Do you ever correct people about medical stuff?

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I always have pronounced de-breed, and have always heard it pronounced that way. But my father in law is a podiatrist, and he says it to rhyme with bride. Therefore my husband says it that way too. Although I suppose it must be an alternative pronunciation, it ,akes me bonkers.

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Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN

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I always have pronounced de-breed, and have always heard it pronounced that way. But my father in law is a podiatrist, and he says it to rhyme with bride. Therefore my husband says it that way too. Although I suppose it must be an alternative pronunciation, it ,akes me bonkers.

Now, different pronunciations . . that's a bird of a different feather.

In school, each of my teachers had a different way of pronouncing medical terms. Some of the grew up back East, some in the South, some here. So, I can cut them some slack on that. ;)

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Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN

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I guess those cases are informing people. But this is about correction, isn't it? Whoops, first day here and already prattling on...

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BloomNurseRN, ASN, BSN, RN

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Except for the time I found out a coworker was taking 5-5.5g of Tylenol a day (non-nurse). :/

Wow!! Yep, sounds like that was a great time to speak up!

lorirn58

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I correct fellow nurses and doctors quite a bit when they are talking about something grossly outlandish that they know nothing about, have not kept up with current practice, or are just plain wrong possibly leading to patient harm. I will have a conversation when someone (layperson) has false information and remember, it is not what you say but HOW you say it. If they think that I am a know-it-all, too bad. If they do not believe me, they can go look it up.

CrazierThanYou

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I'm not talking about patient education, I'm just talking about general conversation. I hear people get things wrong medically all the time, but I rarely correct people. For example, a relative said the other day that she thought her mother just had a kidney infection but then "We found out it was E. Coli! :nailbiting:" I didn't have the heart to tell her we all have E. coli in our guts and most kidney infections are E. coli.I have a patient who also goes to my church. He tells everyone he has bladder cancer. He really has prostate cancer with mets to the bladder. This happens a lot with "bone" and "liver" cancer as well. I hear people say "so and so" had breast cancer and now they have "bone" cancer. Well, they most likely have bone mets, not bone cancer.Normally, unless the person is seeking information from me or I'm in the clinical setting, I just keep my mouth shut. I figure I don't want to be an obnoxious know-it-all and, since I don't know the whole situation, I don't have all the facts. What about you?
I always do. I don't go around perpetuating ignorance so I must!

Sorry that wasn't in response to your post. It was supposed to be in response to the original post!

Do-over, ASN, RN

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My grandmother used to get after me about going outside in the winter with wet hair (she really didn't like it if my hair actually froze...) Did I WANT to get pneumonia?!?! Even as a teenager I know this wasn't possible, but she wasn't the type you argued with.

This may be off topic, but, if I ever have to write a big research paper... I am going to study the efficacy of a bar of soap in the bed to prevent restless legs in elderly women.

SaoirseRN

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to be fair, I used to pronounce it that way, I could have sworn that was how we leaned it in Canada, im now in the US and say it "de- breed", but unless I was just sorely wrong, I think thats how its pronounced in some areas.

I'm from Canada, and we say de-bride, not de-breed.

CloudySue

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If they do not believe me, they can go look it up.

I believe that's the problem in a LOT of misinformed cases already! :laugh:

Silverdragon102, BSN

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I'm from Canada, and we say de-bride, not de-breed.

Although from UK now in Canada we also say de-bride in the UK

madwife2002, BSN, RN

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My grandmother used to get after me about going outside in the winter with wet hair (she really didn't like it if my hair actually froze...) Did I WANT to get pneumonia?!?! Even as a teenager I know this wasn't possible, but she wasn't the type you argued with.

This may be off topic, but, if I ever have to write a big research paper... I am going to study the efficacy of a bar of soap in the bed to prevent restless legs in elderly women.

Too funny, let me tell you after I had a car accident I had nerve damage and problems with restless legs and in desperation I tried the bar of soap in the bed and it didnt work LOL

Although from UK now in Canada we also say de-bride in the UK

I'm Australian, we say "de-bride" also. If anyone pronounced it "de-breed" they would definitely get funny looks! I've never heard it pronounced that way. I guess we say it the British English way :)

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