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 NICU, Psych, Education.

Lately I've seen a resurgence of the black market bronchodilator alblooterol and its analog albrooterol.

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EricJRN said:
Lately I've seen a resurgence of the black market bronchodilator alblooterol and its analog albrooterol.

That reminds me of a story one of the cardiologists here told me. He said when he was working in a large teaching hospital, he got a call from the hospital pharmacy. Apparently, someone had tried to forge a prescription under him for Mofeen, 1 pound

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Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.

This may (?) be my biggest non-nursing/healthcare related pet peeve....annunciating the "S" on the end of Illinois. I can't stand it. And for the record, no I never lived in IL.

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psu_213 said:
This may (?) be my biggest non-nursing/healthcare related pet peeve....annunciating the "S" on the end of Illinois. I can't stand it. And for the record, no I never lived in IL.

enunciate is the word you want ....

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morte said:
enunciate is the word you want ....

Ahh, thank you....and I should not have an adult beverage before I post...

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Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.

And for heaven's sakes, people, learn how to use an apostrophe. Arrrrrggggg!

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Slide lining instead of side lying.

I wrote it down that way on my census sheet, looked at it later on and thought, What the heck is that new position? :confused:

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TriciaJ said:
And for heaven's sakes, people, learn how to use an apostrophe. Arrrrrggggg!

Thank you. "It's its unless you mean it is, then it's it's"

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

Did anyone do "metOprolol"? As opposed to the common mispronunciation "metoprOlol"? Also, this thread blew up. For real. Word. (I'm so f'n tired, overcaffeinated.)

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morecoffeepls said:
Did anyone do "metOprolol"? As opposed to the common mispronunciation "metoprOlol"? Also, this thread blew up. For real. Word. (I'm so f'n tired, overcaffeinated.)

Yup, one of the first, it not the first.

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

Thx, No. 1431. I can't think of any more off the top of my head, as important as it is and as much as I would like to. I'm shot.

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Specializes in ED/ICU/TELEMETRY/LTC.

All manner of misspellings, errors in grammar and enunciation, failure to use the proper punctuation, and verb tense from a healthcare professional drive me mad. We have supposedly all advanced our education. Where did I go wrong?

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