One thing that is nails on chalkboard to me is when I hear my fellow nurses use double negatives and other blatant grammar mistakes. I'm speaking of English as a first language, domestically born and raised people.
I feel as this detracts from the professional image of nursing. We are supposed to be educated professionals. Poor grammar makes nursing look like a blue collar trade to those who are educated, such as our physicians and many members of the public.
Let me clarify that I don't harshly judge the intelligence or moral character of people with poor grammar. But, I feel strongly that nurses should project an image of being educated professionals in our speech and demeanor. Thanks for reading.
Orientate, irregardless and preventative are all English words created in the English language and used legitimately by English people.
Whether it's in the Urban Dictionary or no, I cringe when I read or hear people say "irregardless." It is a redundancy. It basically means "without without regard," which is on par with "don't got no _____."
Oh hush. I am not a Nazi, nor am I incorrect. I refuse to accept that orientate is an appropriate alternative to orient.
This thread that you started is not only impolite, but also incorrect. Before you start an entire thread committed to insulting a group of people that have - gasp - the audacity to use a word correctly, perhaps you should make sure that you are indeed correct.
This is my pet peeve on forums like this - people that feel the need to call out other people, especially when the person doing the calling out is wrong. In America the word may not be popular - I know that I don't use or particularly care for the sound of 'orientate'. That doesn't mean that others are wrong for using it, though. I often wonder why people feel the need to start threads like these.
Klone get off your high horse and admit that orientate is a word. Last time I checked it was a websters dictionary not a klones dictionary. Fine you don't have to accept it but guess what you don't have to... its still a word. Ha ha.
Just head over to the student forum and see how many people are begging for "mneumonics" to help them learn. That'll get you cringing over something legitimate!
Specializes in Oncology; med/surg; geriatric; OB; CM.
I for one don't use the word orientate because I was always taught "orient" is correct. The patient is alert & oriented as an example or repeatedly attempted to orient patient is another.
Now that being said orientate means to orient so I suppose I could use repeatedly attempted to orientate patient but then I would have to remember to use the new word and frankly, I don't want to do that and probably wouldn't remember until after I had written the word oriented....
Could be that newer grads are taught to use orientate(d)? Does it really matter as long as it's used correctly?
orientate IS a word. Chill out. The English language is constantly changing and always will. I'm sure if you had a chat with someone from the early 1700's they'd think you were saying everything all wrong.
BTW, if you were in the UK this thread would be about how you can't stand people saying orient and how they are alllll wrong.
Quark09
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Whether it's in the Urban Dictionary or no, I cringe when I read or hear people say "irregardless." It is a redundancy. It basically means "without without regard," which is on par with "don't got no _____."
However, we now can add "refudiate" to the UD