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What the what??

Sella turkey-ka. I just heard a NURSING INSTRUCTOR (in our program but not my teacher) say sella turkey-ka in a lecture podcast. TWICE.

Is it too much to ask that people read through their notes and, you know, look stuff up if they don't know how to say it? Hypo-fisis? Nope.

I don't expect my teachers to be perfect; god know's I'm not, but for pete's sake, could you at least know how to say the things you're supposed to be teaching us?

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    haha funny but also a little sad...wow

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    Sorry, I can't get it, what word was she trying to say?

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    She was talking about transsphenoidal approaches to deal with pituitary tumors.

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    sella turcica, TURSICA :) and hy pof isis not hyp fy sis lol

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    You say anGIna, I say ANgina.

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    Precepted a new nurse who told me the patient was ed-a-ma-toes.

    Couldn't help laughing out loud when I figure out it was edematous.:lol2:

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    nurse told me the kid with an earache had otis meatus. Really? And just how do you assess THAT meatus?

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    I had a nursing instructor that told you when you needed to be pacific..(specific) It was soooo hard not to bust out laughing and even when corrected she though it was Ok....:)

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    You say anGIna, I say ANgina.

    And I can't make up my mind! :p

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    I went to medical assisting school before I was a R.N.

    The instructor there pronounced dyspnea and tachypnea "dis-peenia and tacky-peenia"

    I shudder to think of how many MAs went out into the world pronouncing it that way.

    I was too shy to correct her but on my last day of class I left a note on her desk correcting the pronounciation. can't remember if I signed it or not.

    And don't get me started on my BIO teacher who talked about ecosystems and "all the polar bears and penguins living at the north pole."

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