Guess the mispronounced medical term

[EricJRN]

After a recent EMS run where I was momentarily stumped by a patient's condition, I thought it might be fun to see if it stumps anyone else.

The term: Sack-a-docious

Hint: Patient's chief complaint is, "My lungs be painin' me because of my sack-a-docious."

Anyone?

[jnrsmommy]

These are great LOL

Co-worker giving report on a pt w/ pneu "BS w/ raunchy to upper lobes" Had to laugh my orifice off before I could tell her it was rhonchi

Overheard an elderly gentleman in the grocery store telling his friend that the "Ex Oh Pen Ex" the doc put him on was doing wonders for him. Have to watch myself saying Xopenex now, I think of him and want to say it that way.

My youngest was 4 or 5 at the time, and was reciting the pledge of allegiance for me. I never could understand how she could say "indivisible" w/o any problems, but the "hosible" where mommy works would trip her up.

[underpaidrn]

My MIL, bless her heart, is a wanna be neurosurgeon with a fourth grade education. She had an EKG done of her stomach - still waiting to see the results from that. She also has divolosis and a hyena hernia. No matter how many times I gently try to correct her, she continues right along. I learn so much.

[ERnewbieRN, BSN, RN]

hate it when people say "amNiodarone" for amiodarone!

[RheatherN, ASN, RN, EMT-P]

okay, total pet peeve of mine, makes me cringe.. so dumb.. but we each have our "thing"... BUN pronounced BUN not a B.U.N..its not part of a dang burger for gosh sakes!

-H-

[trethern]

I once worked with a nurse who used to write "pt has mersa"

He also wrote orders for pepsid and tyenol. I used to make him correct them all before I would co sign them. (We used to cosign each others telephone orders.

Also the nissen thing, I don't think I work with a single nurse who can pronounce that right. :smackingf

[NurseLatteDNP, MSN, DNP, RN]

Couple of weeks ago there was an alergy listed on my patient's chart:"PHENEGON", I figured it meant "phenergan". Turns out the newly hired unit clerk has never worked in a hospital before.

[Circl8r]

Then there's the ever popular labor "epidermal" for pain relief

And my dear mother (God rest her soul) who took HARmones and antiBEEotics...

This thread is a hoot...I'm really enjoying it!

[RNDude]

There was a nurse who bewildered everyone, talking about "keypos" over and over through an accent. It turned out that she was saying "K-Phos" for potasium phosphate.

[DaFreak71]

In my first semester of nursing school, while doing a patient assessment, I asked her if her bowels were regular. She answered "Most of the time, but I use tupperware mostly".

Same patient, while asking if she was experiencing any genital pain/itching replied "I dunno, sometimes my kooter stanks". I DID laugh.

My father in law (who is dumber than a box of rocks) writes a grocery list for me to pick things up for him. Here are a few that are spelled incorrectly 100% of the time:

Percipictions= prescriptions

Banas= bananas.

Stake=steak

Coax = cokes

Oh, and his coumadin was cumdin. :uhoh21:

[ghillbert, MSN, NP]

I work with a nurse who mispronounces everything. A few of her faves:

- plasmaresis (plasmapheresis)

- amniodarone (amiodarone)

- milirone (milrinone)

[Nurse Salt]

I was receiving report once and the nurse kept referring to the pt's u-REEN and how it wasn't normal so we were monitoring it. Finally I was like "I'm sorry what is ureen?" and the other nurse goes "you know, pee-pee" I started cracking up and was like "you mean URINE?" hahaha! Gotta love it! For a minute there I thought ureen was a new body part I never learned about!!!

[SandraCVRN]

O2 STATS from other nurses....That makes me crazy, I've learned to ignore my rural in-laws how mispronouce almost everything.

Thanks for bringing this thread forwrd.