understandable english

[susyn153]

I do not want to give the wrong impression, but, I get complaints on a DAILY basis from my patients that they can not understand word one from some of the nurses. Please, please please can you practice your english in south florida so that the patients can understand you. I even have a very hard time making out what they are saying myself and I have no hearing problems. Slow it down, enunciate and do not use a ton of slang in your speech. This population (Geriatric) is usually a little hard of hearing to begin with. Have some compasion and polish your english. And for heavens sake, wear a watch and learn what it means to come to work on time.

[leslie :-D]

american, english....are we done splitting hairs yet?

leslie

[nightmare, RN]

"You say Tomayto and we say tomato"":lol2::lol2:

We have exactly the same problems here! We have some English carers that the residents have difficulty understanding! We also have foreign national carers that have difficulty being understood. As most of the residents speak a local dialect of Scots it can be quite fun translating sometimes!