Words You Hate

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Is there a medical word that you absolutely hate? Or one that you can never seem to pronounce correctly?

Hate:

  • Meatus. (Eww)
  • Gargle.

Mispronounce:

Prophylaxis. I ALWAYS say prophylaxicks.

I have a co-worker that says Cefazolin wrong and is convinced she is right. Drives me nuts.

What is RHC??

Rancid halitosis, Carl!

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"ripe" and "cervix," should never be used in the same sentence *shudders*

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Specializes in Pediatric Critical Care.

Panties

"ripe" and "cervix"
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Specializes in psych.

Sputum

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Islet. It's not that the word disgusts me or anything, it's just that I cannot, for the life of me, say it correctly with any consistency. I -know- how to say it just fine; it's not even that it's difficult for me to pronounce from a phonetic standpoint. I mean come on: "eye-let", right?

But alas--if I'm not actively wary of stopping myself, I'll say "Eyes-let" nine out of ten times. I'd say twenty percent of the patients my floor gets are Islet Tranplants, so the word comes up often enough that it's in my regular vocabulary. Honestly, you really would think I'd break the habit by now. But naaaah. Lol

I'm also strangely perturbed by patients saying they need to "tinkle". For whatever reason, my skin crawls when one of my adult patients uses it while we're talking. It just hits my ear as eerily regressive and child-like.

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I'm also strangely perturbed by patients saying they need to "tinkle". For whatever reason, my skin crawls when one of my adult patients uses it while we're talking. It just hits my ear as eerily regressive and child-like.

I have the same reaction when an adult says they have to go potty. Just, no.

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..
Rancid halitosis, Carl!

This made me laugh out loud. We aren't supposed to be using the Wifi today...

Yer gonna git me cot.

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Oral challenge, as in giving someone a few crackers and some water after they c/o nausea to see how they feel after, but seriously?! My mind goes nowhere good with that one!

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outcome management

readmission rates

manual disimpaction

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Specializes in School Nursing.

Puke. privy parts. Cyst. Frank. Hordoleum. Prostate. O2stat. Sebaceous. Carbuncle.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
What is RHC??

Respirations Have Ceased

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Specializes in Geriatrics, med surg, telephone triage.
Respirations Have Ceased

Had no idea. Another unnecessary acronym to add to the list.

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