things said wrong that drive you crazy

[SDALPN]

Ok. So I'll start by saying that when I hear the office or a nurse say "orientate", it is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Its orient, not orientate.

Another one is O2 "stat". Its O2 sat, as in saturation.

Its trach, not "trache".

Or parents who tell me their kid has a trachea...I sure hope so! I want to tell them their kid isn't special for that and that we all have a trachea.

Parents that tell their kid I'll give them a shot if they don't behave. I'm not around to cause pain or scare a child.

And parents that speak Walmart! When they tell me they want to "axe me" I fear for my life or my job and then they just ask me a question.

Incorrect spelling of meds. It can lead to a med error. The med name is on the container. It can be looked up online if needed. I can't stand hearing "Phenergren", its phenergan.

Seeing/hearing yankauer spelled/said incorrectly. Passy-Muir is another.

Formula doesn't always have milk in it. Some patients are allergic to milk/dairy. Calling it milk and saying you don't want your kid to drink milk because its too much milk just sounds silly.

I'll think of more. Any others?

[FarmerFNP]

The other day I had a patient saying latex instead of Lasix. That was a new one.

And for whatever reason my patients can never figure out dilaudid. I'm always hearing "dilaudy," no matter how many times I say it correctly to them. Drives me crazy!

[Not_A_Hat_Person, RN]

Shortly after the post 9/11 Anthrax panic, I fell down a set of stairs and sprained my left foot. I spent 2 hours in the ER waiting room with a woman who went on and on (barely drawing breath the entire time) about her husband being seen because "They think he has the Amtrak."

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

How about 'sonameter" for centimeter; um-bi-LIKE-us, an-gin-a vs an-GINE-a.

PharnNyx and larNyx drive me nuts.

We also had an administrator who dropped the "h" on the front of words "huge" was "you-ge" Some of the differences are regional, I reckon:yeah:

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

How about 'sonameter" for centimeter; um-bi-LIKE-us, an-gin-a vs an-GINE-a.

PharnNyx and larNyx drive me nuts.

We also had an administrator who dropped the "h" on the front of words "huge" was "you-ge" Some of the differences are regional, I reckon:yeah:

Was she perhaps Hispanic? H at the beginning of a word is not pronounced in Spanish.

[SaoirseRN]

Was she perhaps Hispanic? H at the beginning of a word is not pronounced in Spanish.

I know a few non-Hispanic people that do that, so I'm not sure that's the connection. Maybe they think it's optional, like saying herb or 'erb?

[Do-over, ASN, RN]

This is the one that really, really gets on my nerves along with O2 Stat, and when people say melk for milk.

You don't drink melk? But, your header says you are from Michigan!

[Elle23]

I once knew someone who pronounced Mrs. as Miz-riz.

Drove me crazy!!!

[juraviel]

I don't know if any one said this one but I can't stand when people say Bun instead of B-U-N.

[cardiacfreak, ADN]

I used to have a manager that would say TOAD instead of TOLD and CODE instead of COLD, drove all of us crazy.

[Marsha238612]

I know a few non-Hispanic people that do that so I'm not sure that's the connection. Maybe they think it's optional, like saying herb or 'erb?[/quote']

Same here. I know non-Hispanic individuals who choose not to pronounce the "h". It's perhaps related to a certain region of the US.

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[SaoirseRN]

Same here. I know non-Hispanic individuals who choose not to pronounce the "h". It's perhaps related to a certain region of the US. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com

I am, however, in Canada, so perhaps it's more of a widespread affliction?

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

no she was from Pittsburgh. I think it a dialectical (is that word?) I didn't even notice it until someone pointed it out. There is a bit of a PA accent, just like Chicago-subtle but you can hear it. I am from Chicago and I get called out on it a lot. We say "pop" instead of "soda"

I live in the south now and I can tell between a TN, SC, GA and VA accents.