Why are they called, "Chucks?"

[NPbyDay]

Why are they called "Chucks?"

And can't we use a more appropriate and universally understood name for, "Chucks?"

Laypeople usually have NO idea what a "Chuck" is. Having to describe them by functionality in order to explain it by definition to a patient, family or outside support staff is just, well ... crude & is always kinda awkward, Lol.

Any better suited name recommendations for our beloved Chucks, so that we can all understand exactly what it is by its own self-descriptive term? Thanks AN!

[Tenebrae, BSN, RN]

They come in different flavors you know.

We call those chex here:happy:

[amoLucia]

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I had one heck of a time when I was creating shelf labels in our trauma room, because I "grew up" in healthcare in a different region than where I work. Things like pigtails, caps, locks, INTs ... different meanings!!

I read Chucks to mean Chuck Taylors, like the shoes. Chux I would know. Our cabinet label for the HUGE chux says "trauma pad." It's whole-body-sized and very absorbant!

Don't forget Christmas Trees!

[applewhitern, BSN, RN]

We don't call them Chucks or Chux. I haven't heard them called that around here in 30 years.

[Orca, ADN, ASN, RN]

Same as "Band-aid" and "Kleenex," a brand name that has, over time, become a general term for the items, regardless of who manufactures them.

Like Xerox, to describe any copier.

[ponymom]

Chooks are the pieces of grout you pick out of the seam between tiles when you scrub a bathroom.

Oh ewww, ewwww ewwww ewwww

Lol

[djh123]

Chooks are the pieces of grout you pick out of the seam between tiles when you scrub a bathroom.

Or maybe the way a Scotsman (or Scotswoman) would pronounce Chux, aye? "Hand me some more chooks, laddie".

[Lunah, MSN, RN]

Like Xerox, to describe any copier.

And Velcro, onesies, crock pots, chapstick, q-tips, Tupperware, etc.

[jodispamodi]

Why are they called "Chucks?"

And can't we use a more appropriate and universally understood name for, "Chucks?"

Laypeople usually have NO idea what a "Chuck" is. Having to describe them by functionality in order to explain it by definition to a patient, family or outside support staff is just, well ... crude & is always kinda awkward, Lol.

Any better suited name recommendations for our beloved Chucks, so that we can all understand exactly what it is by its own self-descriptive term? Thanks AN!

they are not "chucks" they are called "chux"

[Davey Do]

Santa calls them "bed pads".

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[caliotter3]

I had to look up 'Covidian'.

We always used chux. Now, many of my clients just call them 'blue pads'. That's as descriptive as we need to be in the homes.

Or, green pads, where they use the mint green colored variety.

[caliotter3]

There are also peach colored ones, but I've never heard them called "peach pads".

[FolksBtrippin, BSN, RN]

I never knew there was a brand name "Chux"

I always thought we called them chucks because you chuck them when they are used.

Mind. Blown.