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.
Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
When I am speaking to close peers, I do speak in slang, but never, do I do this before the people I work with professionally. When sending private emails, I am also do the same, but there is a difference there, these people already know me. Even here, I take time to try and reduce typos, because I don't like to confuse people with what I am trying to articulate (although it does happen from time to time).
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it is definitely one thing that i hate about computer charting. makes those spelling errors so much more obvious.
sometimes, when i'm in triage and typing up the triage note, i can't figure out how to spell some symptom or condition. then i have to either just give up and go with how it might be spelled, or i have to try to figure out how to describe the complaint without using that word. and i'm with everyone on the all-caps thing. ugh. is it that difficult to hit the "shift" key on occasion?
and, i especially hate it when i see the physicians screw up with spelling on the computerized charting...try following an order based on them and go crazy. i often do have to try and describe something without actually using the word. that frustrates me because i try to articulate in a legal chart as professionally as possible, but am at a loss of how to spell a certain word, so, rather than look like an idiot, i will try like you do to spell as closely as possible or avoid using that actual word altogether and just describe 'very well'.
My husband has always insisted on pronouncing testosterone as "tes-tos-ta-stair-own"...just another reason to be grateful the divorce will be finalized in November!
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What is this "cooking" you speak of
I said "I ain't 'et' yet" because 'et' in one sense rhymes with 'yet', but in the vernacular it refers to the word 'eaten', as in "I haven't eaten yet".
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My husband has always insisted on pronouncing testosterone as "tes-tos-ta-stair-own"...just another reason to be grateful the divorce will be finalized in November!
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