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There is just somethings that really bother me, specifically mispronunciation of words. The specific abbreviation that realllllly grinds my gears is when a nurse or CNA/PCT says " O2 STATS" O2 "stat"uration?
Anyone have anything else that people misspell or mispronounce that gets them going??
I agree. However, in the defense of people who have said "med-surge," they may have gone to type "surg" and their auto correct changed in to "surge" (although my autocorrect just tried to change "surg" to "surf").
Yes, this happened to me when creating a thread once. I had no option but to put "med-surge" why I didn't write out medical-surgical, I do not know. :-)
All of my nursing school faculty, including the clinical professor for maternal/child health (a CNM), pronounced it "um-bil-IKE-us", too, so I think that's correct. I can't bring myself to say it, though! :)
In my pre-nursing life I was a technical writer, so I'm a bit of a stickler about grammar and spelling, but what patients say doesn't bother me as long as we're communicating adequately. Regional accents don't get to me, either; I actually like them. It does bug me immensely when nurses or doctors pronounce things incorrectly, such as the aforementioned "oooopherectomy" or "nuke-yu-lar."
julz68
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My pet peeve is also when people don't write grammatically correct or use punctuation correctly. Also when they write in text style, like using "u" or "ur" on posts. Not just here, but anywhere. It makes it so hard for me to read! Maybe it's just me because I am older, in my 40s. Ha!