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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?
Definitely EGD! A patient laughed when us when myself and a fellow nurse were doing walking rounds. The other nurse said, "Hi! My name is ****, and I will be your nurse today! Are you all ready for your EGD?" (Cue the patient looking at us, all confused.) The lightbulb comes on after a second, and the patient says, "Oh! The scope thing into my stomach? What's that stand for again?" Me and the other nurse said together syllable by syllable "E-so-pha-go-gastro-duo-den-o-scopy!!" The patient about died laughing at us struggling to break it down for her! I think she just wanted to hear us try to pronounce it, lol! Gets me every time!
I'm a showoff, and I love big words :)
Personal favourites include pancreaticoduodenectomy, cholangeopancreatography, fundoplication, cardiomyotomy, thymoma and thoracoscopy.
but please, someone tell me.. how do you pronounce dilaudid (not sure I spelled it right, but pretty sure you'll know what I mean). I've never had reason to say it (not used where I'm from), but I see it on here and I've always wondered!
I'm a showoff, and I love big words :)Personal favourites include pancreaticoduodenectomy, cholangeopancreatography, fundoplication, cardiomyotomy, thymoma and thoracoscopy.
but please, someone tell me.. how do you pronounce dilaudid (not sure I spelled it right, but pretty sure you'll know what I mean). I've never had reason to say it (not used where I'm from), but I see it on here and I've always wondered!
"Die-Law-tid" But the "tid" is in between "tid" and "did" :-p
RedChair, ADN, RN
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Love this one. When patients ask me about it I will try to say it for them....but usually end up with "The scope that goes down your throat"
. Oh and by the way its: Esophagoduodenoscopy
(I had to check.) Relysh