Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

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Was on the phone with a nurse today getting a pt's med list and she said one of the meds the pt was on was "MET-rol-pol"...Uh...Metoprolol?? "Yeah, okay." Oh brother!

So what have you heard meds called - by MEDICAL personnel...who theoretically should know better?

Specializes in TraumaER ,NICUx2days, HEMEONC CathLab IV.
i always say impetigo incorrectly and for the life of me i cannot say famotidine!!! its a tounge twister for me!

famotidine (pronounced /fəˈmɒtɪdiːn/) :smackingf

it's easy,,,,,pepcid

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how about the word angina?

I have heard it pronounced an jhy na.. sounds like long i

and an gina short i... I was always taught long i.???

HELP!

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Oh dear lol

When I was in my first semester of school I called it "meto-perl-lol" among others; my instructor was an NP and he used to pretty much laugh it up every time I did. Because of him I always say MET-O-PRO-LOL.

Oh and I also called BUN "bun" like a hot dog bun. That was pretty funny. Kinda scary though that a lot of nurses are that unprofessional. I hope they don't do it in front of the patients.

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how about the word angina?

I have heard it pronounced an jhy na.. sounds like long i

and an gina short i... I was always taught long i.???

HELP!

Some people pronounce it an-jhy-nuh and some people pronounce it an-GIN-uh . I personally pronounce it the former, as most people tend to use this pronunciation at least where I live (NJ). No idea which is right, probably a tomayto-tomahto thing.

Personally I have a really hard time not saying is-KEEM-e-uh though. Ish-EEM-e-uh doesn't seem right to me for some reason and I always use a hard c.

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Oh, I just wanted to say I had that last post mixed up regarding the pronunciations (I wrote the correct as the wrong one and the wrong as the correct one). Sorry! See told you I was confused!

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I can't pronounce hypoalbuminemia - can barely spell it. Pet peeve - pruritis, sounds like an inflammation when it is just an itch (pruritus!)

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Specializes in Telemetry.
Well, in my book there is Lopressor and Dilantin...lol

i am with you it saves your tounge! :up:

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Specializes in Telemetry.
Ok, not a drug, but makes my teeth grit EVERY time I hear a nurse say the patient "is on O2 2L and is STATTING 92%". Oxygen saturation is an O2 SAT. Not a STAT. Grrr.

ugh me too HUGE pet peeve!!!

but i have always had a problem saying colchacine it seems to always come out:

Coal-ka-seen.....even though i know that is wrong LOL :bugeyes:

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Specializes in Rehab, Infection, LTC.

I cant say amiodarone to save my life! or anyone else's either, lol

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Specializes in Oncology, Triage, Tele, Med-Surg.

I had a nursing instructor who called the musculoskeletal system the

Musk U lo- Skull EAT al system.

One of my biggest pet peeves is nurses who say on-A-cology instead of oncology.

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last week my patient told me all about the "blood clog" she got in her leg after her last surgery. . .

and since when did people start saying sont-a-meter instead of cent-i -meter? and sont-a-grade instead of cent-i-grade?

******and the worst one of all. . .the misuse of the word nauseous. you feel NAUSEATED not NAUSEOUS, and the cause of you NAUSEATION is what is actually NAUSEOUS. look it up folks, it is true!!!

actually i'll look it up for you. . .The American Heritage English Dictionary says: nauseousCausing nausea; sickeningnauseatedTo be feeling, or having been caused to feel nausea.i know, i know. . .i am probably fighting a losing battle. but it is a good fight, for a good cause.

thanks for your time,

silly rn

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Specializes in MPCU.
last week my patient told me all about the "blood clog" she got in her leg after her last surgery. . .

and since when did people start saying sont-a-meter instead of cent-i -meter? and sont-a-grade instead of cent-i-grade?

******and the worst one of all. . .the misuse of the word nauseous. you feel NAUSEATED not NAUSEOUS, and the cause of you NAUSEATION is what is actually NAUSEOUS. look it up folks, it is true!!!

actually i'll look it up for you. . .The American Heritage English Dictionary says: nauseousCausing nausea; sickeningnauseatedTo be feeling, or having been caused to feel nausea.i know, i know. . .i am probably fighting a losing battle. but it is a good fight, for a good cause.

thanks for your time,

silly rn

Merriam Webster disagrees follow this link: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nauseous

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