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.

Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.

Reading an.com today, I came across 3 posts where people used the word "UPMOST".

What? I have the utmost disdain for the word upmost.

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

Wow...I flinched at that one...!

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

I used to work with the cutest scrub tech way back in the day. Her family immigrated here from the Dominican Republic. She was always so bubbly and positive, laughing all the time and just a pleasure to be around. She was trying to make friends here and went out with a group of friends the night before. She was telling me about what a good time she had, and stating that they certainly "threw up". I asked her if they had too much to drink or something. She looked at me quizzically and so I asked her why her friends were vomiting. She laughed and said, "Oh, I meant to say that they certainly THREW DOWN".

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

Have any of you heard a co-worker or an instructor say "FAIR-nix" for pharynx? THAT DRIVES ME CRAZY! Granted, I didn't have to drive far...

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Specializes in Medical.
canesdukegirl said:
THAT DRIVES ME CRAZY! Granted, I didn't have to drive far...

Or as I often add, "short drive on a good day"!

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Specializes in thoracic ICU, ortho/neuro, med/surg.

My patient had a tubal litigation, hahahahaha.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
zombi said:
My patient had a tubal litigation, hahahahaha.

Well as long as they agreed upon the outcome. lol ?

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Specializes in SICU.

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canesdukegirl said:
Have any of you heard a co-worker or an instructor say "FAIR-nix" for pharynx? THAT DRIVES ME CRAZY! Granted, I didn't have to drive far...

What about the NS instructor who kept saying that plus...

SI-napses (synapses)

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Specializes in IMCU.

Try taking the Kaplan online. Some of those presenting the online content were diabolical. I can't believe that Kaplan permits those videos to still run.

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.
zombi said:
My patient had a tubal litigation, hahahahaha.

YOU WIN!!! HAHAHAHAHAAAaaahahaha!:lol2:

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Specializes in Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych.

It scares me that surgeons who get things wrong like the above have a license to hold a scalpel! Makes you shudder if they know what they're cutting.....

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Specializes in cardiology/oncology/MICU.

I worked with a psych nurse that regularly stated that such and such patient had both audio and visual hallucinizations? He would also say that "he gave 650mg of astaminophen"(phonetic) drove me nuts!:banghead:

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