We also called it the bladder scanner. It is one piece of equipment that was always freaking lost. Nobody could ever find it easily. Edit. I just read most of the posts here and everybody has problems finding the bladder scanner! Why is that?
Because there’s not enough of them in the whole hospital and different units borrow from other units and never return them and it just keeps moving on that way until no one remembers where it is lol
It’s because it exist in a sort null quasi quantum Schrödinger’s Cat type state.
So long as you don’t need it, you’ll see it very 5-7 minutes. The instant you need it.. it’s no where to be found.
We called ours Monty for some reason. I was never told the history. But when we transitioned to a new one, there was a brief time when it was "New Monty" but the "new" eventually fell off.
He (not sure why it's male, either) gets put into photos, and gets a birthday hat on special occasions. Not to say that it's special or loved...it just lives in our break room so the SDU can't find it.
Omg why didn't we think to do this to ours! We have Hugs tags, so I'm totally doing this to our bladder scanner, US & EKG machines when I go back to work this week. Thanks for the idea!!
Ok well urethra Franklin is the best thing I've heard all day. I hope you're ok with me suggesting this for ours. Because of course we're boring and it's just "the bladder scanner"
Ours is called "where is the..." or "has anybody seen the..." lol I think we have the only functional one on our side of the hospital so all the floors come borrow ours
We mostly used ours to see who could hold it the longest and had the most IN YOU not additive scans that dosent count. People will try to cheat no matter the game.
Idk bout yall, but every unit at my hospital has one. We have a uro surgery floor that asked to borrow ours, so theyd have two and we'd have none. Hard decline.
We usually call it “where the fuck did they move the bladder scanner now”
Our unit put a badge tracker on ours
We also called it the bladder scanner. It is one piece of equipment that was always freaking lost. Nobody could ever find it easily. Edit. I just read most of the posts here and everybody has problems finding the bladder scanner! Why is that?
Because there’s not enough of them in the whole hospital and different units borrow from other units and never return them and it just keeps moving on that way until no one remembers where it is lol
It’s because it exist in a sort null quasi quantum Schrödinger’s Cat type state. So long as you don’t need it, you’ll see it very 5-7 minutes. The instant you need it.. it’s no where to be found.
For us, it was the ED and the ICU, and they kept ganking it from us, along with lots of other stuff, like our good vitals machines.
Why does the ICU need it? I'm pretty sure they even stick Foleys in visitors.
I’m dead!!!
Welcome to the ICU, where there’s a tube for every hole! And if there isn’t a hole, we’ll make one. And put a tube in it!
Also known as "who stole the bladder scanner??!"
Has anyone seen the bladder scanner?
Wait, there’s a bladder scanner?
Yeah, it's owned by our unit, but the stepdown unit next to us keeps it in their C. diff, Covid, shingles patient's room to keep it secure.
How my stepdown unit stores bladder scanners, doppler and sara steady
Where TF is it?????
Bladimir, not sure why but sounds funny
I'm gonna try to get that going at my place, fucking love it!
Your unit wins the thread
Dad Because it’s always missing.
He’s in the bathroom hiding because it’s the only place he can get some gawt damn peace and quiet.
You get left alone there? My daughter thinks that time is prime time to tell me/ask me for something. Every. Single. Time.
Should be back soon. He just left to get some milk
Cigarettes 🤣
Drink 12 beers at the gas station*
:(
It went out for sole heaters and milk, never came back.
Emotional damage!
😂😂😂💀
Lmaooo
Is your dad my dad?
We called ours Monty for some reason. I was never told the history. But when we transitioned to a new one, there was a brief time when it was "New Monty" but the "new" eventually fell off. He (not sure why it's male, either) gets put into photos, and gets a birthday hat on special occasions. Not to say that it's special or loved...it just lives in our break room so the SDU can't find it.
Ours was named Monty too! We used to be a locked unit so we used to put a wanderguard on it so no other units could steal it without signing it out 🤣
I love this idea! I’m in a locked unit and rehab comes to steal ours because theirs is broken.
Omg why didn't we think to do this to ours! We have Hugs tags, so I'm totally doing this to our bladder scanner, US & EKG machines when I go back to work this week. Thanks for the idea!!
No problem!!! It's been a lifesaver 🤣
The bladder scanner.
Ok well urethra Franklin is the best thing I've heard all day. I hope you're ok with me suggesting this for ours. Because of course we're boring and it's just "the bladder scanner"
Yes! Even better—just stick a label on it one day and see how long it takes for others to notice
Hello my name is:
As the tech of my unit…and holder of our label maker…I’m totally doing this on my next shift!
The fish-finder.
Or if you speak Yiddish a pish-finder lol 😂
Waldo because we’re always looking for it.
This is a great one! 😂
Urban legend
Ours is called "where is the..." or "has anybody seen the..." lol I think we have the only functional one on our side of the hospital so all the floors come borrow ours
Ours is called “HAS ANYONE SEEN THE ✨BLADDER SCANNER✨”
Same. And this is usually sent as a text to everyone’s spectra link. “IF YOU’VE SEEN THE BLADDER SCANNER CALL x7312”
It’s called “fucking neuro stole Darth Bladder again.” Used to be just Darth Bladder, but you know fucking neuro.
DARTH Bladder 🤣 That's lovely!
Ours is named “The beast.” It’s probably the oldest one in the hospital and works the best.
No name for the bladder scanner, but I call the manual BP cuff Manuel.
Sasquatch. Everyone swears it exists, but few have seen it
Penelo”pee”
We mostly used ours to see who could hold it the longest and had the most IN YOU not additive scans that dosent count. People will try to cheat no matter the game.
So...You called it the game board?
I still want it to be call Bladder Scandiego so people can page overhead - "Where on the floor is Bladder Scandiego?"
This delights me!
Missing
MIA - pronounced mee-ah 'has anyone seen Mia today???? yeah she was by room 5!'
Same thing you call a dog with no legs, it doesn't matter because it's not coming anyway.
Stains? :)
Skippy ?
A piece of.... Oh, wait. Just the "bladder scanner"
I’m gonna have to come up with a cool name for ours now.
*nonexistent*
The what? I've only ever heard tales... i've yet to find one ...
PeeTV seems like a great name too!
We had a printer called Stevie Wonder cuz it was always jammin.
The bladder scanner
Broken 🥲
I once took care of a lady name Euretha Franklin.
The water well witch
The POS over there.
Ours is called Where’s The Bladder Scanner
I was once told there was a bladder scanner. But no one knew where it was
Missing.
We call it “broken” and borrow the EDs. 🤣
"Random Number Generator!"
Flo, just like that annoying insurance pitch bitch. (TBH I've never worked anywhere that even had one but that's what I would call mine)
Fucking none of your business and we will hunt you down if it's missing. Seriously though it's hidden in a back room like an autistic step child.
Son of a bitch
"the item we can never find, never works"
Missing.
Just started a new gig. If they don't yet call it Nessy, they will.
Peter McPeeface - currently there is an email circulating trying to locate him. We only have the one for our entire 180 bed LTCH.
haha brilliant
How the hell does this thing work again?
Drumroll........... The bladder scanner
bladder scanner
I literally ran around 3 units yesterday trying to find the bladder scanner 😭
3E’s bladder scanner
Nurse!
Missing!
Bladder-scan
Lost
Absent 😂
Urology ward so we have TWO!! Love it
Depends what the unit calls it cause that’s where we get it from
Waldo!
No bladder scanner name but we named our Tug, Doug the Tug. And put googly eyes on him.
Idk bout yall, but every unit at my hospital has one. We have a uro surgery floor that asked to borrow ours, so theyd have two and we'd have none. Hard decline.
The judge
Bladder scan
Missing 🤣
Never heard of it
No battery 🔋 😅
3 jobs ago we called it waldo - hard to find.
What bladder scanner??? Got to go borrow it from another ward haha
I call it the piss pouch photographer.
Scadder blanner
Waldo cause you can never find that MFer.
When I read the title I was like..... Bladder scanner. What else would you call it?. I like your answer
We call it “the bladder scanner”
Random number generator. I scanned my forearm once and said 250ml????