Nurses General Nursing
Published Oct 24, 2007
How are you saying MRSA? I've heard it many different ways.
Mar sa
Mer sa
M R S A
nursemary9, BSN, RN
657 Posts
We say "mersa" or M. R. S. A. Docs, labs folks, nurses, etc., all say it either way. I'm ok with that.We call heart bypass a "cabbage" after all (CABG).steph
We say "mersa" or M. R. S. A. Docs, labs folks, nurses, etc., all say it either way.
I'm ok with that.
We call heart bypass a "cabbage" after all (CABG).
steph
We do exactly the same ---mer sa or M.R.S.A.
also we call it cabbage
CHATSDALE
4,177 Posts
mrsa
i had never heard of mer-sa until the media took up the hue/cry
i have heard of cabbage in getting report but in years on a cardiac surgery floor i only heard used a couple of times by personnel
regional thing i guess
Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN
11,304 Posts
mrsai had never heard of mer-sa until the media took up the hue/cryi have heard of cabbage in getting report but in years on a cardiac surgery floor i only heard used a couple of times by personnelregional thing i guess
I came into nursing in my late 30's/early 40's and thought medical terms were weird. . . . I had a hard time writing SOB because to me it meant a profanity. Now I write it w/o even thinking about it.
Everyone says cabbage here . . . especially in CCU.
carrie13
79 Posts
I hear it referred to as mer-sa much more than M.R.S.A
June55Baby
226 Posts
this is just driving me crazy. i am so sick of hearing m.e.r.s.a... how about mrsa and leave it at that. what's up with all the cutzie nicknames for a rotten bacteria.
you are right about the cutsie nick names! won't be long before we have mama's naming their precious babies mersa!
where i'm from we call it m.r.s.a.
mauxtav8r
365 Posts
You are right about the cutsie nick names! Won't be long before we have mama's naming their precious babies Mersa!
This is no joke . . . too bad I'm laughing so hard . . .
NurseCard, ADN
2,847 Posts
I have heard "cabbage" too, and M.R.S.A, but I've also heard it called "mer-sa". That gets under my skin, though.
cardiacRN2006, ADN, RN
4,106 Posts
Mer-sa...
Sabby_NC
983 Posts
You are right about the cutsie nick names! Won't be long before we have mama's naming their precious babies Mersa! Where I'm from we call it M.R.S.A.
Where I'm from we call it M.R.S.A.
LOL I chuckled when I read this but oh so true...
M.R.S.A here!!!
TXstudentRN
53 Posts
I know a Mersai... close enough for me, even though it's pronounced mer-sigh. Oh the world we live in!
CT Pixie, BSN, RN
3,723 Posts
Here in Connecticut the news and laypeople call it mer sa.
but I've heard medical professionals call it mer sa and M R S A
either way its a nasty bug
NurseBranch
38 Posts
When I first started my CNA classes my instructor would always talk about an infection called "Mercer" we needed to be aware of. Not having any education, I kept googling and trying to research Mercer to no avail. I did not know what she was talking about until I put 2 and 2 together at the nursing home and realized what she was talking about.
However, at my hospital, we say Mer-sa.