hiding anything
Tumor
An extra pair
Urine
Opposite of “you’re out”
Varicose Veins
Veins that are very close together
I think I now know where the phrase “laughter is the best medicine” originated from! What would you add to the list?!
Disclosure statement: I’ve picked up these terms along the way over the past year or so. The original sources are not credited since I’ve overheard or read online most of them.
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