Learn To Say It Correctly!!

[SheriLynnRN]

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.

[Atheos]

mingez said:

Yeah, it's "Laht" that bothers me.

Along with people ordering a "Wet" cappuccino. There's no such thing. A wet Cap IS a Latte.

(Former Barista)

Also, Latte means milk. I hate when people say they have a latte. It's a Caffe e Latte - Coffee and Milk...

[mom4josh]

I heard a new one just the other day...

"Solicitate"

WHAT???

:smackingf

This from someone older and more educated (supposebly LOL) - my NM.

Thought I'd heard them all until this one. Anyone else ever hear this?

[teeniebert, LPN]

I heard a new one just the other day...

"Solicitate"

WHAT???

:smackingf

This from someone older and more educated (supposebly LOL) - my NM.

Thought I'd heard them all until this one. Anyone else ever hear this?

I'd like to know the context...did the person mean "solicit" or "salicylate" or something else?

[lvnandmomx3]

I'd like to know the context...did the person mean "solicit" or "salicylate" or something else?

I was thinking the same thing.

Solicitate

So*lic"it*ate\, a. Solicitous. [Obs.] --Eden.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

Tracylvn said:

I was thinking the same thing.

Solicitate

So*lic"it*ate\, a. Solicitous. [Obs.] --Eden.

Like using "orientate" ? 

steph

[Music in My Heart]

Its exacerbation NOT exasperation.

Oh yes... I find it quite exasperating. My boss used to do this and he sounded like such an idiot.

"Sontimeter"...as in "the patient's wound is 2 sontimeters wide". It's "centimeter". Do you say a gumball costs 1 sont? Nooooo.

This is one of my pet peeves... mostly because it sounds so pretentious to me.

[Music in My Heart]

Not nursing-related but my mother says, "alblum." I still shudder each time.

[Bonnie Nurse]

Aren't there two ways to pronounce centimeter?

[Bonnie Nurse]

Check spelling of "annunciation". It should start with an e.

[Bonnie Nurse]

I know this is a vent thread, but....

We have a new nurse on our floor who says O2 stat instead of sat. I've tried to correct her by repeating it, like: Her: "The pt's o2 stat is 92% on room air." Me: "Oh, really? Yesterday I couldn't keep her SAT above 90 without a couple of liters of O2."

She's not getting it. It seems so awkward to interrupt her and say, "Hey, it's SAT, not stat." Why didn't her instructors correct her? I hate having to embarrass her like this. Is there any kind way to correct her? Or do I just have to say it? I'm thinking I just have to say it; I just don't want her to feel bad or self conscious. I guess there's nothing for it, unless any of you have a better idea (which I would be happy to hear!).

When you continue to allow her to pronounce sat as stat, you are not doing your job as her teacher and colleague. Tell her in private.

[Bonnie Nurse]

alot is one word unless your talking about a parcel of land. "I use that alot" or" I park my car in a lot". oh, & don't forget "had lain" "when I was young, I HAD LAIN IN THE SNOW ALOT" I can see where emmigrants to USA would find English very difficult to learn.

Immigrants is spelled with an "i", not an e. Also, if you're talking about a person, you lie down today, you lay in bed yesterday, and you have lain there many times before. If you're talking about an object, you lay the spoon on the table, you laid it there yesterday, and you have laid it there many times before. Big difference of usuage.

[Bonnie Nurse]

Usage error here. A person gets the "gist" of something, not the just.