Miss pronounciations of medications and medical terms!Way to Funny!!!!!!!!

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today i went in to work to my office seeing as how im the sup. to grab some paperwork i forgot the other day, and anyways we have this new nurse whojust moved herefrom alabama, anyways i overheard her talking to one of the docs, they had this patient who had migraines who is an ff, anyway she was like shouldnt we give thisguy some cafe'goat suppositories, yes she pronounced the cafe'-as in resteraunt, goat as in animal, i know she meant cafergot, but this was the funniest thing ive ever heard, i had a mouth full of pop, which went flying across my desk.lol, what are some of the funniest things youve heard-lol-:lol2::chuckle:hpygrp::nurse:

Specializes in ER/SICU/Med-Surg/Ortho/Trauma/Flight.

Hey thanks all!! Im still setting here with my kidney stones, bored out of my mind because I cant go to work! At least I can get good laugh, I have to go for my IVP today, and tomarrow Im having litho/Cystoscopy/stents placed under MAC anesthesia! Finally Ill get rid of the DAM* things-hopefully!!

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I'm a southern woman too, born and raised in Georgia, now living in West Texas. Usually my accent isn't much of a problem; in fact a lot of people don't realize I'm not from here.

Anyway, a few months ago I had a patient who was from Montana. Her husband is a native of this area and they were visiting on their way to the coast. She came in for an acute problem but we got to discussing her cholesterol. I told her that I usually recommend fish oil. Well, I know that's what I said. It took a couple of tries before she knew that was what I said! Not sure what she thought she heard!! :chuckle

I love Paula Dean but I watched her for 6 months before I knew that strange word she was saying was OIL. Also, that brings to mind that scene in Gettsburg where a captured Confederate soldier says, "we are fighting for our rats". It took the officer from Maine questioning him a few minutes to figure out he meant rights. By the way I have I have big time Pittsburgh accent and no way in the world is there any room for me to be laughing at other peoples accents. I have friends that call me up and make me say words like downtown, east liberty and giant eagle just so they can howl with laughter. In Pittsburgh it is dawnnntawnnn, s'liberty and gi'neegale.

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When Viagra first came out, an elderly man showed up at my PCP's office (a colleague told me) and wanted some of that new drug, "Niagra". I told her I thought that was starch!...come to think of it, I guess it sort of is! :rotfl:
Every time I say I take Allegra for my allergies some one makes a joke about Viagra("Did you say you take Viagra for you allergies", ha ha so funny I forgot to laugh). It has happened about 1000 times and is getting a little old. When someone ask me what I take for my allergies I don't want to answer.
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Today, I heard one of the RN's joking at clinical that someone had written in the med "lowertab" (for Loritab).

She said she took the med sheet to pharm to get other information verified and then asked the Pharmacist if she could have an "uppertab"...he gave her a piece of chocolate.

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Specializes in Med/Surg/Tele.

A patient calling on the call light asked if his nurse could bring him his Di-lotto...

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Specializes in ER/SICU/Med-Surg/Ortho/Trauma/Flight.

Way too funnyyyyy!!!!!!-lol-rotflmao!!!!!

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Specializes in ER/SICU/Med-Surg/Ortho/Trauma/Flight.

You know how funny this is when you have di-lotto-(dilaudid)-lol- in your system for kidney stones and lowertab thats exactley what it should be called, I was on it at first for the stones and it makes me sicker then ****, I puked my guts out constantley on lowertab lol!!!

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I love it when people come into the ER and tell me they have been "vomiking" all day.:barf01:

I also had a pt that came in stating that she was constipated for the past two weeks and then her son's girlfriend piped up and said, "Yeah and you even took two anemas today" The doc and I looked at each other and it dawned on us at the same time that she was saying "enema"!!! :chuckle

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Specializes in FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed.
I love Paula Dean but I watched her for 6 months before I knew that strange word she was saying was OIL.

That's probably the same strange word I was using! (I've never watched her so I don't know for sure).

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Specializes in FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed.
Every time I say I take Allegra for my allergies some one makes a joke about Viagra("Did you say you take Viagra for you allergies", ha ha so funny I forgot to laugh). It has happened about 1000 times and is getting a little old. When someone ask me what I take for my allergies I don't want to answer.

Tell them you take fexofenadine!!!!

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Specializes in ER/SICU/Med-Surg/Ortho/Trauma/Flight.

Well guys wish me luck, I have to go for my cystoscopy and lithotripsy tomarrow, hope they break these stones up asap.

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Specializes in ER/ICU/Flight.
Well guys wish me luck, I have to go for my cystoscopy and lithotripsy tomarrow, hope they break these stones up asap.

good luck man, I hope everything goes great for you.

The best high-risk OB at our hospital used to always tell the patient "I'm Dr. ____, at your cervix." Most people didn't pick up on what he'd actually said. He and I became friends after delivering a couple of my kids and I went back into the OBs break room. His locker door stood wide open and there was nothing in there except a SCUBA mask and snorkel.

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