Nurses General Nursing
Published Oct 6, 2007
I hate when people refer to emesis as "PUKE" ......nasty term !
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lizbian
4 Posts
the use of the term client instead of patient
Sabby_NC
983 Posts
Not really medical term persay.... Overtime :angryfire not that I do it anymore but still a dirty word LOL
crissrn27, RN
904 Posts
:lol2:
doe9181
76 Posts
Ewww!!! I hate smegma too! And I also hate when pts are referred to as veggies or vegtables. It's too disrespectful.
Also stool and diarrhea. They're both gross.
MedSurgeNewbie
146 Posts
Exacerbation...I hate that word. I don't mind being called fat. "Obese" sounds morbid. I yam what I yam although 46 pounds lighter...I'm now less fat or as a doctor put it "mildly obese".
I don't mind being called fat. "Obese" sounds morbid. I yam what I yam although 46 pounds lighter...I'm now less fat or as a doctor put it "mildly obese".
Had a pt. refer to herself as "Adipose Abundant" and refered to my skinny co-worker as "Adipose Challenged" cracked me up! We joked her whole stay about starting a new trend in medicine.. That was one of those this is why I do nursing days.. :monkeydance:
I dislike the term masticate.Not sure why.:)
Not sure why.
:)
I have to admit this is a fun one to drop at partys - ask people if they masticate - watch them squirm - its great for getting rid of unwanted company too
squidgy50
1 Post
Smegma.
It always seemed to me that the more disgusting something was, the more disgusting the name for it was. I always wondered who sat around and thought up this stuff?
When I hear that word, which mercifully now is never, I almost get nauseated.
peridotgirl
508 Posts
hello, lizbian. I agree with you to. I hate the word "client". It sounds harsh. I don't understand why people refer to their pts as clients. I also don't understand what's the difference between patient and client.
thank you for answering my question, Melpn. Wow, now I dislike the term also.
thaicats
2 Posts
I am a nursing instructor and one term I won't allow my students to use to describe purulent drainage is "***** drainage"!
NursKris82
278 Posts
What about expired for a someone who has passed. It reminds me of bad milk. I hate that term.