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NPs and anyone else who cant pronounce drug names correctly - or common medical terms, LEARN HOW!!! sm

Posted: May 31, 2015

And it is NOT pronounced "eerie-theemia" you stupid twit. WTH did you go to school for if not to learn these things correctly.

the same school - that teaches

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tenderness to palpitation and Neosporin drip

Arrg - workingforlivin

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Work for a NP who is an ORTHOPEDIC NP and dictates the ulnar, MEDIAL and radial nerves in the wrist...she insists it is medial and not median and will "correct" her reports to read medial whenever I transcribe median. If she were a gyn NP I could understand it but she is in orthopedics.

I find she can pronounce metoprolol correctly, - she went back and corrected herself SM

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after stumbling over it. Usually says metro-prolol, but then she did correct herself, so she knows how to say it properly, she's just a lazy piece of whatever.

Sometimes, I'd like to slap the face right off some of these people for their laziness and stupidity.

They stumble and bumble over drug names and terms, and I have to send in blanks on it because we can't risk guessing what they mean to say, then eventually we get chastized for "too many blanks."

Wonder why I get a bit cranky.

Or ortho-phar-nix - Drives me nuts

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nas-o-pharnix, too, drives me nuts - MT59

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Or ... - Lastnerve

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Or, "The patient has been counseled for smoking sensation." Grrr....

Another one... - DiggerMT

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Medical "regime" grrrrr Many more that I can't think of at the moment!

Actually regime is NOT incorrect. sm - Anon

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noun: (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet). This comes from One Look dictionary site. Regimen is used more often but regime is not incorrect.

P.S. I have a few dictators who use regime. sm - Anon

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and that is what they get. Have not lost any points either.

Ditto. It's a perfectly acceptable secondary meaning. - nm

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nm

Regime is incorrect in the medical context, and here's why. - echomt

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Both words are drawn from the same root meaning basically a systematic plan or something to that effect. However, the difference between the words regimen and regime is that regime carries with it the implication or connotation of being backed by force of law whereas regimen does not carry that same connotation. This is why governments are more appropriately referred to as regimes rather than regimens. Since a treatment plan does not carry with it the force of law, the word regime is inappropriate in that context. Admittedly, the debate is considerable in both camps, but the connotation of being backed by force of law is the one variable that is overlooked by those who claim the two words are interchangeable and therefore tips the scale in favor of regimen where medical context is concerned.

force of law - anon

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With all due respect, any treatment plan in any medical record carries an inherent implication of liability, and is therefore most certainly backed by force of law, although perhaps not actual "force" per se, such as would be found in a military action. I otherwise agree that the two words are not interchangeable with regard to dictation and transcription, and that "regimen" is always more appropriate.

That's not what force of law means in this context. Patients are free to ignore - echomt

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any treatment plans or recommendations they receive from any healthcare provider. They are not compelled by law to be compliant with potential enforceability hanging over their heads except perhaps in cases of extreme psychiatric disorders, which is a completely different animal. A regime can force you to comply with its recommendations or throw you in jail or worse if you don't. A regimen carries no such force of law. If you don't want to follow your doctor's advice, you don't have to. That's what force of law means in this context. The inherent implication of liability you refer to applies to doctors and governs whether or not their advice is in line with current standard of care guidelines. Doctors are subject to force of law in terms of the treatment regimens they can offer, but the treatment regimens they outline to their patients are not enforceable. Patients can ignore them if they want without legal consequence.

Thank you! - anon

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Beautifully thorough explanation, thank you!

Regime/regimen - DiggerMT

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BOS III page 524: regime: a form of government. regimen: a system of treatment designed to achieve certain ends

This is what I go by.

My favorite - sm

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is normal Catholic for normocephalic.

words - nm

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epi-taxsis for epistaxis-drives me nuts.

Phen-a-gren and dyps-nea are the two I particularly - wannie

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dislike.

I had a nurse practitioner - who just dictated

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"The patient hasn't had no Keppra for a week."

NP - gofigure

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And that NP makes 10 times more money than we do. What a world.

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