Nurses General Nursing
Published Jan 24, 2013
This is just a pet peeve rant post. But why do some people who should have a basic education on this call it "oxygen stats/ staturations". Drives me crazy. Ive seen people write it and say it. Its sat!!! Saturation!
Ok end rant.
Shiner50
162 Posts
Subscription instead of prescription. Yikes.
BrandonLPN, LPN
3,358 Posts
Obstipation is a real word. It means severe constipation.
primarycares
10 Posts
You are absolutely right now that I have put it out there, that obstipation is a real word. But to be fair and a little (maybe a lot) nitpicky, it describes a situation of prolonged severe constipation that suggests an obstruction is near, rather than an actual diagnosis. Not that there's anything wrong with that!
Not_A_Hat_Person, RN
2,900 Posts
I work with a nurse who abbreviates acetaminophen as ASAP, instead of APAP.
littlekaneRN
76 Posts
We had a nurse document that a pt was on "hormoans"
Angeljho, MSN, NP
392 Posts
Lozenger instead of lozenge.
LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN
8,429 Posts
^^Guilty of this... :)
"open laceration"
I see that all the time lol.
badrobot
1 Post
What about "dipsnea" instead of pronouncing it as "disp-nea"??
DanaMSN, MSN
17 Posts
I have a fellow nurse who calls me by the wrong name. She calls me Diana, Dena, Donna... Anything but DANA. It isn't that hard, call me by the right name please. She claims it is to hard to remember....how about looking at my name tag?
*too hard to remember
The dress code at one nursing job banned clothes that were "tethered." I think they meant "tattered."