oxygen sTaturations

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Specializes in ICU.

This is just a pet peeve rant post. But why do some people who should have a basic education on this call it "oxygen stats/ staturations". Drives me crazy. Ive seen people write it and say it. Its sat!!! Saturation!

Ok end rant.:banghead:

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It kinda falls under the '...my husband has prostrate cancer....' erk! I'm forever correcting family and friends

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How about "I'm vomicking And need Phennagan" ?

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I've never heard staturation...that's pretty pitiful. Amniodarone is the one that drives me bananas.

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Specializes in ICU.
I've never heard staturation...that's pretty pitiful. Amniodarone is the one that drives me bananas.

Amniodarone is my pet peeve. It's AMIodarone people.

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Specializes in Sleep medicine,Floor nursing, OR, Trauma.

::snirk:: One of my favorites is "sugar-thong splint". Oh mercy, please no. It's tong.....Tong.

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Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

How about those that say the patient is here for an exasperation of their asthma? It is EXACERBATION people. I was working with a nurse who has been a nurse longer than I have been alive saying that in report.

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Specializes in ICU.

Or "my momma had to go on dialis" (dialysis)

Or the ACLS INSTRUCTOR that calls it the "defibulator"...like nails on a chalkboard!!!

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Lol or how about "I think he's artistic" *side eye* it's AUTISTIC people....AUTISTIC

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For some reason, I've hearing "High Blood Pleasure" recently.. Coughing with Running nose..

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Specializes in LTC & home care.

I have a very intelligent friend (pre-med degree but never worked in health care) who uses "exasperate" instead of "exacerbate". It's the only word he has trouble with - he even uses "your" and "you're" properly.

I can forgive non-medical people for mispronouncing words. I've given up correcting people when they ask if my eyesight has improved after my LASIX surgery. However, I can't bear medical people using the wrong word. It's not "metoprol" or "metroprol", it's "metoprolol". Right there on the screen, just take the letters one at a time and you'll eventually get there. And my pet peeve is "orientate". "Stacy is orientating with me tonight." No, she's not. She's just orienting. I know they're basically interchangeable and technically they're both correct, but "orientate" just sounds so wrong to me. Pet peeves don't have to be based on reality - let me have this one.

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Specializes in ICU/CCU/CVICU.
I have a very intelligent friend (pre-med degree but never worked in health care) who uses "exasperate" instead of "exacerbate". It's the only word he has trouble with - he even uses "your" and "you're" properly.

I can forgive non-medical people for mispronouncing words. I've given up correcting people when they ask if my eyesight has improved after my LASIX surgery. However, I can't bear medical people using the wrong word. It's not "metoprol" or "metroprol", it's "metoprolol". Right there on the screen, just take the letters one at a time and you'll eventually get there. And my pet peeve is "orientate". "Stacy is orientating with me tonight." No, she's not. She's just orienting. I know I'm fighting a losing battle there, but using longer words doesn't make you look smarter.

Ugh!!!! Orientate. I hear that one all the time. The other one that bothers me is "milnirone" instead of "milrinone".

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