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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?
Hydadidaform Mole.....(Hi-da-did-da-form) It has a nice ring to it.....don't you think????.
Up there with bilateral salpingo oophorectomy.... we used to do a little jig with it....
Bi- lat-er-al sal- ping-go- OO - OO-phor EC-toe-mee Had to get the OO - OO in there loud and clear
I can't say the "H" mole to save my life :)
NurseLoveJoy88, ASN, RN
3,959 Posts
Atelectasis ( probably spelled wrong too). and encephalopathy.