What medical term do you dislike the most ?

[Keepstanding]

I hate when people refer to emesis as "PUKE" ......nasty term !

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[EmmaG, RN]

what is smegma?

Google is your friend.

Ew

[leslie :-D]

what is smegma?

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smegma

leslie

[nurse grace RN, BSN]

smegma, chyme, gravid, noncompliant, protuberant,fecund, fluctuant,

indurated, puke, tossed cookies, trots,hershey squirts, lungers, lugees,

and other slang for mucous etc...... ew!!!!!!!!!!! sputum

you would never believe I worked in microbiology for 14 years as med tech before nursing school---I hate sputum --especially bloody and frothy

[mismatchedgrl, LPN]

[evil]hehe..[/evil]

even better, thank goodness my angina is under control

[FireStarterRN, BSN, RN]

Speaking of smegma, when I was in nursing school the running joke was that S.N. stood for 'Smegma Nurse'. Lovely, eh? it was a school tradition. I think it had to do with the ugly yellow tops we were forced to wear.

[leslie :-D]

Speaking of smegma, when I was in nursing school the running joke was that S.N. stood for 'Smegma Nurse'. Lovely, eh? it was a school tradition. I think it had to do with the ugly yellow tops we were forced to wear.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yellow is not my friend anymore.

leslie

[southernatheart]

When patients are referred to as 'feeders'...makes me think of goldfish......

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

When patients are referred to as 'feeders'...makes me think of goldfish......

Oh i DESPISE that TERM!! I always refered to those pts. as "people who need assistance with mealtime." Wordy, yes, but much better in the respect dept.

[ERnewbieRN, BSN, RN]

referring to patients as "clients" or "customers"... gag me!

i hate the word "duodenum," never quite know how to pronounce that or "angina" without sounding like an idiot

i must agree with "smegma" EW! as well as "fecal" "stool" "secretions" "discharge" "oozing" "lesion" "sore" "chancre" :uhoh21: yuck must i go on?

[SW_07]

I dont like referring to pt.s that need assistance with meals as "feeders". Again reminds me of a sci-fi/horror movie. "THE FEEDERS" dun dun-dunnnn.

[Shopgirl1]

Pulmonary Toilet....GROSS!!!

[Shopgirl1]

Back to the Angina, I hate the word to begin with but even more so when people call it Anjana.....eeeerrrrrrrrr