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.

Ok sooo since there are a ton of pages to catch up on hopefully I,m not repeating this. I hate it when a pt. or family member says they have had a "blood clog"!!!! instead of a blood clot grrrr!!!

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

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I hear this one often too. Even from the head psychiatrist. lol

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I think life is too short to be so critical of nonsensical things that are totally irrelevant to real life... complain about those people that make excuses not to give blood, or waste large sums of money on cars and things they don't need, or people who spend $5000 on their 12 year old on Christmas, and not one penny on the homeless... etc etc etc

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Specializes in CTICU.

Ah lighten up Suzi, a vent is good for the soul. Plus it saves me slapping people at work... :)

A nurse in my program is a butcher of the language. A few of her common ones:

"Acineting" instead of acinetobacter.

"Milrone" instead of milrinone

"Congenial" heart failure (really? it's cheery?)

"Sphymomometer" (how do you graduate nursing school without knowing this?)

But my all time annoyance, which I hear most days is DEFIB-U-LATER.

NO!!!!!!!!!!

DefibRILLate them NOW!

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Specializes in LTC, Acute Care.
I think life is too short to be so critical of nonsensical things that are totally irrelevant to real life... complain about those people that make excuses not to give blood, or waste large sums of money on cars and things they don't need, or people who spend $5000 on their 12 year old on Christmas, and not one penny on the homeless... etc etc etc

I am a medical transcriptionist, so I need dictators to say things correctly or halfway correctly so I can figure out what he or she is talking about. When they don't and it can't be figured out on this legal document of theirs by me or whomever else takes a listen, the dictator has to fill in the blanks and it takes time away from other things the practitioner can be doing, like assessing patients. When these dictators say messed up things, it is also money out of my pocket to take time to figure these things out. I don't get paid hourly; I get paid by the line. For "regular" people that are not healthcare practitioners, well, that's fine and dandy if they mispronounce things in healthcare. It's not their area of expertise. I can't pronounce all words that an astrophysicist would know offhand.

It is relevant to real life for some of us!

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.

People who are nosy about my car, my kids Christmas gifts, and my (supposed) lack of aid to the homeless.

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LOL

Ah me, oh my...

I guess it just doesn't really bother me when people mispronounce something...

probably because I expect most people to do it at some point with long or unfamiliar words.... I still can figure out what they mean 99% of the time. Things that really bother me are things where people intentionally do things that are mean spirited, or cruel, or selfcentered, thoughtless or apathetic towards others... especially those less fortunate or needy or deserving of better...

otherwise I accept that human beings are flawed and imperfect, and make simple mistakes ...

sorry to throw a wrench into your ventings...

hee hee... carry on!

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Thanks, I don't think I was aware of that mistake, but as a Student in Nursing, it helps me be aware of it.

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"tele" for telemetry (re: slang for television?!)

and "prostRate"

:banghead:

granted, i often pronounce things wrong, especially drug names, but i cant deal with shortened/ and or acronyms for things, let alone adding in letters that dont belong.

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The all time favorite is when a patient says "Is it time for my phenigrin?" and then Im force to say no "but is time for your phener-Gan". The pt says " isn't that what I said?" and again I have to tell them the truth... "NO!":wink2:

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I wanted to share a little bit of mispronunciation on my part. When I first started in the NICU I was corrected when I called our BOS (bedside observation sheet) a POS. (piece of S***) LOL. OOps!

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She might be exasperated with it!

That is HILL air ree us!!!:hhmth:

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