oxygen sTaturations

Nurses General Nursing

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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:

Specializes in ICU.

Haaate orientate.

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Specializes in Infusion Nursing, Home Health Infusion.

It bugs me when I hear nurses say " antecubical" it is the antecubital fossa.

I have a quite a few patients say they are on a Hefrin drip.

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Specializes in Hospice, home health, LTC.

How about the patient that told me they were on Coudamin? Or the other patient who had an appt with his urinologist to discuss a supra pubic catheter.

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Specializes in ICU.
How about the patient that told me they were on Coudamin? Or the other patient who had an appt with his urinologist to discuss a supra pubic catheter.

Aww, "urinologist" is actually cute!

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When I worked in orthopedics I hated rotator CUP. Orientate drives me crazy as well.

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Sahhhntameter @@ pretentious sounding to me. i haven't heard it in awhile, though.

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Specializes in ICU.
Sahhhntameter @@ pretentious sounding to me. i haven't heard it in awhile though.[/quote']

Lol, I think there was a thread about this a while back...totally agree.

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Specializes in Med/Surg,Cardiac.

I hate when penicillin allergies are written "PNC" instead of "PCN"

~ No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent -Eleanor Roosevelt ~

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It's because people don't know the derivations, largely because of educational deficits.

They don't know what oxygen saturation measures, i.e., the percentage of red blood cells with their iron-bearing hemoglobin molecules saturated with oxygen, and they think that because that handy little gadget gives them an answer right away it has something to do with "stat."

They don't know what sugar tongs are because they've never seen them used to place sugar cubes in tea in a civilized manner.

They don't know the proper terms for medications and anatomical/physiological concepts because they were never required to use them properly, or maybe because they never learned them in the first place.

They call them "tarry stools" to rhyme with "Harry," as in "do not tarry or you'll be late," because they don't recognize that digested blood is black and sticky like tar and not something to do with timing; I could go on.

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Specializes in IMC.

I cannot stand it when people say "I got the sugar" UGH! You have Diabetes not "the sugar"

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Dilitation instead if dilation. Drives me bonkers!!!!!! (And yes, one of my preceptors uses it!!!!)

Posting from my phone, ease forgive my fat thumbs! :)

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Sahhhntameter @@ pretentious sounding to me. i haven't heard it in awhile though.[/quote']

Yet another one used by the same preceptor that says "dilitation"

Posting from my phone, ease forgive my fat thumbs! :)

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