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.

[Cat_RN, ASN, BSN, RN]

lucky1RN said:

I haven't heard anyone say "stat" instead of "sat" but...

"Sontimeter"...as in "the patient's wound is 2 sontimeters wide". It's "centimeter". Do you say a gumball costs 1 sont? Nooooo.

Yeah, I'm a bit picky about language! I could go on and on. Expresso instead of espresso. Orientated instead of oriented. Prostrate instead of prostate. Ok...I'll shut up now.

BAHAHAH. I've come across that too! What the heck dialect is that anyways? My teacher always called it SON-ameter instead of centimeters and I actually thought it must be a different form of 'nursing' measurement or something..

Sontameters. LOL.

[Cat_RN, ASN, BSN, RN]

CuriousMe said:

Well that's not wrong, that's just an accent. If anything as you weren't from there, you likely sounded "wrong." (as a NY'er, I can say that it is a common north east trait to avoid all R's)

AHAHA. The Hoya lift. I'm from Boston and I can tell you I never knew there was an 'R' in father. I always thought (until grade school), that our dear Father was the same as going Father down the road. (Or Fathah down the road..)

[Cat_RN, ASN, BSN, RN]

triquee said:

Need......more.......kudos...!!!!!!

Now that's a good idearr!

[Cat_RN, ASN, BSN, RN]

I got in report once that the pt. had MRSER (MRSA) of the nar-eese. (nares).

[Cat_RN, ASN, BSN, RN]

I don't know if it's been said already, but I HATE alert and orien-TATED. It's 'oriented' people... and while we're at it.. it's not CONVERSATE it's CONVERSE :

[rn/writer, RN]

Cat_LPN said:

I don't know if it's been said already, but I HATE alert and orien-TATED. It's 'oriented' people... and while we're at it.. it's not CONVERSATE it's CONVERSE

Not to rain on your parade, but "oriented" vs. "orientated" has been discussed at length in this thread. "Orientated" is not well received in the US, but in other parts of the English-speaking world (UK, Canada, Australia, NZ) it is common usage. With that key difference in mind, we've agreed to disagree, depending on our geography.

Concur about "converse" vs. "conversate."

[Cat_RN, ASN, BSN, RN]

rn/writer said:

Not to rain on your parade, but "oriented" vs. "orientated" has been discussed at length in this thread. "Orientated" is not well received in the US, but in other parts of the English-speaking world (UK, Canada, Australia, NZ) it is common usage. With that key difference in mind, we've agreed to disagree, depending on our geography.

Concur about "converse" vs. "conversate."

I know, I've read more of the thread since I posted that. I still don't like it Thanks though!

[DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN]

Cat_LPN said:

I don't know if it's been said already, but I HATE alert and orien-TATED. It's 'oriented' people... and while we're at it.. it's not CONVERSATE it's CONVERSE :icon_roll:nurse:

If someone said conversate to my face I would bust out laughing. Orientated is quite acceptable although really used more in Britain.

[DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN]

I never knew there was an 'R' in father. I always thought (until grade school), that our dear Father was the same as going Father down the road. (Or Fathah down the road..)

That is bloody funny.

[Jamesdotter]

Cat_LPN said:

BAHAHAH. I've come across that too! What the heck dialect is that anyways? My teacher always called it SON-ameter instead of centimeters and I actually thought it must be a different form of 'nursing' measurement or something..

Well, it's French, actually. But I'm not French...:)

[talaxandra]

I'm growing heartily sick of the misuse of "myself" in place of "I" - for example, it's "Jane and I are going out," not "Jane and myself are going out." Do people think it makes them sound better educated, do they think it's correct, or os something else going on? I can't understand it myself ()

[JustEnuff2BDangerous, BSN, RN]

I met a supposedly experienced nurse who could not say "nasal cannula" to save her LIFE. She always wanted to add an 'r' somewhere.. "nasal carnula". She also once pronounced a Dr. Smith's name as "Dr. Smythe". I was flabbergasted.