oxygen sTaturations

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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".