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pee like a Russian racehorse

A medical condition describing the copious diuresis experienced by postpartum women about 6 hours after delivery.
As a nurse, you should expect the new mommy to pee like a Russian racehorse within the first 24 hours after delivery.
by InstituteOfNursingParlance September 7, 2019
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squoze

A word characterizing the degree of cataclysmic pressure exerted on the head of a baby as it is being delivered vaginally.

Tenses: squoze, squozed, had squozen
As the baby comes out you might see some early decelerations on the fetal heart monitor strip. This tells you that the baby's head is getting squozed.
by InstituteOfNursingParlance September 7, 2019
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fundus

a word nursing students use to replace inutterable and otherwise unprofessional obscenities.
Shut the fundus up. Life's a fundus. My patient just took a massive fundus.
by InstituteOfNursingParlance September 7, 2019
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ambulate

Nursing Goal: Patient will ambulate to the restroom and back with minimal assistance.
by InstituteOfNursingParlance September 7, 2019
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Incivility

A concept of professional nursing that describes the unproductive and usually poorly timed externalization of the nurse's true thoughts, opinions, and emotions.
Nurse David almost lost his license because his sense of humor always bordered extreme levels of incivility.
by InstituteOfNursingParlance September 7, 2019
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Orthostatic Hypotension

When you stand up from sitting or lying down and then get high for 3 seconds. This happens because your body couldn't adjust your blood pressure fast enough from a lying to a standing position. This is similar to how you feel like crap when you volunteered to quickly for a job that you were disastrously unqualified for.
Hey gramps, dont get up too fast or Orthostatic Hypotension will sit yo ass back down.
by InstituteOfNursingParlance September 8, 2019
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Poosh

Medical term describing the sound of a metered-dose inhaler when in use.
To use the inhaler, start breathing, press the trigger, and poosh. keep inhaling slowly after the poosh and then hold your breath for about 10 seconds for maximum effectiveness.
by InstituteOfNursingParlance September 13, 2019
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