OMG Say it correctly!

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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??

:no:

I have a co-worker that calls sequential compression devices (SCDs) "STDs". Big difference! :roflmao:

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Specializes in Pedi.

"I'm taking my patient to nuke-u-lar med." It's NUCLEAR!

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Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.
The easy way to remember this is to think of the "oocytes," in which you pronounce both "o's."

Unfortnately that will not work for most people as the mispronounce oocyte at well.

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Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.
"I'm taking my patient to nuke-u-lar med." It's NUCLEAR!

I think W would disagree....(although I do agree)

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This isn't medical but my sister prounounces Chevron as shiv'-ron. Now where in the heck does she get shiv from Chev? Drives me nuts!

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All my older family member say "Prostrate"..... It is a prostate. Too cute

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Can I get a class of "warter"?

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Kat,

Urinologist? I actually giggled out loud!

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A little funny story: when I was an LTC CNA and got an inevitable back injury, they sent me to an occupational health clinic. They didn't call it occupational health, of course, they used the abbreviated version: Occ. Med.

I spent quite awhile trying to figure out who the heck Achmed was and why I had to see him for my back injury.

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Patients need their "dilauda and fennigan"...Dilaudid and Phenergan :) Especially when they're vomicking!

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metropolol

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Specializes in PCCN.
The one that drives me crazy....

mELK instead of mILK

lol that's like pellow ( pillow) :)

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