Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

[ixchel]

Car-dee-ya-zem.

It's car-di-zem. Or dil-ti-ya-zem.

Cardiazem isn't a real thing.

Can I get an amen?!

[Karou]

ilikesharpthings said:

I can't believe how many nurses can't pronounce metoprolol!

Metopolol, metropolol, metroprolol.

This is me. I have a difficult time pronouncing several medications, but this is is the one I butcher most frequently. I will actually say it out loud a few times before going into a patients room. Sometimes it works.

[eLeVatioN]

I used to pronounce Dramamine as if it rhymed with "drama queen." Some corrected me and said it sounds like "dram a mean" instead. I took his word for it.

[Sun0408, ASN, RN]

Stats for sats drives me nuts !!!

[Anna S, RN]

It's Phen-er-gan, not phen-a-grin.

It's a Holter monitor, not a halter.

Spelling- it's HIPAA, not HIPPA.

When I see it as "HIPPA", I picture this:

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Myocardial infraction instead of myocardial infarction.

BTW, the incorrect pronunciation was made by the facility's nurse educator who held a dual role as the director of staff development. Yes, she's no longer employed with that particular company.

[ParkerBC,MSN,RN, PhD, RN]

I've never really cared about the little things...

[ixchel]

Anna S, RN said:

It's Phen-er-gan, not phen-a-grin.

It's a Holter monitor, not a halter.

Spelling- it's HIPAA, not HIPPA.

When I see it as "HIPPA", I picture this:

You will love this. Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything

[Jules A, MSN]

1. HIPPA definitely!

2. Her-o-wine instead of heroin as said by many of my patients who use it.

3. This isn't nursing specific but safety deposit box instead of safe deposit box is probably the one that rattles me the most.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

I hate alot a lot.

[klone, MSN, RN]

I've never really cared about the little things...

Anne Bancroft! (although I think it was "I never did mind about the little things...")

[klone, MSN, RN]

Work-related:

Orientate

Contimeter

In daily life:

Too many to mention. The book that brought me and my husband together was "Eats, Shoots and Leaves". It was like two geeks meeting their gaze across a Mensa convention.

[Anna S, RN]

ixchel said:

You will love this. Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything

Actually, I liked it quite "alot."

Thanks!