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.

[aKyRN81]

Don't waste one minute worrying about it!

[DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN]

Exactly

[OncNurse1]

Oncology RN says MENSA instead of Mesna...

She also said stat instead of sat, prostRate, etc.

[ShannonRN2010, BSN, RN]

My personal pet peeve is Guillain–Barré syndrome...it's NOT Gillian or Jillian or gullian or bar or bare.

It's Gee/yon (gee not being GEE like gee whiz either) Ba/ray. When I hear Gillian or gullian bare...I want to shake ppl!

[cicatrixx15]

I went to go get my CPR certification and the RN instructor with 20 years experience holding an MSN said "sternoclastoid"..........I was like wow, just skipped over the middle part of the word. LOL

[4evernrs]

Here is a "word" that I hear from coworkers on what seems like a daily basis........and it drives me INSANE.....

"Irregardless"

Grrrrrrrr!!!!!

[arabianeyez83]

Dilaudid..."What, morphine aint gonna do sh**, they gave me Dilau-in last time I was here"

Vomiting/Diarrhea..."I've been vomiking and having diarrhear"

[belgarion]

arabianeyez83 said:

Dilaudid..."What, morphine aint gonna do sh**, they gave me Dilau-in last time I was here"

Vomiting/Diarrhea..."I've been vomiking and having diarrhear"

A lot of the old farmers and ranchers I grew up around said "dire-rear". Maybe they had a point.

[anonymurse]

SheriLynnRN said:

I know it's just petty

Yah. The first time I had a pt in torsades des points and pronounced it according to the King's French, I was immediately corrected to TORE SODS as if that were more important than the mag level. Ya just can't take it personally, ya know?

[anonymurse]

ShannonRN2010 said:

When I hear Gillian or gullian bare...I want to shake ppl!

Shaken nurse syndrome! ('Jillian,' heh, heh, you crack me up!)

[donsterRN, ASN, BSN]

We had an IKE (I Know Everything) in our class who used to pronounce it Gillian Barrie. One of our instructors finally corrected her in front of everyone because she was just so danged annoying about everything else. It was very gratifying to see IKE taken down a peg or two...!

I work a tele floor now with two RNs who say "O2 stats". Constantly. Ugh. All you can do is letitgo...

[DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN]

This is why I dig my Taber's. On my ITouch I can just hit pronunciation. Love it.