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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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    You say anGIna, I say ANgina.

    Both of these are correct. The OP's prof was wrong on both counts. I agree that misspelling and mispronunciation from those in authority are maddening, also embarrassing.

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    dwah'-de-num

    My A&P professor and I went round and round once when we had nothing better to do. I was finally able to produce a source that listed both ways as correct. He conceded, but made certain he said that word his way in every conversation we've had since then! He's a good guy.

    I worked with an English nurse who pronounced "migraine" as mee'-grane. It sounded like such a cute name for something so debilitating!

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    Tom-A-to, Tom-AH-toe......Po-tay-to, po-tah-toe.....

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    HAHA I was taught do-odd-denim, however a quick squiz ar dictionary.com says both of these are correct lol

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    I worked with an English nurse who pronounced "migraine" as mee'-grane. It sounded like such a cute name for something so debilitating!

    LOL... :lol2:

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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. ...

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    My classmates would and still do this. Drove me nuts.

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    Metoprolol was my downfall for a few weeks. I work a frickin' cardiac floor! I now pronounce it correctly, TYVM. :)

    meh TOPE ruh lol

    See? :coollook:

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    Metoprolol was my downfall for a few weeks. I work a frickin' cardiac floor! I now pronounce it correctly, TYVM. :)

    meh TOPE ruh lol

    See? :coollook:

    The first time I encountered metoprolol it was "Generic for Toprol" which is much easier to say as "TOE-prawl" than any alternative; keeping the emphasis on the TOE just felt right.

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

    Find Otis and unzip his pants.

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    STEE-roid for steroid. *twitch*

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    Metoprolol still gets me...so I just say Lopressor! :yeah:

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    Metoprolol was my downfall for a few weeks. I work a frickin' cardiac floor! I now pronounce it correctly, TYVM. :)

    meh TOPE ruh lol

    See? :coollook:

    The "meta-PRO-lawl" pronunciation always makes me go "Huh?"...especially since a few of the more experienced nurses on my unit pronounce it this way. ("Meh-TOE-pro-lawl", please! :D)

    Another one that never failed to send me into bouts of laughter came from a former professor. I'm not saying it's incorrect...it just cracked me up. You know that developmental phase that teens go through where they sexually mature? Yeah..."POO-berty." :lol2:

    *tee hee*

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