Oh, the Q is silent...

[SeeTheMoon]

So I'm a NS and...

Oh these words, these words!!

I'll just say that I know when I can say "sphygmomanometer" with out sounding out every syllable and taking 72 1/2 seconds to say it, I will have victory!!!

Everybody has at least one term that hangs them up. What's yours?

[teeniebert, LPN]

There are a few med names I can't quite say. One of them is HCTZ. Yep, "HCTZ". I can say "hydrochlorothiazide" pretty reliably, but the abbreviation trips me up! I'll post again when I remember others.

[mama_d, BSN, RN]

Prosthesis.

Just can't ever get it to come out right.

[Rob72, ASN, RN]

Prosthesis.

Just can't ever get it to come out right.

Prissy peas-es?

[Kooky Korky, BSN, RN]

Q? In what word?

[NewlyANurse]

Anesthetist. I usually have to say it three times to get it out right.

[SeeTheMoon]

Q? In what word?

It's just a joke of sorts...a play on difficult word pronunciation. I'm thinking the original 'joke' was coined from an SNL skit? But can't remember...

[SNIXRN]

For the longest time I couldn't say prostatectomy... not good for a urology nurse.

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

Dysdiadokinesis... (not sure I can even spell it- but I know how to test for it!!)

[leslie :-D]

Prissy peas-es?

where the heck do you get "prissy" from??:lol2:

fwiw, it's pross-tee-sis.

there, now say it.

leslie

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

Hydadidaform Mole.....(Hi-da-did-da-form) It has a nice ring to it.....don't you think????.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

It's just a joke of sorts...a play on difficult word pronunciation. I'm thinking the original 'joke' was coined from an SNL skit? But can't remember...

It was something about Tacos.......