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.

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

How about de-FRIB-rillator? And that came from the ICU Director!

[FlashGrad]

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

[RhodyGirl, RN]

mrsraisinkain said:

I also was a pharmacy tech and loved it when our clients would request the geriatric or genetic medication because the brand name was too expensive.

My biggest pet peeve though is grammar in regards to spelling. I wish people would learn the difference between your/you're, their/there/they're, and its/it's.

Wow, it felt good to get that out. Thanks, guys!

I know where you're coming from!!!! The your/you're thing annoys me to the CORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SheriLynnRN]

queenjean said:

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!).

Personally, I would want someone to let me know if I were saying something the wrong way. The reality is that a person who misuses words, or pronounces them incorrectly comes across as less knowledgeable and intelligent.

There may come a time in the future when she won't be taken seriously as a professional because what she's saying sounds silly.

[Southernurse]

lucky1rn said:

i haven't heard anyone say "stat" instead of "sat" but...

my personal pet peeves:

"phernegan" or some other twisted form of "phenergan"

"nucular" to which i respond "how do you spell that?". it's "nuclear" people!

"scrip"...as in, "lucky1rn, what do you think of this patient's rhythm scrip?" uh...what's a scrip? do you mean "strip"?

"sontimeter"...as in "the patient's wound is 2 sontimeters wide". it's "centimeter". do you say a gumball costs 1 sont? nooooo.

yeah, i'm a bit picky about language! i could go on and on. expresso instead of espresso. orientated instead of oriented. prostrate instead of prostate. ok...i'll shut up now.

Holy smoke! you got all of them! Sonnimeter drives me nuts! Also, lairnix for larynx or phairnix for pharynx...I did not go through the whole listing on this thread so if someone mentioned those already, thank you too!

[ohmeowzer RN, RN]

It doesn't bother me when people say something wrong... as long as it's given correctly

[wooh, BSN, RN]

nrsang97 said:

Its exacerbation NOT exasperation. That makes me crazy . Mrs.Smith dosen't have a exasperation of her asthma she has a exacerbation of her asthma.

She might be exasperated with it!

[daisybaby, LPN]

How about "defib-u-lator"?

[FlyingScot, RN]

A new employee is oriented to the unit not orientated. You palpate an abdomen not palpitate. The BP machine is broken not broke so please don't write that on the equipment tag. O2 stats...arrrgh. And it's Phenergan NOT Phenergran. I don't mind when patients and their families mispronounce things but when we do it we sound stupid. Wait there's more. Monitor is spelled with an "o" not an "e" (moniter) and it's a chux pad not be confused with Chuck's apartment. I could go on but I don't want to steal all the fun.

[DLS_PMHNP, MSN, RN, NP]

A few of my favorites:

Prostrate vs prostate

Roto-cuff vs rotator cuff

ashphalt vs asphalt

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

Me too - sontimeter 

SupposeBly instead of supposeDly.

One of my hospice patient's has a dear husband who calls us "hos-pik" nurses. "Here comes the hos-pik nurse".

steph

[Southernurse]

fennergrin/fennergrinned

sonnergram

someone at my hospital had her aneroids removed

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