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 Utilization Management.
Rnwriter, you DEFINITELY took the words out of my mouth!!!

HAHAHA!!!

I'm ever so GRATEFUL. ;) (Ah, come on, somebody had to do it!)

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Specializes in Medical/Surgical.

I am essentially the only person on my floor who cares about how people spell and pronounce medical terms and medications. I am so glad to see that I have fellow nurses who can't stand when other nurses mispronounce things. There is one nurse on my floor who is absolutely the WORST.

She says stats instead of sats (I've called her on it and she still screws it up.

Spells Dilaudid "dalotid"- no joke

Demerol is spelled "dimeral" according to her. Our pharmacy is at a loss and when she does the medication reconcilliation sheets, the docs can't believe their eyes. I've had a doc ask me to correct it in the computer and reprint it for him.

She told me in report the other day that the surgeon, during a LAH-BSO, had sliced through the patients "udder". I was like "Her ureter?" "Whatever you call it."

Grrrrr

She calls TURP's trips.

Prostate is Prostrate.

She charted that her patient was on a "Vinny" mask.

She does the "Pacifically" thing.

She told me my patient had a CIB going. Meaning CBI for continuous bladder irrigation.

In her admission history on a patient, she charted that he had a "cabbage" in '07

:banghead:.

There are soooooo many more. I can't think right now.

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Specializes in Day program consultant DD/MR.

I have a friend (not a nurse) that says "That person is being assesive" instead of obsessive.

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Thank you for reminding me of what an embarrassment it is to have people like this in nursing! Why do they graduate? How do they hold jobs? What is the standard of acceptable professional performance? It is almost acceptable that a person has a problem spelling but to excuse it in herself shows a real lack of excellence and standards. It makes me sad because it reflects on all of us.

I am essentially the only person on my floor who cares about how people spell and pronounce medical terms and medications. I am so glad to see that I have fellow nurses who can't stand when other nurses mispronounce things. There is one nurse on my floor who is absolutely the WORST.

She says stats instead of sats (I've called her on it and she still screws it up.

Spells Dilaudid "dalotid"- no joke

Demerol is spelled "dimeral" according to her. Our pharmacy is at a loss and when she does the medication reconcilliation sheets, the docs can't believe their eyes. I've had a doc ask me to correct it in the computer and reprint it for him.

She told me in report the other day that the surgeon, during a LAH-BSO, had sliced through the patients "udder". I was like "Her ureter?" "Whatever you call it."

Grrrrr

She calls TURP's trips.

Prostate is Prostrate.

She charted that her patient was on a "Vinny" mask.

She does the "Pacifically" thing.

She told me my patient had a CIB going. Meaning CBI for continuous bladder irrigation.

In her admission history on a patient, she charted that he had a "cabbage" in '07

:banghead:.

There are soooooo many more. I can't think right now.

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Specializes in SNF-LTC; Gero-psych.

One that bugged me the other day was call "lite" in reach...

I hate seeing Nite, Lite, etc.

one particular nurse writes this at "our" facility, that one gets me too

People writing are instead of our

My wife is one that says (risperdal) Ris - spair - id - all, and (zyprexa) Zy - prex - e - uh..

She has been a nurse about 2.5 years longer than me.. That brings me to another one.

People writing "then" when it should be than...

Than = Compairing

Then = Time

We have a nurse at our facility, she has been an LPN for probably 13-14 years..

She says (Roxicet) Rock - eh - set

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Specializes in Women's health, Ped's, clinical trials.

Childbirf.

Bafroom

Vomik

Tubal litigation:yeah: That is correct.And you need to be rendered the inability to reproduce.

"Come down" started a mentrrual period.

Made sixteen, instead of turned 16

Irregardless

:smokin:

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Specializes in Home Care, Hospice, OB.
irregardless

:smokin:

my dear boss , a sweet person, uses this one at least three times a day...fingernails on a chalkboard!!! [ but i'm not taking the grief that would ensue from correcting her!]:p

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.
I am essentially the only person on my floor who cares about how people spell and pronounce medical terms and medications. I am so glad to see that I have fellow nurses who can't stand when other nurses mispronounce things. There is one nurse on my floor who is absolutely the WORST.

She says stats instead of sats (I've called her on it and she still screws it up.

Spells Dilaudid "dalotid"- no joke

Demerol is spelled "dimeral" according to her. Our pharmacy is at a loss and when she does the medication reconcilliation sheets, the docs can't believe their eyes. I've had a doc ask me to correct it in the computer and reprint it for him.

She told me in report the other day that the surgeon, during a LAH-BSO, had sliced through the patients "udder". I was like "Her ureter?" "Whatever you call it."

Grrrrr

She calls TURP's trips.

Prostate is Prostrate.

She charted that her patient was on a "Vinny" mask.

She does the "Pacifically" thing.

She told me my patient had a CIB going. Meaning CBI for continuous bladder irrigation.

In her admission history on a patient, she charted that he had a "cabbage" in '07

:banghead:.

There are soooooo many more. I can't think right now.

I just cannot believe anybody can get away with this kind of documentation, it is just not even funny

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Specializes in Peds.

I see things like that all the time too. For supposedly educated people to have such a poor grasp of the correct terminology and spelling of even common things is unreal. I've seen "enama", "viens", "illicited" (my favorite!), "pedle" and "auxilla", another fave.

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Specializes in Medical/Surgical.

An addendum to my previous entry...

I can totally understand how a person who had never heard of a drug or seen it spelled out could spell it incorrectly. However, when you administer that drug on almost a daily basis, and look at it in your MAR spelled correctly, you should catch on. It's like she doesn't even care that she's spelling these things wrong!! It irks me sooooo bad!!! I just want to say, "PAY ATTENTION!!!!" I wish someone would make her go back and re-enter everything that she has spelled wrong. If she had to do that once or twice, maybe she'd start grabbing the drug book!!! Or LEARN to spell it!:hdvwl:

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Specializes in Day program consultant DD/MR.

I feel some people take no pride it what they write, Or that since they have the nonchalant attitude that everyone should just accept it. During school if we spelt a word wrong in a test wether A&P or medications for a fill in the blank we got it wrong.....period. It Definitely could make the difference between a passing grade and a fail. I don't claim to be perfect at all but with legal documentation I take the time to look things up, you never know who will be reading it. I can't stand getting an ISP or annual report and see tons of typos. I can see one we all do it, but when you get into double digits it start to get annoying . Especially with spell check (though not 100% accurate).

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Specializes in SNF-LTC; Gero-psych.

I saw a new one last night...

" Clonodine"

I left the girl alone about it though, she is new, only had her license about a month...LOL

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