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 ER, Med/Surg.

My old ER supervisor and the EMS director were in a HEATED debate over a patient (and I mean, yelling over the unconcious patients body). The debate was over whether or not this drunk guy who had torn up the back of an ambulace before was going to be put into a Reeve Sleeve http://www.reevesems.com/Products/StretchersImobilization.aspx?ProductID=38

But for some reason, the ER supervisor was calling it a *Green* sleeve.

So the debate is going on and on with...

"blah blah blah Reeve Sleeve."

"Blah blah blah Green sleeve."

I didn't care for the lady, as she picked on me, so I just sat there and laughed.

This took place 4 years ago.

Last month we had a "de-escalation" training session....guess who piped up and said, "We'd just put them in a Green sleeve...."

I was there, I laughed....it was good to see her ignorance hadn't improved.

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I hate hearing "adenoids". I know, I know, everyone says it...but you only have ONE adenoid gland!:p

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There are a bunch of people in my life who are "past-perfect-tense deficient."

These folks "should have went" to remedial grammar classes, but they don't have a clue that there is anything wrong with this construction. They "have did" fine without this tense so far and do not notice my jaw clenching and the steam coming out of my ears when they speak this way. Gahhhhh! :eek:

If that's not bad enough, there are a few who take this one step further and write or say, "should of went." When I hear this, my jaw clenches, steam comes out of my ears, AND my eyes go buggy. :uhoh3:

Another irritation is sloppy pronunciation. Uh-magine. Uh-specially. Ex-specially. Flustrated. I could go on, but I'm giving myself a headache. :banghead:

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.

I've noticed lately that I can't stand reading posts/letters/memorandums/etc from people who, for some reason, don't add the 'ed' to the end of past tense verbs.

"I look into the window and saw a fat horse seat at an ornate desk. My eyes just about pop out of my head. I was very surprise."

Ugh.

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Specializes in ICU.

I grew up in Appalachia, travelled all over the world, then came back home. I am used to the oldtimers using phrases like sugar for diabetes, and mis-pronouncing words. Many of them have very little formal education.

What bugs me are the young people who are supposed to be educated. Now that I have gone back to school I hear a lot of them laughing at their parents for pronouncing words wrong, then they do it themselves. It drives me nuts to hear a 20 something college student saying "prolly" instead of probably, or "axed" instead of asked. The other thing is spelling, what is acceptable for text messaging is not acceptable in all correspondence. I am not the best in the world at spelling, so I don't nitpick. I am talking about "2B" instead of "to be" or "L8R" instead of "later". My least favorite expression is "I'll holler at you". That makes we want to holler at them.:-)

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Welll I have to say I agree with you 100% and if you AX me I,ll tell you a few more that bug me ;-)

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Silly pet peeve of mine, but I cringe when I hear someone say, "I'm AN RN." "An" goes before words starting with a vowel, and "registered" most certainly does not.

I'm a RN...whew!! Told ya it was silly :)

"I'm an RN" is correct. When you say the "R" it sounds like "are" which begins with a vowel sound, so using "an" is correct.

If you say "I am a registered nurse" the word "registered" starts with a consonant, so "I am a" is correct.

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There are a bunch of people in my life who are "past-perfect-tense deficient."

These folks "should have went" to remedial grammar classes, but they don't have a clue that there is anything wrong with this construction. They "have did" fine without this tense so far and do not notice my jaw clenching and the steam coming out of my ears when they speak this way. Gahhhhh! :eek:

If that's not bad enough, there are a few who take this one step further and write or say, "should of went." When I hear this, my jaw clenches, steam comes out of my ears, AND my eyes go buggy. :uhoh3:

Another irritation is sloppy pronunciation. Uh-magine. Uh-specially. Ex-specially. Flustrated. I could go on, but I'm giving myself a headache. :banghead:

:yeahthat: . . . supposeBly . . . . you are right. :coollook:

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Specializes in Hospice, LTC.

The tropical instead of topical always get me. I almost laugh. I can't help but want to ask, "So, do they put coconut oil in that gel for you?" RisperIdal, PhenergRan, when people say Duragesic topically instead of trans dermal. There is a difference. Worked with a nurse that called a nebulizer a nebulator. We say Yonker. Also, don't you hate when a nurse writes really messy so you can't read her misspelled words?

I am really bad about saying ya'll.

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flustrated? you're kidding,right? lol

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Specializes in Rural.

the prostrate really gets me

and when someone writes "I was suppose to..."

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Wow, well, when I come as a traveller to your hospital I hope you cut me some slack on pronounciations because a lot of the ones I see complained about in this thread, I am guilty of.

Oh, and when I say "out and about" I hear it that way, so you insisting that I am saying "oot and aboot" and having me repeat it over and over, for your listening pleasure, doesn't help anyone.

Just something to consider, for what it's worth.

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