Learn To Say It Correctly!!

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Doesn't it just drive you insane when someone tells you that Mr. Smith's O2 STAT is 96%?

It's O2 SAT people! Sat, short for saturation. I even hear respiratory therapists saying this. I am sooooo tempted to say something next time, but I know it's just petty, so I needed to vent here. Thank you.

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maxandruby said:
Most people would appreciate to be corrected. Especially, those whose English is not their first language. I think...go for it, tell her.

I would want to be corrected as well, you just have to find a tactful way of doing it and make sure you do it privately and spin it too not make her feel like an idiot. She might not pick up on you even saying it differently and if she has never been told differently she just might not know.

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WestTXnurse said:
I cannot stand when someone needs to WARSH their hands or whatever! A girl I went to nursing school with said that, I always wanted to grab her face and help her say WAAAASH!:no:

That's a southern thing!

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psu_213 said:
"Stats" is the one that drives the me the most crazy. "Orientated" is a close second.

Once saw a nurse in LTC that wanted to fax a message to a doctor that the pt was having purulent discharge from her g-tube site. The fax read that Mr. S was having "***** discharge" from the site. ***** equals pus with the letters "-sy" added to it. You can figure it out from there....I can't say that word let alone post it on this website.

My nursing instructor pointed that out to us. lol

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My mom says MRSA "merser" .. drives me nuts.

That's a funny one!

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Is your mom from Boston? You know the place where they don't pronounce the 'r' in a word like cah (car) or pahk(park) but seem to have the need to use them somewhere else like 'I have an idear'.

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Brea LPN said:
That's a southern thing!

Also a PA Dutch thing!!!!

In reply to the warsh!!!

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Specializes in Urology, ENT.

I have a classmate who says "petechiae" as "pet-ee-chay." I tried correcting her, but she was like, "but I say 'pet-ee-chay.'" I've also heard people say, "Okay, now you're going to palpitate for..." I half want to say, "You can't palpitate for anything and the patient shouldn't have palpitations. You palpate for things."

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My current pet peeve: "All-Timers" for Alzheimer's.

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Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.

This is a fairly new one for me...multiple people I work with, for MRSA, say "Marza." Not sure where this came from, but it drives my nuts to hear it. Silly, I know.

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Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.

Gosh, where do I start...so many, so little time. This is in response to some of the last recent posts.

I think the "that needs fixed" is collequial to the mid west. I lived in Indianapolis in 2001. People were always saying things like "my hair needs cut" The first few times I heard this and I heard it frequently, I thought that English was not these peoples first language. Then I thought that maybe grammer was never taught in elementary schools...or at least the conjugation of the verb "to be"....I never joined in, and I never got used to it.

They also call what I call "soda"-"pop"....

I was born in New York...and I also grew up "throwing up" not vomiting.:)

Also, when people say "that was a cut and dry" situation instead of cut and dried.

Laughed out loud at the limp noids.

Go nuts over..."expecially"..the "Specific Ocean" (yes, really), HIPPA, simular and my all time favorite...VALENTIMES day..aarrrrggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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diva rn said:
Gosh, where do I start...so many, so little time. This is in response to some of the last recent posts.

I think the "that needs fixed" is collequial to the mid west. I lived in Indianapolis in 2001. People were always saying things like "my hair needs cut" The first few times I heard this and I heard it frequently, I thought that English was not these peoples first language. Then I thought that maybe grammer was never taught in elementary schools...or at least the conjugation of the verb "to be"....I never joined in, and I never got used to it.

They also call what I call "soda"-"pop"....

I was born in New York...and I also grew up "throwing up" not vomiting.:)

Also, when people say "that was a cut and dry" situation instead of cut and dried.

Laughed out loud at the limp noids.

Go nuts over..."expecially"..the "Specific Ocean" (yes, really), HIPPA, simular and my all time favorite...VALENTIMES day..aarrrrggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. I don't live in the mid west and people here always leave out the "to be" (the trash needs taken out...). Also, most people say 'pop' and are proud of the fact they don't say 'soda.'

2. I knew someone who would always say "I PACIFICALLY told you the trash needs taken out." Not sure how she pronounced the name of the big body of water west of California.

3. I have to admit, I have written "HIPPA" before. AN broke me of that habit.

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FlashGrad said:
My inlaws always say alztimers instead of alzheimers. It really gets under my skin!

My father always refered to it as "oldtimers" disease.

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