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.
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".
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".
Was supposed to be somewhat funny! :)
I know.
I was trying to be funny but I'm so tired my eyes are crossing. I'm hungry too... but I'd rather sleep.
Specializes in Alzheimer's, Geriatrics, Chem. Dep..
I know.
I was trying to be funny but I'm so tired my eyes are crossing. I'm hungry too... but I'd rather sleep.
Drat, drat, and double drat! I entertained the possibility (boy is that word hard to type) that you were yankin' my chain, was going to let you know that I knew that ... but I didn't dare to be wrong! So I made myself look foolish anyway
Get some food, you'll sleep better! IMHO anyway ...
Yep, and his mother pronounces puberty as "poo-berdy" and his sister doesn't have diabetes, no, she "has sugar"...medical illiterates, the entire bunch!!!:trout:
Drat, drat, and double drat! I entertained the possibility (boy is that word hard to type) that you were yankin' my chain, was going to let you know that I knew that ... but I didn't dare to be wrong! So I made myself look foolish anyway
Get some food, you'll sleep better! IMHO anyway ...
LOL
If I can find something that doesn't involve cooking
Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
Yep, and his mother pronounces puberty as "poo-berdy" and his sister doesn't have diabetes, no, she "has sugar"...medical illiterates, the entire bunch!!!:trout:
Yeah, run like the dickens...the whole tribe will drive you insane.
Well, my husband is medically literate; he works at my hospital (this is how I met my sweetie) his sister is a nursing administrator, mom was a CNA, and he watched me suffer through nursing school. He will look on line to diagnose himself (pronouncing the words elequently) ask me the gory details of possible complications and then never go to the doctor. I told him the other night that at times, I would rather that he be a moron than be surrounded with all of these resources and would rather suffer:uhoh3:
Specializes in ER, Occupational Health, Cardiology.
How about Nurses that have had to use the defibulator to defibulate a pt? I don't know how many times I have heard nurses (even ER nurses!) say that. I was always taught to defibrillate with a defibrillator. I was also taught that the fibula was a bone in the lower leg.
Specializes in ER, Occupational Health, Cardiology.
BTW - I never used to need to look up the spelling of words, and rarely misspelled them. I also have been able to use grammar correctly without having to look up usages. But in the last 2-3 years, I often have to look up grammar rules and spelling. It's frustrating, because I have always enjoyed writing. Sigh... I sometimes wonder if that is an early sign of dementia ... but I haven't been able to find it documented as a symptom...
Zoeboboey, I am right there with you! I don't know if our brains have become crowded with munitiae, or if we are on sensory overload. All I know is that I am not nearly as accurate as I once was.
It makes me squirm when I hear even seasoned nurses refer to using AMNEODERONE. Especially when they say it in front of Doctors. I cannot stop myself, "Do you mean Amiodarone?"
:lol2:
pagandeva2000, LPN
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It was funny to me...I got it!