Correct me - MRSA

Nurses General Nursing

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How are you saying MRSA? I've heard it many different ways.

Mar sa

Mer sa

M R S A

I have fun reading about this one, that is why I posted it!

Its just that the media has been all over MRSA in our area due to the increase in highschool students that have been testing postive.

I cringe every time I listen to a report.

It is MRSA for me.

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Specializes in Occ health, Med/surg, ER.

Mer-sa

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mer sa for me

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

mer-sa or M R S A

Either way works for me, though I prefer Mer-sa. Fewer syllables.

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mer-sa or M R S A

Either way works for me, though I prefer Mer-sa. Fewer syllables.

Me too . . . . so much verbiage in medicine, we shorten a lot.

steph

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Specializes in MICU/SICU.

I say, and hear, "Mersa".

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Specializes in NICU, Telephone Triage.

Recently I've been reading a lot about MRSA in the news. Some kids at schools have died from it. Our local schools have been pronouncing it "Mersah"....running all the letters together like it's a word. Have you ever heard of it being said that way? In my almost 20 years in nursing, I've only heard it said by the initials "M...R...S...A."

Just curious what you think.

Also, I'm trying not to worry about it becoming widespread, but it is a little scary!

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I have always heard it pronounced "Mursa"

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Specializes in NICU, Telephone Triage.

Bizarre! I guess it depends on where you live maybe??

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Both MRSA and mer sa seem to be used regularly around here, but I have one nurse i work with who calls it mer sa staph. Makes me nuts! I always want to ask her, " just what is it you think the 'S' in M.R.S.A. stands for ?"

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Specializes in MICU/SICU.
Both MRSA and mer sa seem to be used regularly around here, but I have one nurse i work with who calls it mer sa staph. Makes me nuts! I always want to ask her, " just what is it you think the 'S' in M.R.S.A. stands for ?"

:smackingf....that would drive me nuts, too! That goes in the same category as people who say, "Nu-Cu-Lar". Maybe with this particular nurse, it stands for, "Mostly Resistant to Standard Alphabetizing":lol2:

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Specializes in Dialysis, Home Care, Hospice.

We say Mersa here. I rarely hear anyone say M R S A.

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