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 Medical Surgical Orthopedic.
it is 02 sat as it is singular..........saturation of oxygen not saturations of oxygen.

and sorry but here in australia it is orientated. oriented is just never heard or seen in

documentation.

km

can you use sats for multiples? ...like both patients' 02 sats?

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Specializes in Post Anesthesia.
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last time we had a thread like this, found out that most of us, use nauseous incorrectly....though it is drifting our way,lol. if we mean we feel like vomiting, the word is nauseated....nauseous is an adjective used to describe something that causes you to be nauseated

OMG you are so right. I am not a member of the grammer police, but I cannot believe how often I have asked patients:

" do others feel the need to vomit when you walk into the room" when I intended to ask them if thier stomach was upset. !!!!!! Thanks for the post!!!

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  • How about "seen"...as in, "I seen her yesterday and she looked good..."
  • One of my personal favorites (although it was written, not spoken) is seeing "status post CABBAGE" on paperwork instead of CABG! :D :heartbeat
  • "Phen-a-gren" also drives me bonkers for some reason...
  • "Conversate" is not a word...if you are chatting, you are CONVERSING with someone!
  • I'm not sure if this is incorrect, but it made me laugh nonetheless: "POO-berty" for "puberty."

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Conversate

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Specializes in Gerontology, Med surg, Home Health.
OMG you are so right. I am not a member of the grammer police, but I cannot believe how often I have asked patients:

" do others feel the need to vomit when you walk into the room" when I intended to ask them if thier stomach was upset. !!!!!! Thanks for the post!!!

You might not be a member of the 'grammer' police, but I am the CHIEF of the spelling police. Grammar is the correct spelling. Their is the correct spelling. As my gramma® used to say, "Be careful when you point your finger at someone. The rest of those fingers are pointing back at you."

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You might not be a member of the 'grammer' police, but I am the CHIEF of the spelling police. Grammar is the correct spelling. Their is the correct spelling. As my gramma® used to say, "Be careful when you point your finger at someone. The rest of those fingers are pointing back at you."

aw, heck, i thought he was being funny?!

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Specializes in Medical.
And Sorry but here in Australia it is orientated. Oriented is just never heard or seen in documentation. KM
Sorry, Karenmaire: where I work oriented is used, often more than orientated.
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Specializes in Pediatric.

RE: Glasgow coma scale.... I had a friend in nsg school would say Glass Cow Coma scale..... Used to drive me nuts!!!! Or then there's the Glasgow COMMA scale..... really?!?! I never heard of that one! Oh.... the other day I saw a CNA walk out of a patient's room... I asked her how the patient was doing..... she said "He be wildin' out tonight!" GRRR!!!!

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RE: Glasgow coma scale.... I had a friend in nsg school would say Glass Cow Coma scale..... Used to drive me nuts!!!! Or then there's the Glasgow COMMA scale..... really?!?! I never heard of that one! Oh.... the other day I saw a CNA walk out of a patient's room... I asked her how the patient was doing..... she said "He be wildin' out tonight!" GRRR!!!!

Gotta love the Glass-Cow Coma Scale. I can just imagine a cracked and shattered bovine statue.

As for "He be wildin' out tonight," this is lively and colorful vernacular that paints a perfectly understandable picture. I wouldn't expect to see it in narrative charting, but it certainly gets the point across quite well.

Here's a holiday-related peeve of mine--using gift as a verb, as in he gifted her with a pearl necklace. What's wrong with good old-fashioned "gave?"

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Specializes in Pediatric.

I dislike the phrase "gifted" as well. :)

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Specializes in CVICU, ER.

I hate when ppl say die-rear for diarrhea. Pt or tech, drives me crazy.

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Specializes in floor to ICU.

I received report from a nurse who said the patient was in "sinus rhythmus" and was wearing a "nasal canoola". What?? Heard a tech say she had "SCRAWberries" for lunch that made her "nausereated":banghead:

PhenerGRAN and prostRATE also drive me utterly bonkers!!!

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I received report from a nurse who said the patient was in "sinus rhythmus" and was wearing a "nasal canoola". What?? Heard a tech say she had "SCRAWberries" for lunch that made her "nausereated":banghead:

PhenerGRAN and prostRATE also drive me utterly bonkers!!!

+] ; )

Is that like a nasal cannoli?

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