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.
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
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.
There are not just Americans on this website, I hope you know that. Because you sound very ignorant right now.
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?
No more inappropriate than your finger wagging just because some of us have an opinion you don't agree with.
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.
No. I can't imagine it, because we are cognizant enough to keep such language out of patient care areas.
If we don't detach and find humor in dark places, we take the death and despair home with us. If you were a nurse, you would understand the weight of that, and how that would inevitably lead to not having nurses work in critical care, trauma or ED.
This thread was meant to be unapologetic, and I imagine it will stay that way. It should. On this website, we are not caring for "LOLs" or dying grandpa. We are colleagues discussing the job. I assure you doctors, teachers, cops, and other stressful people/service/protection professions are just as crass, if not moreso.
) , 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!
Getting my sinister on.
OrganizedChaos, LVN
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There are not just Americans on this website, I hope you know that. Because you sound very ignorant right now.