Miss pronounciations of medications and medical terms!Way to Funny!!!!!!!!

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today i went in to work to my office seeing as how im the sup. to grab some paperwork i forgot the other day, and anyways we have this new nurse whojust moved herefrom alabama, anyways i overheard her talking to one of the docs, they had this patient who had migraines who is an ff, anyway she was like shouldnt we give thisguy some cafe'goat suppositories, yes she pronounced the cafe'-as in resteraunt, goat as in animal, i know she meant cafergot, but this was the funniest thing ive ever heard, i had a mouth full of pop, which went flying across my desk.lol, what are some of the funniest things youve heard-lol-:lol2::chuckle:hpygrp::nurse:

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Hey now, don't diss on us southern women!!!!

Two nights ago I triaged a guy who kept telling me he was diagnosed with "lady parts" of the heart. He kept giggling like a 14 yr old. I didnt really have the heart to tell him it was angina.

He stopped laughing about his lady parts of the heart when he learned he was having his Second cocaine induced MI....

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Specializes in ER/SICU/Med-Surg/Ortho/Trauma/Flight.

I wasnt dissing you southern women katie, as seeing how Im southern and my family is full of southern women, but this was the funniest thing Ive heard in along time and thought I would share, it sure made my day, In fact Im married to a big haired southern gal from Mississippi, myself.

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Specializes in ER/SICU/Med-Surg/Ortho/Trauma/Flight.

lady parts of the heart huh? Sounds like an interesting self diagnosis! LOL, ROTFLOL

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Specializes in ER/ICU/Flight.

I had a young guy present to triage with a c/c of "ran out of peanut-butter balls". after finishing the triage sheet I asked him again, because i wasn't about ready to tell the MD what he'd said. He repeated himself and when asked what happens when he doesn't get his peanut butter balls, he replied "I fall out."

Finally, we discovered what he meant.....phenobarbitol. We couldn't believe he thought he was getting peanut butter balls the whole time! and I'm from the south too!!

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I had a cute little 'ol lady that told everyone that she was a "diabetical" and a guy who always asked for his "Blistaril" (Vistaril). Oh... and I have a precious Aunt from Alabama who rants about her 70 year old brother taking "that damn Viagner"!!!

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Specializes in ER.
I had a young guy present to triage with a c/c of "ran out of peanut-butter balls". after finishing the triage sheet I asked him again, because i wasn't about ready to tell the MD what he'd said. He repeated himself and when asked what happens when he doesn't get his peanut butter balls, he replied "I fall out."

Finally, we discovered what he meant.....phenobarbitol. We couldn't believe he thought he was getting peanut butter balls the whole time! and I'm from the south too!!

:roll

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lady parts of the heart huh? Sounds like an interesting self diagnosis! LOL, ROTFLOL

And here I thought that the cardiac/lady partsl connection was purely a female phenomenon, how silly of me...:redpinkhe

Blee

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Specializes in FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed.

I'm a southern woman too, born and raised in Georgia, now living in West Texas. Usually my accent isn't much of a problem; in fact a lot of people don't realize I'm not from here.

Anyway, a few months ago I had a patient who was from Montana. Her husband is a native of this area and they were visiting on their way to the coast. She came in for an acute problem but we got to discussing her cholesterol. I told her that I usually recommend fish oil. Well, I know that's what I said. It took a couple of tries before she knew that was what I said! Not sure what she thought she heard!! :chuckle

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Specializes in Home Care, Hospice, OB.

one of our very young maternity patients wanted to know how to get her baby boy "circle-sizes":chuckle

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Peds/O.R./Legal/cardiology.

When Viagra first came out, an elderly man showed up at my PCP's office (a colleague told me) and wanted some of that new drug, "Niagra". I told her I thought that was starch!...come to think of it, I guess it sort of is! :rotfl:

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Specializes in ER/SICU/Med-Surg/Ortho/Trauma/Flight.

[color=lime]oh this stuffs way to funny!!!!lol!!rotflmao:lol2::roll:hpygrp::rcgtku: keep um coming!!!:nurse:

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