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I am going to scream if..... - middle child

Posted: Nov 11, 2009

I get 1 more job from this resident (yes, I said resident) and have to listen to her talk about axillIARY nodes, the oropharNYX, whether the patient is orientATed, and receiving PheneGRIn. Are there no requirements in medical school any more? And, God forbid, she put together a reasonable sentence that actually has a subject and verb that agree, as well as one that makes some sense instead of being all run together. Thanks for listening to my vent. Just too many reports from this 1 particular doctor this morning.

You have my sympathy, really, I know. - L

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Years ago we might have 1 or 2 there but every report? I would never visit India, never in my lifetime as I hear that all the time. I have a PA-C (ESL), not bad enough we have to do the actual doctors, right, that does not know how to make something plural and then when it is supposed to be single, she makes it pleural, drives me crazy. I feel your pain, I have it most every weekend.

My fave - Frank, the MT

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My very favorite was an entire hospital of dictators saying "hemoglobin/hematocrit of 13 and 43 respectfully." THEY all seemed to use respectfully instead of respectively. Or is that something new in medical verbiage?

My pet peeve is... - cindyoh

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the expression "as well." Drives me nuts because they've already used "and" and "also" in their run-on sentences. I think they believe it makes them sound more intelligent or they're imitating someone they believe is more intelligent. If some of them knew how dumb and unoriginal they really sound, ha-ha. I sure miss the old make-it-short-and-sweet "just the facts" type dictations the old timers employed. I think the more they run their mouths, the more the likelihood of mistakes (constant repetition of lab results, for instance). Oh well, shouldn't complain, it's how I pay my bills, right?

I feel your pain as well... - Cathy

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Listening to a fast-talking, ESL stutterer right now! It wouldn't be so bad if he would quit stuttering and just make up his mind with what he actually wants to say!

The residents are the worst. I also get stuck with medical students and medical assistants, RNs, etc. They can't pronounce any of the meds or dictate any sentences that actually make any sense. One of the medical students always dictates that the skin is PINK and moist. I always imagine all of these people walking around looking like they are covered in Pepto-Bismol...LOL.

The planets must be aligned strangely or something. - Even my normally good doctors were

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mispronouncing just about everything... some so badly that I had no idea what they wanted, and had to leave blanks. The residents, PA's, and medical students? Fuggetaboutdit! Often it was with drugs... putting in mystery-syllables, or leaving large chunks of the word out because they didn't know how to say it.

Would you want someone who can't even pronounce a medication prescribing it for you? No wonder so many pharmaceutical mistakes are made on patients.

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