So this morning, after my alarm clock rudely woke me up (so ruuuuude ) , I engaged in my terrible terrible habit of getting on facebook immediately after shutting my alarm off on my phone. I am friends with a few nursing students and they are always posting funny little nursey articles. Well this morning, one of my nursing student friends left a link to a pretty funny article that discussed the different slang used by nurses at work.They had it set up in a dictionary format, where they would use the words in a sentence as an example. As a dorky, overly excited pre-nursing student, I found them hilarious!
My fave was "PITA" which stood for Pain in the orifice.
Such as There is a PITA in room 9, just to let you know.
So I wanted everyone to share some of their "Nurse Slang" they may use daily or have heard before.
The rude and disrespectful language I hear from American nurses when talking about their patients surprises me every time. This is not about a little dark humour to cope with the stresses of the job. Can you imagine yourselves as the relatives of a PVS patient hearing yourselves referred to as a garden party? Words fail me.
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LOL, Garden Party, catching the bus.
The rude and disrespectful language I hear from American nurses when talking about their patients surprises me every time. This is not about a little dark humour to cope with the stresses of the job. Can you imagine yourselves as the relatives of a PVS patient hearing yourselves referred to as a garden party? Words fail me.
I'm confused here. You lol but then shake your finger at us. We are not saying these things in front of the family/patient. We would never do that. We all cope in different ways & using dark humor is one way many nurses cope. You may not like it but it doesn't make it wrong.
The rude and disrespectful language I hear from American nurses when talking about their patients surprises me every time. This is not about a little dark humour to cope with the stresses of the job. Can you imagine yourselves as the relatives of a PVS patient hearing yourselves referred to as a garden party? Words fail me.
Please stable your high horse, and refrain from throwing out the "Ugly American" stereotype.
Yes, some of the humor you read here is very dark and would certainly be considered inappropriate IF it was said in front of the patients and families.
I'm confused here. You lol but then shake your finger at us. We are not saying these things in front of the family/patient. We would never do that. We all cope in different ways & using dark humor is one way many nurses cope. You may not like it but it doesn't make it wrong.
Consider the source. look at her comment on the "8 nursing tips when caring for geriatric patients in the er" article
I never mentioned ugly Americans. This is an American website and the language I hear consistently on hear (not just this post) really surprises me. We clearly live in different cultures and the language I hear on here was inappropriate 30 years ago. I'm just surprised.
I never mentioned ugly Americans. This is an American website and the language I hear consistently on hear (not just this post) really surprises me. We clearly live in different cultures and the language I hear on here was inappropriate 30 years ago. I'm just surprised.
We obviously have different views on how to refer to older people. You feel it's appropriate to make a search of me just because I have an opinion you don't agree with?
) , I engaged in my terrible terrible habit of getting on facebook immediately after shutting my alarm off on my phone. I am friends with a few nursing students and they are always posting funny little nursey articles. Well this morning, one of my nursing student friends left a link to a pretty funny article that discussed the different slang used by nurses at work.They had it set up in a dictionary format, where they would use the words in a sentence as an example. As a dorky, overly excited pre-nursing student, I found them hilarious!
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Where is the link for the actual article?