Pet Peeve

Natkat, BSN, MSN, RN · Jun 24, 2008

Orientate. Grrrrr.

Irregardless. Gaaaaah!

I hate it that our language gets dumbed down just because everyone says it that way. If everyone jumped off a bridge would you do it too?

Here are a few of mine..

"Everyday" for "every day". You get out of bed "every day" not "everday". It is an everday occurrence. Jeez.

Here is one I heard today....."Lanacane" for "lidocaine".

Another patient kept saying "VicoDAN" instead of VicoDIN".

Oh but the worst was our pinning invitations had the word "broach" for "brooch". I was so embarrassed. My classmates said "who cares, no one will notice". Well, my family noticed.

Pipsqueak, ADN · Jun 24, 2008

Ok, here is one I just thought of that bugs me. I noticed as I was reading through various threads that frequently when a nurse is describing being the sole caregiver for his/her pts, she states "I have to do my job and the CNA's job too". That just really bugs me. I know what they are trying to say, but all the work is ultimately YOUR job, regardless if you have a CNA on your team or not....

Jo Dirt · Jun 24, 2008

Please bear with me, but I really need to say this! My pet peeve is when people say to me, "Oh, you got your RN degree." Or "So and so is going for their RN."
Hello, people! When you go to school, you earn a diploma (not so common anymore) or a degree (such as an ADN, BSN, MSN, etc). Becoming a Registered Nurse involves taking the NCLEX exam, passing and becoming licensed by the state. It is THEN that you BECOME a Registered Nurse.
Ok, thanks for letting me vent. DH teases me about this peeve all the time, but I can't help it. Just because someone earns their ADN does not mean that they have permission to practice as a Registered Nurse.
I feel much better now!

I can't stand it when people say I'm getting my RN.

What's THAT supposed to mean???

**canoehead, BSN, RN** · Jun 24, 2008

Ok, here is one I just thought of that bugs me. I noticed as I was reading through various threads that frequently when a nurse is describing being the sole caregiver for his/her pts, she states "I have to do my job and the CNA's job too". That just really bugs me. I know what they are trying to say, but all the work is ultimately YOUR job, regardless if you have a CNA on your team or not....

Yep, the Cna's job, and housekeeping, and dietary, and social work, and security, and social work........:angryfire

especially at night and on weekends, the buck stops here, but why don't I ever get to SPEND any of it??

MrsMommaRN · Jun 24, 2008

not a biggie but when you go to use the turbo temp and there are no more protective sheaths. (the little box is left empty, but no one bothered to fill it)

BlueEyedRN · Jun 24, 2008

My biggest pet peeve is disorganization. It drives me crazy when the patients room has syringes and dressing materials all over the place, wrappers all over the floor. It looks horrible. Or the supply cupboards have stuff all over the place. Or the nurse's desk has supplies tossed all over it. I have to straighten that stuff up before I can do anything else. The funny thing is, with the chart, I don't do anything to fix that up before 6:00. I'll have all the papers tossed on top of it and don't sort through them until it is time to do my packing up. The next nurse always comes in and makes a comment about how messy and disorganized I am, even though I spent an hour making the patients room look presentable after their last shift. Grrrr.

Kiringat · Jun 24, 2008

My pet peeve has been talked to death but here it is:
" An ADN is a two-year degree." That doesn't account for the many pre-reqs required at my college. I had to have 56 credits just to get validated for the program. So if we count our pre-reqs, then most ADNs are 3-3.5 year degrees. Just a few courses difference from a BSN, which covers management, statistics, and more chemistry.
Breathe in, now out, okay, now I feel better.

I HATE this too!!! My pre-reqs (some of which were really out there, i.e. Anthropology) took a solid 4 semesters. Plus 4 semesters of actual nursing classes = 8 semesters = 4 years! Should have just gone for the freaking BSN for the same amount of work. :angryfire

psalm, RN · Jun 24, 2008

Hey, Motorcycle Mama, good to see you back!!!!

Ruby Vee, BSN · Jun 24, 2008

i have an rn license, but also once got myself an rn.
i still think of her fondly. :heartbeat

i'm a registered nurse, too. and i got myself an rn. he's a really good husband!

Ruby Vee, BSN · Jun 24, 2008

uman instead of human. a teacher of mine in high school used this and it was a class called humans and their environment so she used it a lot.

my husband does that -- drives me up a wall. is it something about speaking spanish before english? or a n'awhlins accent?

bagladyrn, RN · Jun 25, 2008

Major pet peeve coming up here! Not really work related except that I am hearing it from coworkers:

Those women who say "Oh, I can't do that, or buy this because my husband won't let me spend the money!" Steam is rolling out of my ears and I will probably have to go down to ER to be treated for the stroke I'm going to suffer from the hypertension from trying to hold in the words that want to come out of my mouth! Someone hand me the duct tape fast!

These are not young naive women - these are mature, otherwise presumably intelligent working professionals - and they ALLOW someone to tell them what they can and cannot do with the money that they earn!

I'm convinced that feminism is well and truly dead now and am going off to join the dinosaurs.......

BlueRidgeHomeRN · Jun 25, 2008

in reference to a point that is up for discussion but can't be changed:

"it's a mute point!":eek: