Mystery Message
This is something that has been bothering me for some time. The little pictures are on boards in the patient's rooms. Sorry that it is out of focus.
The picture of the ear I get. It means that the patient has hearing aides and to be careful that they don't get lost.
The picture of the eye glasses means that the patient has glasses, although personally, I think it looks more like a bra.
The picture of the teeth warns us that the patient has dentures.
What I've never been able to figure out was what the leaf meant. Is it a grape leaf and we are to watch out for smuggled wine? Are we supposed to make sure that their flowers are kept watered?
I finally found out what it means. Anyone want to guess?
Oh, and just in case you were wondering, we don't actually use the board. It's just another one of those things that is ignored.
Written by Melissa on 12:37 AM
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The FALLing leaves
The patient's Canadian, eh?
Is that a marijuana leaf?
They're wearing a wig? They have dandruff? It's the autumn of their lives?
Madwag, good guess but no.
Anon #1 got it right, falling leaves. Personally I think that a banana peel would be better to show that patients are at risk for falling.
Alan, lol, that would be important for us to know. "Watch out, that patient's Canadian." :)
Anon #2, a mariquana leaf would be a good symbol to let us know that a patient is a drug seeker.
Dave, we don't need a sign to tell us a patient is wearing a wig. The wigs we've seen look like road kill perched on their heads. We also don't need a sign to tell us that a patient is old.:)
Before I look, I'm going to guess it means jewelry...looks like a necklace.
Now I'll post and see if I'm right...
i was on the line of thinking the patient is canadian :)
wow... what a strange symbol for a fall risk
Kim, that was a good guess.
May, we gotta watch out for those Canadians.
Lisa, I never would have guessed what that meant.
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